ServicesOutdoor services in Millington, TN
Stump grinding is the job we're known for, and it has its own page. Everything below is how the yard gets finished once the stump is gone, by the same crew, priced on its own.
Stump grinding
Ground below grade with a tracked Bandit that fits through a 32-inch gate. Depth, chips, roots, and what it costs are all on the stump grinding page.
Tree work
Trees that need to come down, and the cleanup after ones that already have. A storm-damaged limb over a roof, a dead pine leaning at the fence, a sweetgum dropping spike balls on the driveway every fall: the job is to get it on the ground safely, cut it to rounds, and leave the yard clean. What's left after any tree comes down is a stump, and having it ground in the same visit is one trip and one bill instead of two. If a tree company already took the tree and left the stump, that's the other half of what we do.
Sod prep & installation
The step most people skip after a stump, and the reason a lot of yards have a soft dip where a tree used to be. Chips settle as they rot. Sod laid over them settles with them. Done right, the chips come out of the hole, topsoil goes in and gets compacted in lifts, the spot is graded flush with the lawn around it, and the sod is laid tight and rolled. Bermuda and zoysia take the Mid-South summer; fescue wants shade and water. Tell us what's already growing and the patch will match it instead of announcing itself. Also for whole yards, not just the hole.
Drainage
Standing water after a Mid-South rain almost always has a cause you can fix. The usual suspects: a low spot that never got graded, a downspout dumping next to the foundation with nowhere to go, or a clay layer under a few inches of topsoil that won't take water. The fix depends on the cause. French drains carry water off from where it collects; catch basins and buried downspout lines get roof water away from the house; regrading solves the low spot for good. Water that sits against a foundation or a fence post is the expensive kind, so it's worth a look before it gets there.
Irrigation
Sprinkler systems that put water on the grass and not on the driveway, the fence, or the street. That's zone layout and head choice more than it is hardware: rotors for open lawn, sprays for beds and strips, drip where you don't want to water the weeds. New systems for a whole yard, or a zone added where the new sod went in. One thing to know if we're grinding a stump near an existing system: 811 does not mark irrigation lines, so point out where the heads and the valve box are before the machine starts.
Exterior lighting
Low-voltage lighting for paths, steps, trees, and the front of the house. It's the difference between a yard you use until dark and a yard you use after dark, which in December means after five o'clock. Path lights where people actually walk, an uplight on the one tree worth looking at, and a fixture at the step that keeps somebody from missing it. Low-voltage runs on a transformer off an outdoor outlet, so there's no electrician's permit involved and the wire goes a few inches under the mulch.
Concrete
Pads, walks, and steps. A pad for a shed or a hot tub, a walk from the drive to the back gate, steps that replace the two cinder blocks at the side door. The part that decides whether it lasts is under the concrete: a base that's been dug out and compacted, not scraped, and forms that are square and level before the truck shows up. Flatwork on a yard where a stump just came out needs the chips gone and the ground compacted first, or the slab settles with them.
Hardscape design
Paver patios, retaining walls, borders, and the layout that decides where they go. This is the part of the yard you build once, so the design questions come first: where the shade is at five o'clock, where the water goes when it rains, where the grill lives, how you get from the back door to the fire pit without crossing wet grass. Then the base work, which is most of the labor and all of the longevity. Paver patios and small walls are a natural follow-on to a yard that just lost a big tree and gained a lot of sun.
Send a photo. We'll send a number.
The fastest way to a price is a picture of the stump with something in it for scale. Text it to (901) 355-3112, or use the form and we'll text you back. If the phone rings through, we're probably running the grinder.