Tree Root Damage to Buildings: Patterns of Soil Drying in Proximity to Trees on Clay Soils - Hardcover

P.G. Biddle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0953308626 ISBN 13: 9780953308620

Publisher: Willowmead Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Tree Root Damage to Buildings, in two volumes, provides a comprehensive analysis of how the interaction of trees, soils and water can cause foundation movement and damage to properties.-----It is usually the second most expensive insured peril, after fire. In the majority ofcases, particularly on clay soils, trees are the main cause of subsidence. Concern about subsidence is a major worry to house owners, not only when trees cause damage but also because the proximity of trees can jeopardise house purchase and mortgage loans---------Patterns of Soil Drying in Proximity to Trees on Clay Soils are described in Volume 2. This provides the only full and comprehensive presentation of the wealth of data derived from the author's research over the past 20 years. It describes projects which were commissioned by Milton Keynes Development Corporation, National House-Building Council and the Department of Environment. They have involved the detailed monitoring of patterns of soil drying in the proximity of a total of 60 trees growing on a variety of clay soils. This monitoring covers both the seasonal and long-term changes in soil moisture content over the period from 1978 to 1995. The data for each tree is presented in a series of full-colour graphs. These provide a unique record, summerising the results of about 94,800 measurements of soil moisture content.----In Volume 1, Causes, Diagnosis and Remedy are covered

Edition details

• Publisher: Willowmead Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0953308626
• ISBN 13: 9780953308620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 299