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We do this with quite a few sites, we have only found one way of keeping them clear and that's by using a blower to blow it all out and and separate the rubbish from brash. I was stabbed by a used hypodermic needle earlier this year that was hidden in the debris so now it all goes to land fill. We create the gap using a long reach at a 45' angle.
Common practice on a lot of sites I used to tend. A 30 or 40 inch trimmer blade is your friend. If litter is part of your job make sure you allow time to litter pick it. You won't have space to properly blow it clean.
First visit you need to allow time to trim around wires, aerial cables, ridding eyes, drainpipes etc. My tip is cut back as hard as you can initially.
Phrase your agreement as "10cm plus"... you don't want a pedant shouting that it's 15cm!
Thank you both.... I now can see that this is (relitively) common requirement - though given some of those hedges are pyracantha and berberus its not going to be a nice job !
Ouch! I often wish such species weren't allowed to exist!
Specs often state such clearances .. and below window sills, away from doors, lights & car park kerbs etc
Such plants are often purposely specified by landscape architects.
Not much fun handling and planting them on new builds :(
I have a regular customer with a five foot tall and a good 3 foot deep pyracantha hedge all along the walls of his property.
It is very mature thick growth, which is hard work to reduce the width and there is no gap between the hedge and walls, but there are several cables which are bare and need great care to hand trim around in order to avoid cutting them.
it is a job that i really dislike.
i understand the 10cm gap would be to prevent damp inside the property, have i understood that correctly ?
thank you very much.