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Applegate Excavating & Sewer Service

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Applegate Excavating & Sewer Service

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Customers say: Terrific value
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5 years of experience

We are a locally owned and operated company with over 20 years of industry experience. We value honesty and integrity in all aspects of our business. We offer a variety of excavation and sewer services that are customizable to each individual project. We pride ourselves on the quality of our work as well as our commitment to outstanding results. We look forward to building lasting relationships with our clients and guarantee your satisfaction!

"Good work"

Jerry P on January 2023

We are a locally owned and operated company with over 20 years of industry experience. We value honesty and integrity in all aspects of our business. We offer a variety of excavation and sewer services that are customizable to each individual project. We pride ourselves on the quality of our work as well as our commitment to outstanding results. We look forward to building lasting relationships with our clients and guarantee your satisfaction!

"Good work"

Jerry P on January 2023


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Excavation, dirt work, driveway repairs, construction roofing,siding,fascia soffit, flooring, remodels, add ons, plumbing, power washing, sanding, staining, road side mechanic, landscaping anything needs done give us a call

Excavation, dirt work, driveway repairs, construction roofing,siding,fascia soffit, flooring, remodels, add ons, plumbing, power washing, sanding, staining, road side mechanic, landscaping anything needs done give us a call


B & C Customs

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B & C Customs

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5 years of experience

B&C Customs is a locally owned business that specializes in excavating and other services such as light demolition, trenching, water and sewer line installation & repair. We also offer land clearing & mulching.

B&C Customs is a locally owned business that specializes in excavating and other services such as light demolition, trenching, water and sewer line installation & repair. We also offer land clearing & mulching.


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M&J Concepts & Solutions Inc.

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M&J Concepts & Solutions Inc.

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Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

27 Years of Experience. Professional results. Family owned and operated, located in Central Illinois. General contracting company we specialize in all Phases of Residential, Light Commercial Remodel & Repair. Wall, floor, ceiling systems, roof systems. Doors, windows, siding, decks, kitchen cabinets. Marble, pre-finished hardwood floors, tile, LVT, all floating floor systems. Paint, stain. Structural repair. Concrete work as well as repair and so much more.

"It was faster than we thought it was gonna be. They were very professional and would definitely recommend them to anyone."

Kristy J on January 2022

27 Years of Experience. Professional results. Family owned and operated, located in Central Illinois. General contracting company we specialize in all Phases of Residential, Light Commercial Remodel & Repair. Wall, floor, ceiling systems, roof systems. Doors, windows, siding, decks, kitchen cabinets. Marble, pre-finished hardwood floors, tile, LVT, all floating floor systems. Paint, stain. Structural repair. Concrete work as well as repair and so much more.

"It was faster than we thought it was gonna be. They were very professional and would definitely recommend them to anyone."

Kristy J on January 2022



Eddington Plumbing, Inc.

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Eddington Plumbing, Inc.

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We are a family owned company committed to providing quality service at a fair price. We have an extremely knowledgeable team with many years of experience. We are fully licensed, bonded, and insured. There is no job too big or too small. It would be our pleasure to resolve all of your plumbing needs. We have the necessary equipment and experience to take care of your outside and inside plumbing issues.

We are a family owned company committed to providing quality service at a fair price. We have an extremely knowledgeable team with many years of experience. We are fully licensed, bonded, and insured. There is no job too big or too small. It would be our pleasure to resolve all of your plumbing needs. We have the necessary equipment and experience to take care of your outside and inside plumbing issues.


Woodrum Brothers Inc.

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Woodrum Brothers Inc.

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70 years of experience

Every Project we undertake is a reflection of ourselves. Our know how, commitment to excellence and a dedication to innovation is what sets our company apart from the rest. Tradition. Integrity. Innovation. Efficiency. Trust. We provide all types of concrete and excavating services. From driveways, basements, sidewalks, sheds, and many more. We also provide excavating from site prep, sewer and water installation, drainage tile, farm drainage, ponds, trenching, and demolition. We also provide hauling from sand, gravel, fill dirt, black dirt, to debris removal. General Contractor, and site design also provided.

