Nature takes its time breaking down a stump - long enough that most people give up waiting and call us instead. One visit with the grinder puts the wood below grade for good, and the ground is yours to use again that same afternoon.
About five inches below the surface is standard, which is enough for grass to grow back over or a small bed to go in on top. Planning to plant a new tree in that exact spot? Mention it up front and we'll grind deeper to leave room for fresh roots.
No. The grinder works within a tight radius of the stump itself, and we clear the resulting chips off the property before we head out rather than leaving them for you to deal with.
We take down whatever sits near the surface along with the stump itself. Roots running deeper are left alone to break down on their own timeline, usually a season or two, without causing any trouble while they do.
Not usually - a stump left from a storm-felled tree grinds the same as any other. If the trunk snapped rather than being cut cleanly, we may need to trim the stump face first, which we'll factor into the quote.
Phone (647) 370-0635 with the stump count and roughly how wide each one is. Got other work to plan too? The home page has the rest of what we do.
A handful of other jobs come up often enough on these streets to mention here too.
Trimming a lakefront tree isn't quite the same job as trimming one three streets inland - the crown has usually grown asymmetrically in response to years of wind from one direction, and a proper trim accounts for that shape rather than fighting it. Every visit starts with insurance, a written price, and an honest look at which way the tree leans.
View Tree Trimming and Pruning
A dead branch on a lakefront property tends to come down sooner rather than later - the same wind that shapes these trees over decades is exactly what eventually knocks the dead wood loose. Removing it on your schedule beats waiting for the lake to decide the timing.
View Dead Branch Removal
There's rarely much notice before weather rolls in off the lake. Once a limb has come down or a trunk has split, the priority is getting the property safe again, whatever the hour - which is the entire reason emergency storm damage cleanup exists as its own service rather than a slower callback.
View Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup
Some trees have taken more wind damage over the years than they can recover from, and removal is the honest answer once a tree crosses that line - wood, debris and cleanup handled in one visit.
View Tree Removal
Years of lake wind can leave a tree oversized and lopsided without making it unhealthy, and losing the whole tree over that isn't usually necessary. Thinning and reduction take the wind load and the size down a notch while the shade and privacy the tree provides - often the actual reason someone's kept it this long - stay intact.
View Crown Thinning and Canopy Reduction
Steel cable, run high between two major limbs, does one job: it catches the load before a weakening fork has to bear all of it alone. On a lakefront tree where years of wind from the same direction have already worn down one particular joint, that's often enough to keep the whole tree standing without cutting anything major away.
View Tree Cabling and BracingDial (647) 370-0635 and lay out what's going on with the tree. We'll follow up with a number after seeing it.
Tell us the species, the size, and how exposed it is to the lake, and expect to hear back the same business day. Or skip typing altogether and phone (647) 370-0635.
