Should trees be cut down ?

“Should trees be cut down” ?Tree problems and tree root blockage can be very expensive. George Washington our first president and great American leader had the right idea when he cut and chopped down his fathers cherry tree which was located in his front yard. A single tree or many trees that may be too close to a home or that may be located in undesirable locations near or around home’s can cause serious problems, maintenace, or failures. These conditions can occur to but not limited to underground sewer pipes, below slab drain pipes, buried foundation drain tile, foundation walls, footing, interior walls, roofs, or other underground installations. Trees that are growing or have been planted in font yards or in the tree lawn can cause blockage restrictions to the sewer, septic, storm, sanitary, drain tile or other underground piping systems. This can restrict flow and can lead to sewer back ups, overflows basement leaks, floods, mildew, mold, and even black mold. Trees located next to homes, or next to garages can cause structural damage to foundations, footers, concrete slabs, and partition walls. Furthermore, the storm water drain tile that is suppose to keep your basement dry can become blocked and permit the exterior soil to become wet, saturated, and heavy. The heavy soil creates hydrostatic loading which may push or exert huge powerful loads to the foundation walls. These loads can cause interior cracks, wall bows, wall deflections, wall movement, wall rotations and even complete foundation failure to the basement structural foundation walls. Trees that hang over the house can damage the roofing shingles, gutters, downspouts, and even permit squirrels, raccoons, or other wildlife to gain access to the roof soffits, overhangs, and or attics. One does not want wildlife living in an attic causing damage to the insulation, chewing wood timbers and/or urinating on insulation or drywall that can cause house odor. Additionally, tree shading can permit roof streaking, roof moss, roof mold or roof mildew. Finally, trees can rot, deteriorate or become damged from old age, water entry into knots, wood boring insects, termites, powder post beetles, and or carpenter ants. Week or damaged trees can fall from high winds, lighting, heavy snowfall, tornadoes, micro-burst, angles farting, and windy thunderstorms. Please rate and subscribe. Please visit Cleveland home inspector Marko Vovk at http://
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