Providing professional stump removal service in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville and more GTA locations
About Toronto Stump Removal
Professional Stump Removal in the GTA
Toronto Stump Removal specializes in professional tree stump removal services. Stump removal is our full-time focus and passion. With thousands of stumps successfully removed, we have earned our reputation as experts in the field. We utilize state-of-the-art stump grinders that ensure precise and efficient removal.
Our team comprises friendly professionals with extensive experience in the tree industry, dedicated to providing exceptional service and exceeding customer expectations.
Contact us, and we will provide a detailed explanation of the stump removal process and address any questions you may have about your specific situation. Before you call, please measure your stump straight across at the widest part, and we will promptly provide you with an estimate over the phone.
Stump Removal Process
Why remove a tree stump?
After a tree is cut down, you are often left with an eye sore of the tree stump left behind. Removal of the stump ensures that roots of the tree do not continue to grow and potentially compromise the integrity of your foundation, driveway, or stonework.
Removing that unsightly stump will improve the look of your landscape and eliminate tripping hazards for you and your family. It will also make it easier for you to cut grass, or plant flowers where the stump used to be thereby beautifying your yard.
Reasons to remove a tree stump:
• Improve Aesthetics: Removing an unattractive tree stump can significantly enhance the appearance of your yard. A rotting stump disrupts the aesthetic flow of your garden or landscape, potentially decreasing your property’s value.
• Reclaim Usable Land: A tree stump occupies space that could be better utilized. Removing it allows you to extend your outdoor living area, create a playground for children, or use the space for building projects such as a patio, garden shed, or gazebo.
• Protect Paved Areas: The roots of a cut tree can remain alive and continue to grow. These roots may spread and cause cracks in nearby paved areas, leading to costly repairs.
• Eliminate Tripping Hazards: Tree stumps pose a tripping hazard, especially for children and elderly individuals. Removing them ensures a safer environment for you and your family.
• Prevent Pest Infestation: Decaying stumps attract pests and insects such as termites, ants, and beetles. These pests can spread to healthy plants or even your home, causing extensive damage.
• Ease Lawn Maintenance: A tree stump can obstruct mowing and other yard maintenance tasks, making it difficult to keep your lawn neat and tidy. Removing the stump allows for easier and more efficient yard care.
How a tree stump is removed:
Our technicians use a process called stump grinding to remove stumps and roots of different shapes and sizes. We use top-of-the-line stump grinding machines which basically “chew up” the tree stump and transform it into a pile of wood chips. The wood chips are then used to fill in the empty hole where the stump used to be. Our equipment is compact and light-weight and will not damage anything on your property in any way. Stump grinding is the fastest, safest and the most ecological way to remove a tree stump.
Toronto Stump Removal also removes bushes and shrubs.
The Stump Grinder
What is a stump grinder?
A stump grinder or stump cutter is a power tool or equipment attachment that removes tree stumps by means of rotating a cutting disk that chips away the wood.
A typical stump grinder incorporates a cutter wheel with fixed carbide teeth. The cutter wheel movements are controlled by hydraulic cylinders to push the cutter wheel teeth laterally through the stump and raise and lower the cutter wheel.
Because of its compact size, using a stump grinder is a fast, cost effective and environmentally friendly way to remove that unwanted tree stump from your lawn or yard without causing any damage to the landscape surrounding it.
Tree Related Facts and Info
Emerald Ash Borer
Due to the recent invasion of the Emerald Ash Borer, a lot of the stumps removed by Toronto Stump Removal belong to dead or diseased Ash Trees.
An ash tree is most easily identified by:
1. It has an opposite branching pattern (two branches come off the main stem, one on each side and directly opposite each other).
2. It has compound leaves with 5-11 leaflets (depending on the species of ash). Leaflets are moderately toothed and may be stalked or sessile.
3. In winter: first look for the opposite branching pattern and stout twigs of ash. Small branches grow off larger branches opposite one another. Likewise, buds and leaf scars are opposite one another on twigs.
Next, Ash trees have many small dots (vascular bundles) on their leaf scars, forming a semi-circle or crescent pattern.
And, white and green ashes have thick, diamond-patterned bark, while black ash bark is thin, ashy-gray, and scaly.
Emerald Ash Borer is a forest pest native to Asia that has killed millions of Ash trees in southwestern Ontario, and the Great Lakes States.
Due to its major economic and environmental threat, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has prohibited the movement of firewood and any material made from Ash trees outside of designated areas under an Infested Places Order.