Hi,
I’ve had some golden canes and one palm tree ground with a stump grinding service.
I’ve asked for the tree to be ground down enough so I can put stones and pavers in with a retaining wall. Do you think they’ve done it low enough or should I get them back out?
Hasn't been done at all? I definitely would not be paying for that
should I get them back out?
When were they out originally?
6+ months ago according to my calculations and the discolouration of the stump.
They literally cut the tree down last week and ground the stump today
Well I'll be buggered. That stump looks like it's been exposed to weather for ages. My bad.
Have the drilled and poisoned the stump as well?
Also, is that your army/camo truck?
Looks like they’ve drilled a hole in it but I’d have to ask if they poisened it
@simplesierra: Sorry I’m mistaken, that tree was already cut down months ago. There was another palm right next to it
Well I'll be buggered.
Not by me you won't.
get a mattock onto the remaining stump
Turns out they haven’t ground an existing stump that is as previously there. Is there reason they wouldn’t have grounded this one?
Did you ask them to grind the old tree stump ? They've done a good job on the palms to below ground level.
Why is the fence so gappy?
Went halves with a neighbour once to build a pailing fence. Deal was that the pailings were to be on my side between posts 1 & 2 (he'd see the railings) and on his side between posts 2 & 3 (I would see the railings) etc etc. Came home and builder nailed the pailings alternating between both sides all the way along the length of the fence. So we had a gappy fence.
The gappy fence should have been redone.
As a child, I was always embarrassed by my father always being up in every tradesperson's business when they attended the property, or even when he took the car in for a service. He tries to make himself useful by acting as each tradie's mature age apprentice, even when they have an apprentice also in attendance. And he always asks a bunch of questions, because he is genuinely interested in how things work. I'm certain he is annoying however he's never had a bad tradie experience. When my brother was building his house, my father was over there every day making certain he was in the way & ensuring that things were being done properly, as the self-appointed compliance officer, even though he's not a builder. If he was willing, I would hire him out to time poor/working folks that cannot be in attendance for maintenance/repairs at their property. There would not be such a thing as a gappy fence on my father's watch!
This is a good philosophy. As long as you come across as curious and not judgemental, you will end up with better results. I was just thinking I need to do more of this
Dang, I was really hoping this would be a thread for people who have heard "haha that stump is too small for me to grind"
Oh well, maybe one day I'll find a support group :-(
Just hook up the Unimog and pull it out.
Going by the rust in that thing I reckon the stump would likely win.
The palm will have a large root ball.
Paving over it will lead to the paving collapsing as the ball rots over time.
Get a pressure washer and starting blasting the soil around the base/roots to expose them more and more.
It is best to remove the roots as much as possible.
A reciprocating saw can be your best friend.
I never thought of using a pressure washer to expose roots. It sounds like genius as long as the area can get really wet and you don't mind dirt flinging all over.
pre soak the area the night before with a sprinkler (not blasting, just to wet the area) to soften the soil a little.
Had some stumps ground down a few years ago and he went right down below ground level, at least a foot and a half. I would definitely not be happy with your job.
It's been a fair few years since I used a stump grinder so maybe I'm misremembering what it looks like but IMO that doesn't look like it's been ground down at all, just cut as low as they could.
As for it being low enough for your retaining wall, who knows without seeing some diagrams of what's planned, dimensions, drainage etc.