Pricing
How a dig gets priced
Six things decide the number. You can see most of them at the site walk, and the estimate puts each one in writing.
What decides the price
Length and depth of the trench, the soil, how close the machine can get, and what is at each end: a house, a tank, a well.
Length and depth
Soil, rock and frost
Access for the machine
The tank, the tie-in and the pipe
What the estimate includes
Digging, pipe, bedding, backfill and rough grade, the 811 request, and the record of what went in.
Included: the permit fee, shown on its own line
Not included: reseeding, sod, paving, tree removal
Not included: plumbing inside the house
What happens at the visit
We walk the route and write what we saw. The visit fee is on the estimate, and it comes off the job if you hire us.
Nights and weekends
We don't dig at night. Saturday work is by appointment, and the rate is on the estimate.
When you get the number
In writing, before we dig, after the site walk and once the 811 marks show where the route can go.
If the ground surprises us
Rock, an old tank, a line nobody marked. A clear route is one price. Rock is hourly, the estimate says so, and we call you before we go on.
Read the line
A fixed price and an hourly line
On a route that is clear, the price is one number for the whole job. The estimate lists what is in it, so you can compare it with someone else's line by line.
Some ground hides things, and we don't price what we haven't seen. If we hit rock or an unmarked line, the estimate has an hourly line for it, and we stop and call you before we use it.
Want the number for your lot?
A price starts with a site walk. Send the address and what you want to run.