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Caves Service LLC

4.93(
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Caves Service LLC

4.93(
15
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Approved Pro
Super Service Award
Customers say: Quick response
2023 years of experience
Free onsite estimate

All your Home Service needs Transform your home with our expert services! Call us today at 319-447-7337 for sparkling results and excellent customer service. Why Choose Caves Services LLC: Quality work Experienced team Customer satisfaction Reliable service Competitive pricing

"Did a great job replacing polymer sand and resealing my concrete paver patio. I had to stay on him about getting the materials I wanted. Polymer sand and sealant weren't what I specified. But he made it right and was delightful to work with. "

Gretchen A on November 2025

All your Home Service needs Transform your home with our expert services! Call us today at 319-447-7337 for sparkling results and excellent customer service. Why Choose Caves Services LLC: Quality work Experienced team Customer satisfaction Reliable service Competitive pricing

"Did a great job replacing polymer sand and resealing my concrete paver patio. I had to stay on him about getting the materials I wanted. Polymer sand and sealant weren't what I specified. But he made it right and was delightful to work with. "

Gretchen A on November 2025


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Colbert Trucking

New on AngiNew on Angi
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Colbert Trucking

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2010 years of experience
Free onsite estimate

We are committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty, and personal responsibility. Our distinction is the quality of service we bring to our customers. Accurate knowledge of our trade combined with ability is what makes us true professionals. Above all, we are watchful of our customers' interests, and make their concerns the basis of our business.

We are committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty, and personal responsibility. Our distinction is the quality of service we bring to our customers. Accurate knowledge of our trade combined with ability is what makes us true professionals. Above all, we are watchful of our customers' interests, and make their concerns the basis of our business.


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Quality Care - The Nature Care Company

4.70(
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Quality Care - The Nature Care Company

4.70(
128
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Customers say: True professional
Recommended by 94% of Angi customers
Recommended by 94% of HomeAdvisor customers

Our Lawn Health Care Program works with our natural environment to give you a beautiful, healthy lawn. Lawn Health Care means we use organic enriched fertilizer with just the right blend of nutrients, and just the right amount for your lawn. Lawn Health Care means using cultural management practices like aeration, seeding, and soil amendments. Lawn Health Care means responsible weed control, applied when needed by licensed professionals to allow grass to thrive and out compete invasive weeds. A Quality Care Lawn Health Care Program is designed for your lawn, not every lawn. We're a local business, right here in the corridor serving our friends, neighbors and families. We're people you know and we'll always do our best for you! Since 1980, our mission, Quality Work, Done With Care, has guided everything we do. Thank you for this opportunity to show you how we can save you time and give you a healthy, beautiful lawn.

"It was good"

Cay w on November 2019

Our Lawn Health Care Program works with our natural environment to give you a beautiful, healthy lawn. Lawn Health Care means we use organic enriched fertilizer with just the right blend of nutrients, and just the right amount for your lawn. Lawn Health Care means using cultural management practices like aeration, seeding, and soil amendments. Lawn Health Care means responsible weed control, applied when needed by licensed professionals to allow grass to thrive and out compete invasive weeds. A Quality Care Lawn Health Care Program is designed for your lawn, not every lawn. We're a local business, right here in the corridor serving our friends, neighbors and families. We're people you know and we'll always do our best for you! Since 1980, our mission, Quality Work, Done With Care, has guided everything we do. Thank you for this opportunity to show you how we can save you time and give you a healthy, beautiful lawn.

"It was good"

Cay w on November 2019


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Done Done Services

4.67(
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Done Done Services

4.67(
159
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Customers say: Super punctual
2002 years of experience

Done Done Services was founded in 2002 with a mission to provide quality maintenance and improvement services on time. With Done Done, you not only get professional workmanship, but honest and personal service at a reasonable price. At Done Done Services, we believe a job isn't done until it is completely finished, or, as we like to say, “done done”. How many times have we heard a job is done “except for” this or that? There is no “except for” at Done Done. Our crew will thoroughly complete a job, including clean up.

"Good! Seemed to take a long time but it looked great when done."

Patricia M on February 2019

Done Done Services was founded in 2002 with a mission to provide quality maintenance and improvement services on time. With Done Done, you not only get professional workmanship, but honest and personal service at a reasonable price. At Done Done Services, we believe a job isn't done until it is completely finished, or, as we like to say, “done done”. How many times have we heard a job is done “except for” this or that? There is no “except for” at Done Done. Our crew will thoroughly complete a job, including clean up.

"Good! Seemed to take a long time but it looked great when done."

Patricia M on February 2019




M & K DUST CONTROL INC

4.67(
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M & K DUST CONTROL INC

4.67(
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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

Service is the priority at M & K Dust Control Inc. The company, operated by Fred Meyer and his daughter, Michele Grudzinski, offers numerous services throughout the year in Mt Vernon, Lisbon, Cedar Rapids, and surrounding areas.

Service is the priority at M & K Dust Control Inc. The company, operated by Fred Meyer and his daughter, Michele Grudzinski, offers numerous services throughout the year in Mt Vernon, Lisbon, Cedar Rapids, and surrounding areas.


Midwest Lawn and Landscape

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Midwest Lawn and Landscape

4.00(
3
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Customers say: Super punctual
2007 years of experience

We offer expert services for any form of landscape design, from plant & tree selection and foundation requirements to hardscaping patios, driveways, walkways and retaining walls. Our GM, Darin Chamberlin, has over 25 years in the landscape industry and has been featured on "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" 4 times!

We offer expert services for any form of landscape design, from plant & tree selection and foundation requirements to hardscaping patios, driveways, walkways and retaining walls. Our GM, Darin Chamberlin, has over 25 years in the landscape industry and has been featured on "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" 4 times!



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Mulch and Topsoil questions, answered by experts

The best mulches for trees are wood chips, bark nuggets, or pine straw. Depending on your goals, you may want to avoid using plastic, stone, rubber, or wet grass clippings. Plastic mulch prevents water from reaching the mulched areas of your tree, stones don’t offer any nutritional benefits to the soil, rubber can release byproducts into the soil when it decomposes, and wet grass clippings can lead to rot. 

Plastic may prove beneficial in cold climates in the winter, but wood chips are the ideal option for most environments.

If you like the look of mulch in your plant beds, be aware that it can attract a variety of pests, including termites. To avoid wood-to-foundation contact, leave a one-foot barrier around your house and fill it in with rocks or gravel, starting mulch past that barrier and working it outward into your plant beds. 

You need to put shock-absorbent material under artificial grass. While it will depend on where exactly you’re placing artificial grass, there are a few different options you could use such as silica sand, granite sand, astro-cushion, weed membrane, and geo-textile paper.

Pea gravel can retain some heat, but it generally stays cooler than materials like concrete, asphalt, or stone pavers. Lighter-colored pea gravel reflects more sunlight and tends to stay cooler, while darker-colored gravel can absorb heat and become warmer to the touch.

The amount of soil you’ll need around your foundation depends on a variety of factors, but in general, you want a 6-inch decline over the first 10 feet extending out from your foundation. How much soil it will take to achieve that will depend on the current grade of the yard, how much foundation is exposed, and the size of your home.

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