A stump looks harmless right up until somebody catches a foot on it, or the mower deck finds a root nobody knew was there.
What is left underground matters as much as the part you can see. A stump holds moisture, and moisture in dead wood is how termites and carpenter ants get a foothold ten feet from your foundation. Grinding removes the food source before that starts.
We grind below grade, not flush to it. Grinding flush leaves a hard plate just under the surface that stops you planting anything there and reappears the first time the soil settles. Going deeper means you can put sod, a bed, a fence post or a new tree in the same spot.
What the yard looks like when we leave
Grindings get raked back into the hole or hauled off, whichever you prefer. Some people want the mulch. Most want it gone. Either way the ground is level, the surface roots running out from the stump are ground out too, and the grass will take.
Access is usually the only real variable in the price. A stump in an open front yard is straightforward. One behind a fence with a thirty-six inch gate takes a smaller machine and more time, and we will tell you that up front rather than on the invoice.
What stump work covers
- Stumps ground below grade so the spot is usable again
- Surface roots running out from the stump ground out as well
- Hole backfilled and levelled, ready for sod or a bed
- Grindings hauled away or left as mulch, your call
- Narrow-access machines for back yards and side gates
- Residential and commercial properties of any size
Serving Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Sarasota Counties. Residential and commercial.