Stump Grinding in Dursley

Stump grinding refers to the process in which the stump of a felled tree is extracted. Usually after trees are felled several inches of the trunk and the root structure are retained in the ground, making the local space impractical to use as well as potentially providing a habitat for insects or harbouring tree diseases such as honey fungus. If your back garden has stumps in the earth, taking them out can open up the location, offering additional space that could be used to expand your lawn size or provide new areas to install patio or decking. Competent stump grinding businesses can remove stumps of any scale. The method generally calls for cutting the stump as close to the ground as possible working with a chainsaw, and then utilising specialised stump grinding machinery to grind away at the stump. Stumps are ground down to roughly 10-12 inches underneath the dirt surface to enable replanting, however sometimes landscaping projects may need the stump to be ground deeper than this. The wood chippings that are made by the stump grinding could be either infilled back into the hole and used as mulch for other areas of your garden, or the stump grinding company may remove it and dispose of it in an eco-friendly way. Also, lots of skilled stump grinding companies have specialist narrow machines that can be employed if there is limited access to your garden for instance, via a side alley.