Excavating in Fayette, AL
Footings, water and power trenches, culvert sets, stump pulling and drainage around Fayette, dug by a Fayette County outfit with its own excavator and dozer. Free estimates, priced off your ground. Call or text (205) 535-6376.
Digging in Fayette, where the hills meet the river bottom
Through the middle of Fayette County the Sipsey River spreads out into swamp and oxbow lakes. Away from it the hills climb back up into pine and hardwood. Most digging jobs around Fayette land somewhere between the two, and which end you are on decides how the job goes. Up high the bucket finds sand, clay and gravel. Down low it finds water. We are based in Berry, so Fayette County is home, and a job here is about as close to home as it gets.
The calls are mostly plain ones. Footings for a shop behind the house. A trench to carry water and power out to a barn. A culvert under a drive that washes every spring. A stump and root ball out of the yard. A wet corner that needs a ditch so it drains. That is excavating work in the everyday sense, done with an excavator for the digging and a Cat dozer for the grading after.
You get a look at the job first and a price off what is really there. Estimates are free. Small jobs carry a minimum, and you hear the figure before you commit to anything. If brush or timber has to come off the site before the digging starts, see our page on land clearing in Fayette. Not sure your job is something we take on? Call or text and ask.
Excavating jobs we take around Fayette
- Footings dug to your plans
- Water and power line trenches
- Driveway and field-road culverts
- Stumps and root balls pulled
- Ditches, swales and wet-spot drainage
- Level spots for shops and containers
What the ground around Fayette is like to dig
Sand, clay and gravel on the hills
Fayette County sits on a seam. The Encyclopedia of Alabama puts the western part of the county in the East Gulf Coastal Plain and the eastern part on the Cumberland Plateau. A U.S. Geological Survey report maps the Coker and Gordo formations at the surface in Fayette County, and geologists describe the Coker as mostly sand and clay with some gravel. For a footing or a trench, that means the dirt can change from tight clay to loose sandy gravel inside one hole. We dig to the size and depth on your plans, keep the corners square and the bottom level, and tell you what we find.
Creek bottoms and the Sipsey side
The Sipsey River runs down the middle of the county. Luxapallila Creek runs through the west side and the North River through the east. Ground near any of them holds water, and a trench there can fill before the pipe is in. Timing matters, and so does where the spoil goes. Work in a stream, a slough or a wetland can also come under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, so ask before a machine goes in. For a drive that crosses a branch, see culvert installation.
City lines, permits and the road
Inside town, ask Fayette City Hall what permits a new building or an addition needs before footings are dug. The city also has its own Gas Board and Water Board, which means gas and water mains under streets and yards. State law calls for an Alabama 811 locate ahead of any dig, and a locate leaves private lines unmarked, such as a water line you ran yourself. Tell us about those. A new drive onto US-43 or Highway 18, 96 or 171 needs an ALDOT permit, and county roads go through the county engineer's office.
Real Job Photos
Phone pictures from real jobs, captioned with what they show. See more recent work or read about our full excavating service.
Who digs footings for a shop or barn in Fayette, AL?
We do. Footings around Fayette are dug to the size and depth on your plans, with square corners and a level bottom, so whoever forms and pours can go straight to work. Trenches for water and power to the building can be dug on the same trip. Our page on footings and trenching has the detail.
Do I need a permit to dig or build inside the Fayette city limits?
Call Fayette City Hall and ask before work starts, because the rules differ by job and by address. Outside town, ask the county. Larger jobs that disturb an acre or more come under ADEM's construction stormwater permit.
Can you put a culvert in my driveway on a Fayette County road?
Yes. The pipe is set with the excavator, bedded, backfilled and covered, with the ends left open. Before it goes in, ask the Fayette County engineer's office what it requires where a drive meets a county road. If the drive ties into a state highway such as US-43 or Highway 18, the permit comes from ALDOT.
What does excavating cost in Fayette County, Alabama?
It depends on the dig: how deep, how long, what the dirt is, how wet it is and how easy it is to get a machine and trailer to it. We look at the job and price it off the ground. Estimates are free, and small jobs carry a minimum that you hear before you commit.
Fayette and Around
We cover Fayette and the country around it, including:
Forestry Mulching in Fayette
Brush, briars and small timber ground to mulch where they stand. No piles, no hauling.
See the Fayette pageHouse Demolition in Fayette
Old houses and outbuildings torn down, hauled off, slab out, lot filled and graded.
See the Fayette pageTree Removal in Fayette
Dead, leaning and storm-damaged trees taken down by machine, stumps pulled, ground left level.
See the Fayette pageAll Services in Fayette
Everything we do in Fayette and Fayette County.
Fayette overviewFayette County
Land clearing, mulching and dirt work across Fayette County.
County overviewExcavating
Footings, trenches, culverts, stumps and the digging jobs that have no name.
The full serviceExcavating in other places
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