Stump Grinding in Wigston

Stump grinding refers to the process in which the stump of a tree that has been previously felled is removed. Usually after tree felling a few inches of the trunk and the root structure are left behind in the ground, making the nearby area impractical to use along with potentially providing a habitat for insects or harbouring tree diseases like honey fungus. If your garden has stumps in the earth, removing them can open up the space, offering extra space that you could use to broaden your lawn area or produce new areas to fit patio or decking. Experienced stump grinding companies can take out stumps of any proportion. The method typically demands slicing the stump as low to the ground as possible utilising a chainsaw, and then utilising specialised stump grinding machinery to grind away the stump. Stumps are ground down to roughly 10-12 inches below the soil surface to enable replanting, however occasionally landscaping projects might need the stump to be ground deeper than this. The wood chipping that is generated by the stump grinding may be either infilled back into the hole and used as compost for other areas of your garden, or the stump grinding company can remove it and dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way. Furthermore, lots of experienced stump grinding companies have specialist small equipment that can be used if there is limited access to your garden for example, through a side alleyway.