Site Development
We cut house pads and driveways into sloped lots and dig for the foundation. Your build starts on level ground.
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You have a sloped lot and plans for a house, a garage or a barn. Before anything goes up, the ground has to be dug out and leveled. Sanders Contracting does that excavation around Murphy, North Carolina. We dig footings and basements and cut building pads into the slope.
Our large excavator takes the deep digs and heavy cuts, and the small one works the tight spots. The dump truck hauls off the spoil dirt and rock. If brush still covers the lot, land clearing comes first. On a new home site, the dig is one step of site development, which covers the whole job in order.
Tell us what you need done and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Most new buildings start with a foundation dig. We dig footings for a crawl space or a slab, or the full hole for a basement. The house plans set the depth and width, and the dig follows those lines. Pouring the concrete is a separate trade that comes next.
Garages, barns and additions get the same kind of dig. Most sit on a building pad, a level spot cut into the slope at the height on the plans. If an old slab or footing is in the way, concrete removal takes it out first.
Rock can show up early in a dig here. The federal soil survey describes Junaluska soil, found on ridges and side slopes, from a site west of Murphy. In that soil, weathered bedrock sits 20 to 40 inches down. Rock changes the work, so we look at the job before we put the quote in writing.
Lots in these mountains are rarely flat, so level ground has to be made. With cut and fill, the excavator digs into the uphill side and moves that dirt to the downhill side. A good balance keeps hauling to a minimum. Rough grading then shapes the ground so rain runs off away from the pad.
Every cut leaves a bank on the uphill side. State law says a graded slope can be no steeper than plant cover or other erosion controls can hold. So a tall bank gets cut back to a gentler slope, or a retaining wall holds it.
Bare dirt does not stay put on these slopes. The soil survey says Junaluska soil sheds water fast once the forest litter is gone. State law gives bare graded slopes 21 calendar days after a phase of grading to be planted or covered. Our hydroseeding covers new banks with seed and mulch.
The large excavator does the heavy dirt work. It digs basement holes and takes the big cuts into a hillside. Its longer reach helps cut back a tall bank. It also loads the dump truck with spoil.
The small excavator goes where the big one cannot fit. It works close to a house or a wall and between trees. On a steep lot, it can work a narrow bench where the large machine has no room.
What the lot cannot use leaves in our dump truck. Good dirt often stays on the lot as fill. Loose rock from the dig goes out with the extra spoil. When we look at the job, we pick the machine that fits it and put the quote in writing.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 100 miles around Murphy across western North Carolina, north Georgia and east Tennessee.
(828) 342-1467From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (828) 342-1467 or (828) 361-8764 with the address and what has to come down or get cleared.
We look at what has to come down and how the excavator gets in. Steep lots and soft ground change how a job runs.
You get the quote in writing, with the work spelled out. When you say yes, we set a date.
You have the utility shut off power and gas. The public lines get marked through NC 811 before any digging or demolition.
The excavator takes the structure down and the dump truck hauls the debris off. We leave the lot cleaned up and ready for what comes next.
Common questions about excavation around Murphy and the rest of the tri-state area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We cut house pads and driveways into sloped lots and dig for the foundation. Your build starts on level ground.
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We clear brush and small trees off lots and acreage, then pull the stumps. The dump truck hauls the debris away, and the ground is ready to use.
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We break out old slabs, foundations, driveways and patios with the excavator. The broken concrete goes out in our dump truck.
Learn MoreWe are based in Murphy, in Cherokee County. We take jobs across the tri-state area where North Carolina meets Georgia and Tennessee.
A large excavator and a small one do the tear-down. Our dump truck hauls the debris off, so one company handles the whole job.
We look at the job before we price it. You get the quote in writing, with the work spelled out.
Tell us what has to come down or get cleared, and where the job is. Call or text (828) 342-1467 or (828) 361-8764, or send the form, and we set a time to look at it.
Tell us what you need done and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
