Left-behind stumps come out with Stratford Tree Service's stump grinding and removal, offered across Stratford and the surrounding area. All of our work carries insurance, and grinding is quoted apart from any tree removal, so grinding the stump stays entirely your call.
Call (226) 602-0607.
A grinder does the work: a spinning wheel lined with hardened teeth chews the stump into small chips, sweeping from the top down and back and forth across the face until nothing is left above the surrounding grade.
By default the chips stay right in the hole, though we will cart them off if you would rather. Most people just backfill with those same chips and cap it with a bit of soil.
How deep we grind comes down to what you plan to do with that spot afterward, and that gets settled in writing before the machine ever starts:
- Grass roots only run shallow, so six to eight inches down is plenty under an ordinary lawn - A flower bed needs more depth than that, enough that a new plant is rooted in real soil rather than sitting on old chips - Building anything solid on top, a shed, a patio or a fence line, means grinding deeper still and tracking down surface roots to cut them back - Just want to mow over the spot without catching a blade? That is the cheapest version of this job
A few things change the price of stump grinding and removal, and mentioning them when you call helps us quote it accurately:
- Buried utility lines, since a grinder wheel striking a live pipe or cable is a real hazard, and what the drawings show rarely matches reality on Stratford's older streets - Gate and path width, because the compact machine clears a normal side gate while the bigger one cannot - Old metal, wire or embedded stones inside the stump itself, any of which can chew through a set of grinding teeth
Yes, after any stump grinding and removal. Over the following year, the mix of chips and soil settles as the wood breaks down, and you should expect to add a bit more fill material at least once.
Leaving the fill mounded a little proud of grade when we finish is worth doing, since a dip that develops later will collect water, and on Stratford's clay that water has nowhere to drain and just sits there.
You can, but a new tree planted right where a stump grinding and removal job just finished needs a little extra help. Wood chips hold very little water on their own, and as they break down they pull nitrogen out of the surrounding soil, which a young tree also needs.
If space allows, shift the new planting a foot or two off the old stump rather than dead centre on it. Bring in fresh topsoil, favour a fall planting over a spring one where you have the choice, and keep watering the young tree through its first two summers.
A leftover stump does not have to stay in your yard. Stratford Tree Service handles stump grinding and removal in Stratford, Shakespeare, Sebringville and the surrounding area, priced in writing before any grinding starts. Our home page has the full list of services.
Call (226) 602-0607.
A property usually needs more than one kind of tree work sooner or later. Below is the rest of what we offer.
Homes and businesses across Stratford and the surrounding area rely on Stratford Tree Service for tree trimming and pruning, insured on every job and sized to handle any tree. A tree kept on a regular tree trimming and pruning schedule costs less to maintain over its life and is far less likely to lose a limb when a storm rolls through.
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Dead, broken and hanging branches come down safely with Stratford Tree Service, working across Stratford and the surrounding townships. Insurance covers every job, whether it is one branch or a tree that has lost most of its crown to dieback.
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When a storm brings a tree down, Stratford Tree Service handles emergency storm damage cleanup across Stratford and the surrounding area, day or night when the situation calls for it. Every job is insured. A tree touching a hydro line is the power company's problem first, so call them before you call us.
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Stratford Tree Service provides tree removal for trees of any size across Stratford and the surrounding area. Every tree removal job we take on is fully insured, and we handle difficult access on the older, tighter lots near downtown as readily as an open backyard. You get that quote in writing before a single cut is made.
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Mature trees across Stratford and the surrounding area get crown thinning and canopy reduction from Stratford Tree Service, insured on every job. We plan each visit around what keeps the tree healthy for years, not just what solves today's complaint, and you get that plan in writing before we cut anything.
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A tree can be otherwise sound with just one weak point worth reinforcing, and that is exactly the gap Stratford Tree Service fills with tree cabling and bracing across Stratford and the surrounding area. Every job carries insurance, and we tell you plainly whether hardware will actually help before a dollar figure ever comes up.
View Tree Cabling and BracingGive us a sense of what is going on with the tree and roughly your location, and we will get a visit scheduled. What you get back is a written price laying out our approach to the work, where the cut material ends up, and anything left out of the number.
Knowing the species and a rough height lets us quote tree trimming or tree removal more accurately, and your street matters just as much, because how easily equipment can reach the tree changes the cost more than its size does. Note what the tree is positioned over, and flag the urgent box if storm damage is why you are writing in. Realistically, a working phone number or email is the only field we genuinely cannot skip. Prefer to talk it through instead? Call (226) 602-0607 directly.
