JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL Higham Ferrers
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As one of the leading Japanese knotweed removal companies in Higham Ferrers, Knotweed Services specializes in removing, controlling, and treating Japanese knotweed throughout Higham Ferrers and England. With our dedicated surveyors working out of offices based in Higham Ferrers, we’re readily available and here to help.
We’re a member of the PCA, a government-approved trade body for the damp and waterproofing industries. Any PCA member can be relied on to deliver exceptional treatment techniques and methods for Japanese knotweed removal.
Our company has removed a number of invasive knotweed plants from large-scale projects in and around Higham Ferrers and England. For invasive knotweed removal to be successful, experienced identification, surveying, treatment, and monitoring must take place. We can help.
Reasons to use Knotweed Services
Knotweed Services has extensive experience in all areas of Japanese knotweed management. If you’re a home owner and concerned about whether your mortgage provider will lend against your property, we can help by carrying out a survey and providing you with the management plan you need to move your sale or purchase forward.
If you own a commercial building or property, and Japanese knotweed is present, your project may be delayed until your infestation is being dealt with correctly and legally.
Knotweed, How Toxic Can it be to Your Life?
- Japanese Knotweed can grow through tarmac and concrete, which poses a threat to the structure of your building or property.
- Lenders often refuse to lend against a building that is infested with Japanese Knotweed.
- Knotweed hinders the visibility and access to paths, highways and other infrastructure. It produces an annoying problem for commercial properties in particular.
For customers in Higham Ferrers with Japanese knotweed, we should be your very first call. We’ll always ensure that the knotweed is removed in its entirety and our warranty guarantees against re-infection and knotweed colonosation.
FREE IDENTIFICATION
Fill in the form below, attach your pictures and we’ll let you know if the plant in your picture is Japanese Knotweed.
Call our professionals today to start the treatment and management of your infestation in Higham Ferrers
Call us on: 0121 725 6348 or 0800 689 4146 for an immediate idea on cost
The Knotweed Services team will support you through the process from initial contact to project completion.
RESIDENTIAL JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL Higham Ferrers.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL Higham Ferrers
Because Japanese knotweed infestations can vary considerably from property to property, it’s not surprising that treatment and control will too. It may be necessary to use one method or a combination of different knotweed removal methods.
As wild plants tend to be unpredictable, our weed control specialists assess a site’s specific factors to determine the type of treatments that will give the best results. We guarantee all our work.
— JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN Higham Ferrers
FOLIAR SPRAYING *
The most commonly used method of treating Japanese knotweed is with herbicide. This is done by spraying the plant with a knapsack sprayer in early spring.
FOLIAR LEAF WIPING *
We use a device to ‘physically wipe’ our chemicals onto the Japanese knotweed leaves in this Japanese knotweed treatment. Because this use is so exact, we can frequently use a higher concentration of chemical.
STEM INJECTION
We directly administer a measured amount of herbicide to the invasive weed. Due to the injection directly into the Japanese Knotweed, this is the most ingenious elimination technique. It is not affected by the weather.
BIOMASS REDUCTION
Biomass is a form of excavation and removal but instead of extracting all of the soil impacted by Japanese Knotweed, we only remove the infested parts of the soil. It’s an excellent Japanese Knotweed control method that allows the reuse of the soil. Reducing the use of landfill.
CROWN REMOVAL
Crown and stems are capable of regenerating and even small fragments of cut crown or stem are capable of regenerating and becoming a new invasive weed – removing these from the equation is a great strategy.
— COMMERCIAL TREATMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN Higham Ferrers
SOIL SCREENING
A tried-and-true technique applied to hundreds of sites around the UK
The rhizome material from Japanese knotweed is removed from the soil material using the screening technique. After that, the Japanese knotweed waste is either moved to a permitted landfill at a significantly lower disposal rate or burned on the spot under a D6 exemption from the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales.
In order to avoid getting in the way of construction, the cleansed soils can subsequently be utilised elsewhere, typically in soft landscaping areas.
Due to fewer truck travels to the landfill, this can greatly lower the costs associated with the landfill and the backfill. It can also assist minimise the carbon imprint on the property.
BIOSECURITY SUPERVISION
We can send a biosecurity operator to your property to monitor any excavations or movement of Japanese knotweed-containing soil.
As part of these steps, we can set up a location near the site’s entrance where people can wash their boots and machines. We will supply the primary contractor on site with all toolbox discussions, which will be signed by all contractors involved in the operation.
In situations where biosecurity is necessary, we may provide temporary geotextile barriers.
We will supply the client with a thorough biosecurity report once the service is concluded.
This procedure can be used in conjunction with other on-site treatment methods.
EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL
This treatment method is ideal where time constraints are present and there’s no other option other than to remove both the Japanese Knotweed and contaminated soil to a registered landfill.
By removing all traces of the infestation quickly, this offers a rapid solution to your problem and allows your commercial project to begin groundwork’s almost straight away. When time is of the essence, there is no quicker Japanese Knotweed removal/treatment method.
Any waste taken off-site will be done so with a licensed waste carrier to a suitably authorised landfill site.
CELL BURIAL
Cell burial comprises of moving Knotweed contaminated soil from one location on site, burying it in an excavated pit which is lined with a root barrier membrane, in a different position on the site.
The burial requirements for Japanese Knotweed are as follows:
- The Environment Agency recommends that the top of the burial cell should be a minimum of 2 metres below ground level.
- The overall depth of the burial pit should be in excess of 5 metres deep. All root barrier seams are welded together forming an encapsulated cell from which the Japanese Knotweed cannot escape. Clean soil is then used to backfill on top of the cell.
- To prevent accidental disturbance of the burial site, it is recorded on all site plans and future land owners should be made aware of the location.
STOCKPILE & TREAT
Japanese knotweed-contaminated soil can be moved to another portion of the site being treated using a technique called bunding. A bund is a patch of polluted soil that is only a few metres deep.
To make the surface flush with the surroundings, the bund can either be lifted, placed on top of the land, or positioned inside an excavation.
The bund’s function is to relocate the Japanese knotweed to an inactive portion of the land. The Japanese knotweed may now be treated, which would not have been possible in its original location.
HERBICIDE APPLICATION
At Knotweed Services we can provide the client with bespoke treatment plans depending on the locations of the Japanese knotweed.
These plans can work in conjunction with other methods of treatment where access is limited to pedestrian movements i.e., embankments or existing pathways within a site.
This will normally consist of up to 3 visits per annum to apply herbicide by either foliar spray technique or stem injection during the growing season over a period of 3 years, with a monitoring period of 2 years thereafter.
We would select the appropriate herbicides depending on the surrounding foliage or environmental constraints.
After each visit a full treatment record would be provided with photos showing the progress of the works and then an annual report.
