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re: Neighbor's live oak tree roots cracking my driveway.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 9:31 pm to ccw
Posted on 3/3/19 at 9:31 pm to ccw
quote:You sound like a really dim bulb.
Neighbor's live oak tree roots cracking my driveway.
Even Stevie Wonder has seen this movie everywhere around Baton Rouge.
And you purport that you couldn’t tell a 55 year-old Live Oak was actually a Live Oak?
Did it look like a palm tree? Or a banana tree?
Here’s your mom talking to your school principal-
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Posted on 3/3/19 at 10:01 pm to ccw
Dig up the cracked part of driveway. Remove whatever is in the way causing cracks. Repour driveway. Have a beer on new driveway while jamming to whatever Kiss song you like most and laugh as your neighbor has to slowly watch his tree die.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 10:04 pm to ccw
Spike 80DF
Posted on 3/3/19 at 10:18 pm to ccw
quote:
No, I did not know it was a live oak tree when I had my driveway done, nor did I know it would cause a problem. It would be a catch 22 situation if I were to redo the driveway at the risk of stressing if not killing the tree. In that instance I would be liable for up to three times the cost of the tree.
As noted earlier in this thread, the same neighbor planted 2 cypress trees only in recent years close to the other part of my driveway, and is starting to raise havoc to my yard, flower bed and driveway. I do have the right to ask him to do something about it, unless he wants to pay for my damaged driveway down the road.
Are we discussing a cypress tree or oak tree?
Posted on 3/3/19 at 11:22 pm to DeafJam73
quote:
slap dick
You either work at a plant or has a close friend that does.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 11:54 pm to NPComb
quote:
You either work at a plant or has a close friend that does.
I didn’t get that from anyone who works in a plant.
Posted on 3/4/19 at 12:17 am to ccw
quote:
75 year old live oak
quote:Dumbass
I built on my lot with the driveway 20 years ago.
Posted on 3/4/19 at 12:18 am to NPComb
quote:Why are most posters here so obsessed with plant baws? It's quite sad, TBH.
You either work at a plant or has a close friend that does.
Posted on 3/4/19 at 12:36 am to ccw
quote:
However, I find some posts with ugly comments were totally uncalled for.
Eat a dick.
- the OT
Posted on 3/4/19 at 1:25 am to bayourougebengal
Op, trees cause problems, but trees add value.
You got 20 years out of your driveway without repaving. That's pretty good in south La.
You got 20 years out of your driveway without repaving. That's pretty good in south La.
Posted on 3/4/19 at 1:47 am to ccw
quote:
I built on my lot with the driveway 20 years ago. Is my neighbor liable for the property damage?
Nope
Posted on 3/4/19 at 2:40 am to ccw
Updyke Root Management is highly skilled is solving your problem
Posted on 3/4/19 at 4:49 am to ccw
Call Harvey Updyke
Posted on 3/4/19 at 7:30 am to ccw
How long has the neighbor been there? 75 years? Did he plant the oak tree? Not that it would matter legally, it would just make you seem like a dick... Think about how ridiculous that sounds, to sue someone because a tree that they didn't plant is causing damage to a driveway you knowingly built on top of said tree's roots.
Posted on 3/4/19 at 7:33 am to BeerMoney
quote:Uh, no. They are only liable if the tree is rotted out at the base, weakening the tree's stability, or, if it's dead, or, if he trimmed it in such a way as to shift all weight towards someone else's property and it fails. At least it's that way in Texas. Damn lawyers in Louisiana probably can find a way to sue someone if their leaves blow into your yard, though.
They are liable for cleanup of it falls but that’s it.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 12:21 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
This is the statue that the dept. of ag and forestry is using to cite arborists for pruning trees that do not belong to their clients.
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