View Single Post
  #16  
Old 21-09-2010, 11:23 AM
rally
Registered User

rally is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 896
Fred,

Ahhh the tree - how big, how far, proximity to the nearest root ?
I am guessing its probably a combination of things, but a tree is a living object - continually growing (or dying as they all are around here) , so its bound to have some influence on ground stability - just a question of how much.

I watch the carpark adjacent to large gum where I park my car shift around - over the last few years there is obviously a major root travelling under the bitumen and it just keeps lifting everything - by about 300mm close by and about 50mm up to 10m metres away !

A veritable Jack and the Beanstalk situation !

Not sure how you are going to deal with that one - a 3m deep footing might help. Oh - and I forgot to say I am busy that weekend.

Cheers

Rally
Reply With Quote