Mike said:

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote:
"Loren via HomeKB.com" u27944@uwe wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I've got some good ideas here and will give them a
try. I'll be back if I can't get it to work.

In your vaired experiences, How long does this generally take to kill
off the
tree?

What I do is this, drill holes in the tree stump, fill with roundup,
repeat a few times then burry the stump in some dirt. Come back a month
later and you can almost pull the stump out by hand.

How much to have it ground down should be your next question, but carry
on.

Under a deck though?

It probably should have been ground out prior to building the deck, but I
suppose that's moot. =)

If the deck is screwed together, it should still be an option. Perhaps a
bit labor-intensive, but an option nonetheless. Simply a matter of
numbering the undersides of the boards, as they're removed to make it easy
to replace them.

The problem I see with using some chemical to "dissolve" the stump, would
possibly lead to a stability problem with the deck. Nothing like a nice
cavity appearing under a foundation. Which actually brings up the question
of whether or not removing the stump from the ground will cause damage to
the deck's support areas. Sure, you could kill it off with some Roundup,
but there's still the remains of the stump to be dealt with.

A pic of the area would be a plus. =)
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