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Moore Excavation

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Moore Excavation

5.00(
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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 90% of Angi customers
Recommended by 90% of HomeAdvisor customers
8 years of experience

We take great pride in the experience, expertise, quality, and customer service that we provide to meet the consumer's needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety, and quality, regardless of how large or small the job!

"Great service."

Jim B on June 2023

We take great pride in the experience, expertise, quality, and customer service that we provide to meet the consumer's needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety, and quality, regardless of how large or small the job!

"Great service."

Jim B on June 2023

Roundcount Dozing & Excavating

5.00(
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Roundcount Dozing & Excavating

5.00(
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Customers say: Quick response
10 years of experience
Free onsite estimate

We take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality and customer service that we provide to meet the consumers needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

"did great job, better than expected"

Mark M on May 2025

We take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality and customer service that we provide to meet the consumers needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

"did great job, better than expected"

Mark M on May 2025

McGovern & Sons, LLC

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McGovern & Sons, LLC

5.00(
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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers
54 years of experience

McGovern & Sons, LLC proudly serves its customers with pride, integrity, and attention to the details that matter most to you. This is one of the many things, that set us apart from the rest. We are locally owned and operated. Give us a call today!

"Kory went out of his way to do some work for me. He went above and beyond."

Brett B on October 2018

McGovern & Sons, LLC proudly serves its customers with pride, integrity, and attention to the details that matter most to you. This is one of the many things, that set us apart from the rest. We are locally owned and operated. Give us a call today!

"Kory went out of his way to do some work for me. He went above and beyond."

Brett B on October 2018

Worthington Brothers Earthworks

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Worthington Brothers Earthworks

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5 years of experience
Free onsite estimate

Worthington Brothers Earthworks is 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.

Worthington Brothers Earthworks is 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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McDonagh & Sons Plumbing & Sewer Inc

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McDonagh & Sons Plumbing & Sewer Inc

4.86(
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Customers say: Quality work
Recommended by 96% of Angi customers
Recommended by 96% of HomeAdvisor customers

Mcdonagh & sons plumbing & sewer takes great pride with 15 years of experience! We are honest, reliable, genuine and trustworthy! We are constantly referred by our customers because of our great service and dedication to meet their needs! We offer free estimates! "anything plumbing, anything sewer, any time". Ertain areas are to subject a service fee *prices may vary. Discounts can not be combined, unless noted. Award winning. Additional dba - mcdonagh & sons plumbing and sewer.

Mcdonagh & sons plumbing & sewer takes great pride with 15 years of experience! We are honest, reliable, genuine and trustworthy! We are constantly referred by our customers because of our great service and dedication to meet their needs! We offer free estimates! "anything plumbing, anything sewer, any time". Ertain areas are to subject a service fee *prices may vary. Discounts can not be combined, unless noted. Award winning. Additional dba - mcdonagh & sons plumbing and sewer.

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Hollister Home Center

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Hollister Home Center

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Customers say: Quality work
Recommended by 93% of Angi customers
Recommended by 93% of HomeAdvisor customers

Since 1944, Hollister Home Center has been proudly serving McDonough County and the surrounding areas as the experts in electrical, plumbing and HVAC. We also offer everything that makes a house a place to call home. Furniture. Window Treatments. Floor Covering. Home Accents and more. Shop our 20,000 square foot showroom. For 24-hour Emergency Services call 309-833-1000.

Since 1944, Hollister Home Center has been proudly serving McDonough County and the surrounding areas as the experts in electrical, plumbing and HVAC. We also offer everything that makes a house a place to call home. Furniture. Window Treatments. Floor Covering. Home Accents and more. Shop our 20,000 square foot showroom. For 24-hour Emergency Services call 309-833-1000.

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Excavating questions, answered by experts

Prior to excavation, you should prepare the dig site and call 311 before you sign anything.

To get your site ready for excavation, you should move anything in the area that isn’t affixed to the land. You can save money on the excavation by removing hardscaping, including walkways, decks, concrete patios, and paver patios.

Before you carry out any digging, you should call 311 to confirm that there are no utility lines running through your excavation site. Skipping this step could lead to severe injury and property damage if your excavator hits a water, sewage, or gas line.

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.

Tree experts don’t advise against digging through tree roots, but instead encourage caution and consultation with a local arborist to make sure you don’t damage the tree’s structure or interrupt its water or nutrient intake. An arborist can recommend specific practices when digging and help prune the roots or dig a trench for utilities with a tool that can remove soil without touching the tree’s roots.

No, a ditch isn’t a trench. A ditch is an open, relatively shallow channel that’s carved out of the ground and used for drainage purposes. In contrast, a trench is a deeper excavation that’s entirely underground. Trenches have many uses, including gas lines, sewage systems, and electrical wiring. Unlike trenches, ditches don’t get filled back in with dirt after they’re dug.

To drill a shallow well, you may be able to use a drive well point. This is a tapered point that is driven into the ground. A drill bit at the end of PVC pipe may be another option to consider. A lot of the cost depends on what tools are available near you.

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