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Ivy damaging house wall

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  • 18-08-2009 5:06pm
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    JuliusCaesar
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    Ivy has been growing up our extension back wall from the garden that backs onto ours - our extension goes down to the end of our garden. Can I chop it away from our wall? It's inside our limits, as in the back garden wall remains in place. I don't know whether the concrete of the extension is below par or whether the ivy caused the damage, but when I pull some of the suckers away, pebble-sized lumps of concrete come away too. The extension is about 5 years old. Some of the main stems that I'm sawing through are almost 2" wide - have been going at it with a saw.

    It'll leave them with a blank wall to look at unfortunately. Should I talk to them about maybe planting something less damaging?

    (Mods please move if this isn't the appropriate forum)


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    Sonnenblumen
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    Would it not be wiser to kill the ivy through a different method? Simply pulling and further damaging weak rendering is not a good idea. You'd be better to repair any holes.


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    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Of course I thought of using roundup or something - but that would be as bad as sawing down a tree in their garden? I'm only legally allowed to saw off branches overhanging my wall.


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    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    There have been lots of similar threads, do a search of the forum.
    I reckon the best course is always to talk to your neighbour first, they may not be aware of the problem. If you make them aware and they choose to do nothing then you can cut or poison the offending stems.
    With ivy it is usually better to cut the stem and leave it in situ, to die off naturally, rather than try to pull it away.


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