Tough times, Creative solutions!
When you first come across a Japanese Knotweed infestation on a site that you have bought most clients are horrified at the potential cost implication and delays that can be caused.
We have often seen people turn a sickly shade of grey when told that a three year delay is inevitable or an off site removal bill running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Chemical treatment is the most cost effective treatment option however this can take between three and five years of repeat spraying to achieve total eradication. The shortest timescales can be offered by off site removal of waste to a licensed facility however it is this option which is the most prohibitively expensive.
Some of the more recent additions to the ever growing list of Japanese Knotweed eradication companies offer untried solutions with tempting timescales, silly acronyms and cheap prices. However before accepting the lowest price, remember Japanese Knotweed would not be such a problem – if quick cheap solutions were available!
Strict legislation is in place to try and halt the spread of Japanese Knotweed and is the threat of legal action and heavy fines that ensures that developers must comply with the Environment Agency (EA) Code of Practice for Management and Eradication of Japanese Knotweed.
Japanese Knotweed Solutions Ltd (JKSL) are more than aware of the current market conditions and have come up with a series of practical tried and tested solutions to keep projects on budget and timescales for development on track.
Keeping strictly within the EA Code of Practice JKSL will provide the most economic solution at the most competitive price to ensure that problem weeds do not put a stop to your development plans.
We have ways of making even the most difficult sites work and want you to benefit from our unmatched experience in this field.
Please speak to Mike Clough or Alex Dayes on 0161 723 2000
July 9th, 2008 at 9:50 am
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July 27th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Do you know for a FACT that the methods with so called “silly acronyms” do not work?
July 31st, 2008 at 11:55 am
Steven,
We are currently aware of a competitor being sued for making fraudulant claims regarding ‘acronymed’ short eradication timescales. I am also aware that control and eradication of JK is not about putting acronyms onto methods which make them sound complex and ‘top secret’. We have seen other companies try to blind their customers with what is basically smoke and mirrors - hidden behind clever phrases shortened to secret codes….
We do not make misleading claims about what we do and always try to be as helpful to our customers as possible by keeping our methods clear and easy to understand.
Japanese Knotweed is a complex plant which will not respond the same way each time it is treated - thats why it is so difficult to eradicate - thats why there is so much legislation in place!
You cant just hit a highly invasive plant and hope you kill it and there isnt a fast method that works…if you know what I mean.
Mike C.