JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL Tewkesbury
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NO OTHER JAPANESE KNOTWEED COMPANIES IN Tewkesbury HAVE OUR TRACK RECORD
At Knotweed Services , we pride ourselves on our ability to provide Japanese knotweed treatment, control, and removal services that leave our clients completely satisfied. Our unmatched expertise, combined with our many years of experience, has enabled us to earn a reputation for quality that other Japanese knotweed companies in Tewkesbury simply cannot match.
Knotweed Services is a member of the PCA, a trade body for treating and controlling invasive weeds. We follow the latest treatment and removal techniques for Japanese knotweed removal.
We have used our expertise in knotweed eradication to complete a number of challenging projects in and around Tewkesbury and England. For knotweed removal to be successful, experienced identification, surveying, treatment, and control must take place. We can help.
How to Identify Japanese Knotweed
Homeowners, investors, and commercial property owners are affected by Japanese knotweed. If you’re a home owner, your lender probably won’t lend against a property with an infestation.
If knotweed is found on your land, your project may be delayed until the knotweed infestation is properly handled.
Knotweed, How Toxic Can it be to Your Life?
- The invasive plant Japanese Knotweed can grow through tarmac and concrete, posing a structural threat to buildings.
- The presence of Japanese Knotweed can be a problem for mortgage lenders.
- 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 Tewkesbury with Japanese Knotweed, we should be your very first call. We’ll always ensure the knotweed is removed in its entirety and provide a warranty against reinfection and re-colonization.
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 now to undertake the treatment and management of your knotweed problem in Tewkesbury
Call us on: 0121 725 6348 or 0800 689 4146 for an swift idea on cost
Knotweed Services will provide you with step-by-step guidance from the time we first contact you until we complete your project.
RESIDENTIAL JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL Tewkesbury.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL Tewkesbury
Because Japanese knotweed infestations vary significantly from place to place, it’s not surprising that treatment and control measures vary too. It may be necessary to try one type of Japanese knotweed removal, treatment or control method or a combination of methods.
We take a scientific approach to weed control. Our weed specialists examine 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 Tewkesbury
FOLIAR SPRAYING *
The most common treatment for Japanese knotweed is the spraying of powerful chemicals with a knapsack sprayer. We ensure that other plants are not damaged. The most effective time for foliar spraying to Japanese knotweed is in 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
A measured amount of herbicide is applied directly to the invading plant. This is the most ingenious way of elimination because the herbicide is injected straight into the Japanese Knotweed. Not dependant on weather conditions.
BIOMASS REDUCTION
Biomass is a type of excavation and removal, but instead of taking out all of the soil, we only take out the parts of the soil that are infected. It’s a great way to get rid of Japanese Knotweed because the soil can be used again. Using landfills less often.
CROWN REMOVAL
Crown and stems are capable of regeneration, and even minute fragments of clipped crown or stem are capable of regeneration and producing a new invasive weed — eliminating these components is a wonderful technique.
— COMMERCIAL TREATMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN Tewkesbury
SOIL SCREENING
An effective technique utilised on hundreds of locations around the UK
The Japanese knotweed rhizome material is removed from the soil material using the screening procedure. The Japanese knotweed waste is then either burned on site with a D6 exemption from the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales, or it is transferred to a licenced landfill at a far reduced disposal rate.
After being cleaned, the soils can be used elsewhere, typically in soft landscaping areas where they won’t obstruct construction.
Due to fewer truck travels to the landfill, this can dramatically save landfill and backfill expenses while also assisting in lowering the carbon impact on the property.
BIOSECURITY SUPERVISION
We can provide a biosecurity operative to monitor any excavations or movement of Japanese knotweed-containing soil on your property.
As part of these measures, we can set up a place at the entrance to the site where people can wash their boots and machines. We will provide all toolbox talks for the main contractor on site, which will be signed by all contractors involved in the operation on site.
We can provide temporary geotextile barriers in areas where biosecurity is required.
Once the work has been completed, we will provide the client with a full biosecurity report.
This method can be used in conjunction with other treatment methods on site.
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.
