Drainage & Excavation · Nashville, TN
Excavation & Site Work in Nashville
Footings, utility trenches, pads and site prep, with locates called before anything breaks ground.
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Excavation & Site Work in Nashville, Tennessee
Footings, utility trenches, pads and site prep, with locates called before anything breaks ground.
Nashville's Drainage and Excavation does excavation & site work for homeowners across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Drainage contractors who watch where the water goes before they dig, and give it somewhere to go.
Why homeowners call
Where the water usually gives itself away
- Standing water days after rain
- Water running toward the house
- Soggy patch that never dries out
- Crawl space or basement taking water
- Soil washing off a slope
- Downspouts dumping at the foundation
What is included
Pipe, stone and grade: what excavation & site work involves
- Utility locates called and marks respected
- Access route agreed and protected before machines arrive
- Footings, trenches, pads and site prep
- Spoil managed on site or hauled away as agreed
- Trench safety observed on anything deep
- Rock encountered reported before extra work is done
- Ground restored to an agreed condition
- Site left safe every night
Excavation & Site Work on the ground, from locates to backfill
Locates are called before anything breaks ground. This is not a formality and not a line item to skip — a struck gas line or fiber run is a very bad day for everyone and entirely avoidable.
Limestone shelf sits close to the surface across much of Middle Tennessee. Where we hit it, we stop and tell you before doing anything that changes the price, rather than presenting it afterwards.
Access is planned first. Getting a machine to the back of a property often means a fence panel out and boards over a lawn, and agreeing that beforehand avoids an argument about the ruts.
Spoil is real volume. Excavated soil takes up considerably more space than the hole it came from, and where it goes is agreed before we dig rather than after it is piled on the drive.
Also available
More drainage and excavation work
French Drains
Perforated pipe in washed stone, wrapped and sloped properly, which is what separates a drain from a buried pipe.
Learn moreGrading & Regrading
Reshaping the ground so water leaves the house instead of collecting against it — usually the real fix.
Learn moreCatch Basins & Surface Drains
Collecting water where it pools and taking it somewhere it can actually go.
Learn moreDownspout & Gutter Drainage
Piping roof water well clear of the foundation, which is the single cheapest drainage improvement most houses can make.
Learn moreRetaining Walls & Erosion Control
Holding a slope and draining behind it, because a retaining wall without drainage is a wall waiting to fail.
Learn moreService area
Yards drained and graded across Middle Tennessee
We dig in Nashville and 64 more towns across 12 counties, and our equipment goes anywhere in Middle Tennessee that sits about an hour or closer to Nashville.
FAQ
Common questions about excavation & site work
What excavation work do you do?
Footings and foundations for additions, garages and outbuildings; utility trenches for water, sewer, electrical and gas; pads for sheds, patios and hot tubs; pool excavation; and site preparation and clearing. Utilities are located before anything breaks ground — it is the law and it is common sense — and the spoil is either used on site for grading or hauled.
Do you need to call before digging?
Yes, and it is done for every job — Tennessee 811 marks the public utilities before we dig, and private lines — the run to the shop, the irrigation, the invisible fence — are located separately. Hitting a gas or electric line is dangerous and expensive, and a locate takes a few days to arrange, which is built into the schedule.
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Plan your excavation & site work with us
Show Nashville's Drainage and Excavation where the water collects after rain; our written estimate traces it to a discharge point and prices the fix.