Newer homes, fenced back yards

Stump Grinding in Short Pump

Around Twin Hickory Park and the streets near it, half the homes went up in 1998 or later, and the trees planted with them are big enough now to crowd a roof or a fence. When one comes down, we grind its stump below the lawn.

Call (804) 429-8770, Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 6 pm. We answer or call back the same working day.

  • Free estimatesNo obligation, seen in person
  • Whole job quotedNo surprise charges after
  • Same-day call-backAnswered or returned
  • Cleanup includedChips raked, lawn left tidy

From the call to the gate

Stump grinding, starting with the way in

Every stump job here starts with the route from the street to the stump, because a back yard closed by a fence is reached through its gate or not at all.

  1. You call and tell us where it standsFront lawn or back, how wide the gate is, and whether a bed, a patio or a slope sits in the way.
  2. We look before we quoteWe measure the stump across its widest part at the ground, walk the route and price the whole job, free.
  3. The buried lines get markedAn 811 locate flags gas, water and electric lines in the yard before any grinding below grade.
  4. A compact grinder goes through the gateA rubber-tracked machine fits a standard 36-inch gate and crosses the lawn without ruts, so no truck drives on the grass.
  5. Ground low, raked levelThe stump goes below grade and the chips go back into the hole, raked flat, with the loose debris cleared away.
compact stump grinder at a fence gate in Short Pump

The houses and the streets

Housing, landmarks and newer subdivisions

The median home here was built in 1998, so most yard trees went in with the house and have been growing just as long.

That age sets the timing of the work. A tree of that size is the one that comes down for leaning over the roof or shading out the lawn, and its stump is best ground soon after the cut, before suckers sprout from the roots and before the grass hides it from the mower.

We grind in Wellesley, Greengate and West Broad Village alike, where a stump often sits in a back lawn behind a privacy fence, a step from a planted bed.

1998Median year a home was built
11.7 miOut from the city

When the stump is not the whole job

Roots, deeper removal and business lots

The same visit can take on more than the stump. Each of these has its own page, and each starts with the same free estimate.

Surface root grinding in the same visit

Surface roots are ground down in the same visit as the stump, with the same machine and to the same depth, so the lawn mows flat.

Yard trees planted when these subdivisions were new have spread their roots across the grass, and grinding those roots is what stops them lifting the turf.

grind exposed tree roots

Stump removal before a patio or new bed

Stump removal clears the spot for good when a patio, a bed or a new tree is going where the stump stood.

56.4% of homes here are lived in by their owners, and an owner with plans for that corner wants the stump removal to go deeper than a lawn needs, or the root ball dug out.

full stump removal

Commercial stump grinding for shops and offices

Commercial stump grinding serves shops, offices and rental homes the same way it serves a family yard: measured, quoted in full and raked clean.

Around the Town Center on West Broad Street, parking lot islands and storefront beds lose trees too, and a commercial stump there is ground below grade like any other, several in one visit.

commercial stump removal

Google reviews

In Our Customers' Own Words

We had trees removed by Elias who than used Garcia to remove stumps. Great work. Curtious, polite and got it done in no time. Thank you.
alexandra B · Google review
Garcia stump grinding is awesome! He took care of a lot of stumps we had in an efficient way. Our yard looks so much better! Highly recommend.
Lori Geer · Google review
The Garcia Stump Grinding team gets it done every time rain or shine. We still have more work to do and we will call them again being that we only work with these guys. Highly recommend. Easy to get along with and they work extremely quick and clean. Really, these guys will steam roll a tree/ stump job.
Clay Moseley · Google review

Farther along the route

Other towns and the service area

The same grinder works across the whole service area, from the neighboring towns with pages of their own to the ones in between.

Glen Allen and Innsbrook are close by and get the same visit and the same free estimate. If you are not sure we reach your street, ask on the call.

A Stump Behind the Back Gate?

One call gets a free, no-obligation estimate. We answer Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 6 pm, and return any other call the next working morning.

Call for a Free Estimate (804) 429-8770

We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after, and we clean up when the work is done.

Call (804) 429-8770