Air spades are increasingly utilised for use in areas demanding a very special approach to root investigation, excavation as well as discovering hidden services with a significantly reduced possibility of damaging the roots and the services. 

Conventional digging poses a significant risk of damaging roots and any services that may not have been identified.

The use of high velocity compressed will expose roots and services without damage, so that they can be located, inspected and, where necessary, bypassed. Such careful excavation can facilitate service runs and foundation installation without interfering with tree root systems.

Our teams will carefully remove spoil that has been tipped on the root plates of trees. When root pruning is required, it can be done without damage to retained roots.

Our Air Spades are accompanied by fully trained, highly experienced Arborists who can undertake removal of excavated spoil or reinstatement of excavated areas. Our operatives are CSCS/LISS accredited, and our foremen are CiTB SSSTS qualified. We are equally at home working on construction sites, industrial and residential properties.

Where root identification is required, our teams will expose roots, take samples without harming the tree and submit samples a laboratory that specialises in identifying roots.