Bamboo Removal Costs Guide

Bamboo Removal Costs

Bamboo can be extremely invasive and damaging. Bamboo removal needs a specialist company with the knowledge and skills to undertake the works, using a non specialist can very often simply make the issue worse.

“No More Bamboo” the bamboo removal specialists

Each bamboo removal is unique and as such costed on an individual basis. Bamboo removal is a specialised and complex process needing an expert team with the required knowledge and skills to undertake works.

We have a very open and up front attitude with costing to allow homeowners to be aware of likely costs right from the start.

Bamboo Excavation Costs

“Bamboo Excavation” costs start at £995 +vat for a very small simple excavation, however virtually all bamboo excavations cost more than this.

Most “Bamboo Excavations” cost between £1795 +vat and £9995 +vat.
A straightforward excavation would be where the bamboo is in a clear open location with access around all sides for operatives and machinery.

Cost Increasing Factors.
Factors that increase costs include one or more of the following.

• Larger areas affected by the bamboo.
• Large volumes of bamboo culms.
• Limited or no access for machinery.
• Awkward locations of the bamboo. Eg. up or down banks.
• The bamboo in and around other shrubs, trees, hedges.
• The bamboo located in or around landscaped areas, rockeries, ponds etc.
• Rhizome expansion into surrounding areas, such as patios, paving, gravel areas, lawns, under decking.
• Close proximity of fences, sheds and other obstructions.
• Encroachment into neighbouring properties.
• Bamboo shoots emerging from patios, paving, paths, drives.

Bamboo excavations are rarely straightforward, most will be affected by a number of the above factors.

Bamboo Herbicide Treatment Costs

Bamboo herbicide remediation comprises initial works and a number of follow up monitoring and treatment visits.

The exact costs will be dependent on a number of factors, these include;

• Number, height and diameter of culms.
• Volume/area of rhizome.
• Age of bamboo colony.
• Location of bamboo and it’s surrounding area and contents.

As a rough guide, herbicide treatments typically cost approximately 60% of bamboo excavation, depending on circumstances.

Bamboo Grows Every Year – The Problem Getting Worse Each & Every Year

It is vital that the bamboo should not be left, it is extremely likely to continue growing, expanding each year.
The scale of the situation and resulting costs will get greater.
Bamboo problems do not go away, No More Bamboo can end your bamboo nightmare.