Utilities and Drainage
We dig utility trenches for water, sewer, electrical, and other underground lines, and diagnose and correct drainage problems around foundations, yards, and driveways. Utility work and drainage work go hand in hand more often than people expect: a trench dug without thinking about where water wants to go can create a drainage problem, and a drainage fix often means opening up a trench anyway.
For a single utility tie-in, water, sewer, or electrical, we dig to the required depth, set the line with the correct bedding and slope, and backfill in a way that won’t settle and expose the line later. Even a short trench gets the same care on depth and bedding as a longer run, since a shallow or poorly bedded line is a problem waiting to surface.
Larger or more complex jobs, multiple lines in one trench, a run that has to navigate around existing utilities, or service to an outbuilding or second structure, take more planning up front but follow the same principles: dig clean, protect what’s already there, and bed and backfill correctly.
That same care applies to service line connections and hookups, tying a new run into an existing main or panel cleanly, with the connection tested and backfilled properly before we leave the site.
We also run utility trenching for site features beyond typical water, sewer, and electrical service, including conduit runs for solar arrays and other equipment that needs power or data brought out to a remote part of the property.
On the drainage side, we assess the site first: where water collects, where it’s supposed to go, and where something in the existing grading or piping is breaking down. That might mean regrading a yard, installing or replacing a drainage pipe, or digging out and rebuilding a drainage pit that’s no longer handling the water it was designed for.
From there we handle the digging, pipe work, and backfill needed to actually solve the problem rather than patch around it. A soggy yard, water finding its way toward a foundation, or a low spot that never drains are all signs of a drainage issue we can usually trace back to a specific cause and fix directly.
From a single utility tie-in to a full drainage regrade, we handle the digging, pipe work, and backfill needed to get it right.