Every Project we undertake is a reflection of ourselves. Our know how, commitment to excellence and a dedication to innovation is what sets our company apart from the rest. Tradition. Integrity. Innovation. Efficiency. Trust. We provide all types of concrete and excavating services. From driveways, basements, sidewalks, sheds, and many more. We also provide excavating from site prep, sewer and water installation, drainage tile, farm drainage, ponds, trenching, and demolition. We also provide hauling from sand, gravel, fill dirt, black dirt, to debris removal. General Contractor, and site design also provided.


JCM Property Managment and Preservation

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JCM Property Managment and Preservation

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12 years of experience

Servicing 1,300 properties a month. 60 plus employees including established working relationships with sub contractors in many specialized fields. Licensed, bonded, insured. We employ a bid system to assess all aspects of what a job may require and give our customers complete confidence in our services, and provide many options to fit any specific need or budget.

Servicing 1,300 properties a month. 60 plus employees including established working relationships with sub contractors in many specialized fields. Licensed, bonded, insured. We employ a bid system to assess all aspects of what a job may require and give our customers complete confidence in our services, and provide many options to fit any specific need or budget.


Kinkade Enterprises

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Kinkade Enterprises

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Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
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Kinkade Enterprises strives to be a leader in providing value-added remodeling services to our customers by creating a successful partnership with them throughout the construction process. Our pledge is to establish lasting relationships with our customers by exceeding their expectations and gaining their trust through exceptional performance.

Kinkade Enterprises strives to be a leader in providing value-added remodeling services to our customers by creating a successful partnership with them throughout the construction process. Our pledge is to establish lasting relationships with our customers by exceeding their expectations and gaining their trust through exceptional performance.


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Keppler Environmental Management Inc

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Keppler Environmental Management Inc

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Keppler Environmental Management Inc has many years of excavation experience in the Athens, IL and surrounding areas. We are a full service excavation company with many long established customer relationships. We offer a strong base of technical expertise along with uncompromising quality of service and competitive prices. We are experienced in both commercial and residential excavation work and have the equipment and materials to get the job done right the first time.

Keppler Environmental Management Inc has many years of excavation experience in the Athens, IL and surrounding areas. We are a full service excavation company with many long established customer relationships. We offer a strong base of technical expertise along with uncompromising quality of service and competitive prices. We are experienced in both commercial and residential excavation work and have the equipment and materials to get the job done right the first time.

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Excavating questions, answered by experts

Trenching is a specific kind of digging. Trenching means digging a depression in the earth that’s deeper than it is wide, often with heavy machinery. Digging refers to any kind of removal of earth in order to create a human-made depression, hole, or cut in the earth’s surface. You can dig with big tools or even with just a hand shovel.

A walk-behind trencher can cut through roots as long as they’re not too thick, making a project much easier than digging with a shovel and other hand tools. Assess your terrain and the number of trees in the surrounding area to determine if a walk-behind trencher will ease the job. Digging a trench by hand is much more time-consuming and labor-intensive. 

A perc test takes an average of around two hours, but it can range from one hour up to around six hours. Perc tests that require wider or deeper holes and those that require multiple holes dug throughout your property will take longer because there’s more excavation involved. The actual filling of the hole and monitoring to gauge the rate of percolation should take under an hour per hole.

While you can save some money by digging your own pool, you may end up paying more in construction equipment rental fees in the long run. You could, however, focus your DIY energies on lowering the cost of leveling your lawn for your pool or filling in surrounding landscaping after construction.

Yes. A metal detector is one of the quickest and easiest ways to find your septic tank. However, metal detectors can be too expensive (costing upward of $300 in some cases), and not everyone has a metal detector just lying around. If that’s the case for you, you can also take a long metal rod and poke it into the ground at regular intervals until you hit something—likely your septic tank lid.

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