Viewing post #1285346 by dyzzypyxxy

Unless you want a dead tree next to your house for the next few years, until it decides to keel over (maybe onto your house!) you really do need to cut it down first.

Then do as Daisy suggests and paint the stump rim to keep it from putting up suckers - you may need to repeat the application of the brush and stump killer next spring, as the tree might be already going dormant now.