Tree Removal
glen.mclellan10
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Hi,
I paid a gardener to come and clear the bottom of our garden, which includes a tree. I mentioned it needs to be completely removed because we were planning on putting a garden room down there!!
However, turns out he can't remove all the tree!! Even though he said he would. He's chopped it right down so there is about 10cm's left. Now I'm slightly annoyed because I wanted it completely chopped down to the ground. But I'm left with what I have!
But I was wondering if anyone can let me know what my options might be? We won't be putting a garden room down for a couple of months so if there is some sort of poison option that takes a month then I'm happy to do that. Or do I need to call in an expert to sort it out? Please help!
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a stump grinder?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Why is everyone's first port of call to pump chemicals in the ground. It's sad, especially for something that's just cosmetic.
Your best bet is probably to take an axe to it (if you don't want to hire a grinder) and simply chop it down to the level you want it. You can increase the speed a tree stump rots by drilling into it (I think you can speed this up further by pouring nitrogen feed into the holes- though I've not tried that).
Sorry, the reason I mentioned chemicals is because that's easy to do. Whereas, hiring a grinder is harder!!
I basically want to ensure it doesn't grow again. I was hoping it would be flat against the floor, because it's hard to put a garden room down when you have a small trunk sticking out!!! I'll drill into it also. Hopefully that will help! Thanks for the help.
Any idea what kind of tree it was. Some will regrow even from the shortest of sections of stump. Do you need to remove the roots in order to put in a base for the garden room or just need to get the remains of the stump down to ground level?
Probably too late now, but if the gardener was contracted to remove the tree completely you shouldn't have paid him until you were satisfied with the job.
There are products which will speed up the rotting of the stump but they won't do the job in a couple of months.
What is the diameter of the stump? If more than (say) 8 inches then a stump grinder is the best option as nut mentioned (smaller than that and you should be able to dig it out with a fair amount of hard work.) You can hire stump grinders but they are very dangerous to operate so would recommend you get a professional to grind it out for you. If you Google 'stump removal' and your town/city name, you should easily find someone close.
KT53 says:
Any idea what kind of tree it was. Some will regrow even from the shortest of sections of stump. Do you need to remove the roots in order to put in a base for the garden room or just need to get the remains of the stump down to ground level?
Probably too late now, but if the gardener was contracted to remove the tree completely you shouldn't have paid him until you were satisfied with the job.
There are products which will speed up the rotting of the stump but they won't do the job in a couple of months.
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Hi, Thank you for that. The tree only really needs to be down to garden level. The garden room will just sit on the surface. The foundations will be dug at certain points and that won't be where the tree stump is!
It's an apple tree. Will that regrow from the smallest of routes?
I did argue with them that I wanted it right down. But they just said they couldn't do that. I've not actually paid them yet. They are sending me an invoice!!
It might regrow from a stump but it seems like you're going to be removing it to below the soil level and then putting something on top of it so I'd be very surprised if it manages to survive that!
If you can dig out some of the soil around the stump you should be able to get a combination of saw and axe to get enough of it out, if you want to avoid getting a stumper; obviously those things aren't cheap.
Good luck. Don't forget to come back with photo's when your garden room is done!