Site Work
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.
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All Star Wrecking is an excavation contractor based in Monroe, Connecticut. We dig and backfill foundation holes for new houses and additions, cut trenches, and dig ponds. The work is done with excavators, with the bucket or thumb a job calls for. Soil that is not needed for backfill is hauled away.
Most excavation jobs start on a lot somebody is building on. A builder needs the hole dug to the plan, or an owner is adding on out back. A wooded lot often needs land clearing first, before a machine can dig anything. The full package, woods to graded yard, is site work.
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A foundation dig starts with the plan and the stakes. The builder or the surveyor sets the corners, and we dig to those lines. The hole gets cut wider than the foundation itself. That extra room is what lets the forms go in and come back out.
Depth comes off the plan, and the code sets the floor under it. The Connecticut building code puts the frost line at 42 inches. Footings have to sit below that line, and a full basement goes deeper anyway. Footing trenches are cut once the main hole is down to depth.
Backfill is the other half of the job. The concrete work belongs to the foundation contractor, and the digging and the backfill are ours. Once the walls are ready, the soil goes back in around them. The rest is graded out or hauled off, and the lot is ready for the final grade.
Most of the county is glacial till. That is a mix of sand, silt, clay, stones and boulders, dropped by the ice and never sorted. The river valleys hold sand and gravel instead. Depth to bedrock changes from one corner of a lot to the other.
So a dig turns up things a plan cannot show. Boulders come out with the bucket and get hauled off. Old fieldstone walls run through the woods on plenty of lots here. Low ground near a brook or a wet spot can put water in the hole.
Ledge is the thing that changes a job. When rock sits close to the surface, we plan for it at the estimate instead of after. Outcrops on the lot and the ground nearby tell us a lot before anything starts. Breaking rock with explosives is its own licensed trade in Connecticut, and a blasting contractor does that piece.
People dig a pond for water on the land or for the view. We dig new ponds and shape the banks with the excavator. In Connecticut a pond dig counts as a regulated activity in most spots. The permit comes from the town inland wetlands agency, and we work to the plan it approves.
The other steady piece of the work is utility trenching. We dig the trench, bed the pipe and backfill it for water, electric, gas and conduit lines. A trench 5 feet deep or more needs a protective system before anyone gets in it. That is a federal safety rule, and it is why deep runs take longer.
Before any of it starts, the public utility lines get marked. Call Before You Dig is free in Connecticut, and it is the law. The request goes in at least two full days ahead, weekends and holidays not counted. Private lines an owner put in do not get marked, so point those out to us.
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 excavation across Monroe and the rest of Fairfield County. If yours is not here, call and ask.
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.
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We dig, bed and backfill the trenches for water, sewer, electric, gas and conduit lines. The licensed trades and the utility make the connections, and we put the ground back.
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We backfill, rough grade and finish grade with excavators, then spread topsoil and put grass seed down. Yards are regraded so water runs away from the house instead of sitting against it.
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.
