Grindings cleanup and backfill in Knoxville
Dealing with the chip pile after a stump is ground, when Knoxville-area curbside pickup won't take it.
Get a free quoteGrindings cleanup and backfill in Knoxville: what to know
A ground stump leaves a mound of wood chips mixed with soil, often bigger than the stump looked. In Knoxville, city brush collection won't take stumps or debris from tree service contractors, and Alcoa leaves anything over 8 inches in diameter, so the chips stay unless you or the provider move them. You have three common choices. Keep the chips and spread them as mulch in beds. Have the provider rake them back into the hole and mound them, knowing they will settle as they rot. Or pay for haul-away and fresh topsoil, which LawnStarter puts at about $2 to $3 per inch of stump diameter for the removal part. If you want grass in that spot, most of the chips need to come out. Fresh wood chips mixed into the soil tie up nitrogen while they break down, and the hole will sink. Ask whether the price includes topsoil and seeding or just backfill.
What's included
Raking grindings into the hole or into a pile
Hauling the chips away
Topsoil backfill and leveling
Seed or straw over the spot, where offered
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