Stump Grinding in Plockton

Stump grinding describes the process where the stump of a tree that has been felled is removed. Generally when trees are felled a few inches of the trunk and the root system are retained in the earth, making the nearby area impractical to use in addition to potentially appealing to bugs or harbouring tree diseases like honey fungus. If your back yard has stumps in the ground, having them cleared can open up the location, providing you with more space that you could use to improve your lawn or provide fresh areas to lay patio or decking. Experienced stump grinding companies can get rid of stumps of any scale. The operation commonly requires cutting the stump as close to the ground as possible by using a chainsaw, and afterwards using specialised stump grinding devices to grind away the stump. Stumps are ground down to around 10-12 inches beneath the ground surface to allow planting, although occasionally landscaping projects might need the stump to be removed deeper than this. The wood chippings that are created by the stump grinding could be either infilled back into the hole and used as compost in other areas of your garden, or the stump grinding company can remove it and dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way. In addition, numerous experienced stump grinding companies provide specialist thin equipment that could be employed if there is restricted access to your garden for instance, via a side alley.