Stump Removal
We dig stumps out of the ground whole, roots and all, with an excavator. The stumps are hauled off and the hole is filled and graded.
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Land clearing means taking a piece of ground back from the woods. We clear whole lots for a new house, with the trees down and the stumps pulled out. We also clear part of a lot, or open a view back up to a pond or a lake. All of it is done with excavators.
Most clearing runs ahead of something else. The house footprint and the driveway route get opened first, and then the site work follows. Other owners want ground back for a yard, a field or a place to park. We look at the lot, tell you what comes off, and put it in a written estimate.
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A lot that has never been built on is usually all woods. The median house lot in Monroe runs about an acre, and Newtown's runs larger. The trees have to come off the house footprint, the driveway route and the yard.
We take them down with an excavator and work in from the road. That keeps solid ground under the machine. The stumps come out as we go, and pulling one with the excavator takes the root ball with it. That is stump removal done whole, and the holes get filled behind us.
Clearing is usually the first step of a new build. The driveway, the foundation dig, the trenches and the final grade come after it. One contractor can carry the lot from standing woods to a graded yard.
The ground here is glacial till sitting on schist and gneiss. Soil maps in this part of the county run deep soil and shallow soil side by side on one hillside. Where the shallow type maps out, hard bedrock can sit 10 to 20 inches down.
Ledge changes how a stump comes out and how far a root can be followed. Boulders and old fieldstone walls run through these woods as well. We look for all of it at the estimate and price the job around it.
Water matters too. Many of these soils have a dense layer of till 20 to 40 inches down. Water sits on top of that layer from late fall into spring. Ground that is soft in March can be firm by July, so timing is part of the plan.
Connecticut decides wetlands by soil type, not by standing water. Soils mapped poorly drained, very poorly drained, alluvial or floodplain all count. A dry looking patch of woods can still be regulated ground. Brooks and channels that only run part of the year count as watercourses.
Work in or beside one of those areas needs a permit from the town inland wetlands agency. Each town also sets how far its review area reaches past the wetland line. A licensed soil scientist or surveyor flags that line, and the town takes it from there. We tell you what your town will ask for and line the job up around it.
Erosion control comes in on bigger jobs. Towns ask for a soil erosion and sediment control plan once a job disturbs more than half an acre. A single family house on its own lot is exempt from that one. Past an acre of disturbed ground, a state stormwater permit applies too.
Free estimates and site visits across Monroe and the rest of Fairfield County.
(412) 944-9931From the first call to a flat, finished lot, here is how it goes.
Call (412) 944-9931 and tell us what has to come down or get dug out. We ask what is on the lot and how you want it left.
We come out and go over the job with you: the building, the access, where the debris goes. Slope, ledge and wet ground all change how a job gets done.
You get the work, the hauling and the finished grade spelled out in writing. Nothing gets scheduled until you say go.
The demolition permit comes from the town building official, and the town wants the utility disconnects confirmed first. We tell you what your town will ask for and line the job up around it. Call Before You Dig marks the public lines before any digging starts.
The debris is hauled away, the cellar hole is filled to grade and the ground is left flat. We go over the finished site with you before we pull off the job.
Common questions about land clearing across Monroe and the rest of Fairfield County. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We dig stumps out of the ground whole, roots and all, with an excavator. The stumps are hauled off and the hole is filled and graded.
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Overgrown brush, briars, vines and saplings pulled out with an excavator. Fallen dead wood cleared, trails cut and views reopened across Fairfield County.
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We do the site work for a new home in Monroe and across Fairfield County. The lot gets cleared, the driveway cut in, the foundation dug and the yard graded.
Learn MoreThe base is Monroe. We work across Fairfield County and the towns just over the New Haven County line.
The company came out of general construction, from commercial buildings to water main work for cities and towns. Knowing how a building went up shapes how it comes down.
The teardown, the digging, the clearing and the final grade all come from the same company. One number to call while the lot is being worked.
We come look at the site, then put the work and the price in writing. Call (412) 944-9931 to set one up.
Tell us what has to come down, get dug or get cleared, and how you want the lot left. Call (412) 944-9931 or send the form and we will set up a look at the site.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.
