House Pads & Building Pads in Fayette, AL
House pads, shop pads and mobile home pads in Fayette and across Fayette County, cut to firm ground, filled in lifts and compacted to grade. Our home county. Free estimates. Call or text (205) 535-6376.
A firm, level place to build in our home county
Around Fayette a building site is usually one of two things. Up on the hills it is a slope in pine and hardwood that has to be cut into. Down toward the Sipsey River and the creek bottoms it is flatter ground that stays wet, and the pad has to be built up out of it. A house, a shop or a manufactured home needs a level, firm place to sit either way, and that place is what a pad is.
Replacing an old mobile home with a new one? Start with mobile home removal in Fayette, then the pad.
We build house pads around Fayette and all over Fayette County, which is home for us: we are based in Berry. The cut side is taken down to firm ground with the Cat dozer and the excavator. The fill side goes up in lifts and is compacted as it goes, never dumped in one push. Spoil off the cut is spread, stacked or hauled, whichever you want. Your slab, foundation or setup crew takes it from there.
Have plans or surveyor's stakes? We build to them. If not, the pad is set so water runs away from the building and the drive comes in at a slope a loaded truck can climb. Estimates are free and priced off the lot. If the lot is still wooded, see land clearing in Fayette first.
What a Fayette pad job covers
- House and manufactured home pads
- Shop, barn and container pads
- Cut side taken to firm ground
- Fill compacted in lifts
- Pads raised on low ground
- Spoil spread, stacked or hauled
Hills, bottoms and the paperwork
Two kinds of dirt in one county
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, and a U.S. Geological Survey report maps the Coker and Gordo formations at the surface here. Geologists describe the Coker as mostly sand and clay with some gravel. So a pad can be tight clay at one corner and loose sandy gravel at the other. We cut until the ground is firm, strip roots and topsoil out from under the fill, and tell you what we find.
Low ground near the Sipsey
The Sipsey River runs down the middle of the county, with Luxapallila Creek on the west side and the North River on the east. Ground near any of them holds water well after the hills dry. A pad there is mostly fill, raised and packed in lifts, with the yard shaped so water leaves the building. Wet ground also sets the schedule: fill goes in when the dirt under it will carry a machine. Work in a stream or a wetland can come under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, so ask before a machine goes in.
Permits and the road in
Inside the Fayette city limits, ask City Hall what a new house, shop or addition needs before dirt moves. Out in the county, ask the county what applies, and if the house will be on a septic system, the county health department issues that permit. A job that disturbs an acre or more comes under ADEM's construction stormwater permit. 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 house pads service.
Can you build a pad for a mobile home in Fayette County, AL?
Yes. Mobile and manufactured home pads are cut, filled and compacted the same way as a house pad, sized for the home and set so water drains away from it. Alabama's installation rules call for a site graded to drain and piers on stable soil, so tell us the home size and where the installer wants it. Our guide to mobile home pad requirements in Alabama covers the rules.
How much does a house pad cost in Fayette, Alabama?
It comes down to how much dirt has to move. Slope, pad size, how far down firm ground is, whether fill has to be trucked in and how easy the lot is to reach all count. See the house pad cost guide, then call or text for a free estimate on your ground.
Can you build a house pad on low ground near the Sipsey River?
Often, yes, with fill brought up in compacted lifts and the yard shaped so water runs off. Your builder or surveyor sets the finished floor height, and we build to it. Ground that is truly wetland is a question for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first, so ask before anything is filled.
Do you build shop and barn pads around Fayette and Berry?
Yes. Shop, barn, pole barn, carport and shipping container pads are built the same way as a house pad, in dirt or gravel, cut, filled and compacted in lifts. Our shop and barn pads page has the details. Tell us the building size and where the doors face.
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 pageExcavating in Fayette
Footings, trenches, culverts, stumps and the digging jobs that have no name.
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 pageGravel Driveways in Fayette
Gravel drives and access roads cut in, based, crowned and ditched so they last.
See the Fayette pageMobile Home Removal in Fayette
Old single-wides and double-wides torn down on site, hauled off, and the ground left graded.
See the Fayette pageBrush Clearing in Fayette
Briars, privet, kudzu and saplings mulched where they stand. No piles.
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 overviewHouse Pads
Pads cut, filled in lifts and compacted to grade for houses, shops and mobile homes.
The full serviceHouse Pads in other places
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