A green Bandit stump grinder at the front doorway of a house in Ilford, on plywood boards over the threshold, with the door frame removed for clearance

Tight Access Stump Grinding

Large Sycamore Stump Removal in Ilford

Ilford, East London

Location: Ilford, East London
Tree: Sycamore
Access: No side access — through the house
Equipment: Bandit SG-40 + Terminator
Carried out for: Franklin Trees
Service: Tight Access Stump Grinding

The job

Making way for a garden room.

This job was carried out for Franklin Trees, working for a builder who needed a large sycamore stump removed to make way for a new garden room at the back of the property.

The stump had been left high because the tree surgeons had encountered metal throughout it while cutting the tree.

The large sycamore stump, left high after the tree was cut, beside a block wall in the Ilford garden before removal

The access

No side access. Through the house.

There was no side access, and the stump was too large for the tight-access equipment to deal with efficiently, so the Bandit stump grinder had to be taken through the house.

The door frames were removed to provide enough clearance for the machine. After manoeuvring the grinder through the property, getting into the rear garden meant taking the machine over a wall, so ramps were built to get the Bandit safely into the garden.

The Bandit SG-40 being driven over a low brick wall at the rear of the house on aluminium ramps and timber boards built to reach the garden

The work

Metal in the stump.

The Bandit SG-40 was used to remove the main bulk of the stump.

When the embedded metal prevented further safe grinding, the Terminator chainsaw stump grinder attachment was used to carefully expose the metal. The metal was then cut out with an angle grinder before stump removal could continue.