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Knoch & Sons
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Landscape - Minor Grading or ReslopingBuilding Site - Preparation and Clearing - For Business

Serving Posen, MI and surrounding areas

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In business since 1996

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

"Knoch & Sons provides professional excavation and property services throughout Northern Michigan. We offer skid steer work, excavation work, land clearing, forestry mulching, stump removal, brush hogging, grading, building services, limestone work, landscaping, and commercial mowing. Fully insured, experienced, and fully equipped. Free estimates available!

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Becker's Construction, LLC
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Landscape - Minor Grading or Resloping

Serving Posen, MI and surrounding areas

In business since 2020

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

We have the experience, and we are committed to providing quality workmanship and superior customer service on all our applications. We at \nBecker's Construction LLC strive to maintain our reputation as a high quality, very service-oriented company with our main focus being customer satisfaction.

Recommended by100%of homeowners
Stones Handyman Service
5.0(
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Landscape - Minor Grading or Resloping

Serving Posen, MI and surrounding areas

In business since 2023

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Here at Stones Handyman Service with over 4+ years of experience 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. Call us today!

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Response time10 hrs
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Martin Land Improvement, Inc.
5.0(
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Building Site - Preparation and ClearingBuilding Site - Preparation and Clearing - For BusinessExcavation - Major Grading or Resloping+2 more

Serving Posen, MI and surrounding areas

In business since 1980

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

I provide quality & fair priced Excavation Service throughout Northern & Central Michigan. Licensed, Insured, and 40 years of professional experience. I like to help Landowners, Homeowners & Small Businesses with all their Site Preparation needs. If you need prep for a new home site, demo of an old building, land clearing, a septic system or have a special project; call for free consultation & pricing and give us an opportunity to meet your budget needs.

Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Guns and hoses construction llc
5.0(
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Building Site - Preparation and Clearing - For Business

Serving Posen, MI and surrounding areas

In business since 2019

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

When you need quality installation or repair work, look no further. As a skilled, general contractor we are at your service for projects large and small. From quick fixes to major property renovations provides thorough, efficient service every step of the way. All you have to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the end results.

Response time3 days
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Northern Vista Lawn and Landscape, Inc. DBA Northern Vista Builders
2.3(
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Landscape - Minor Grading or Resloping

Serving Posen, MI and surrounding areas

In business since 2000

Free estimates

Warranties offered

Northern Vista Lawn and Landscape dba Northern Vista Builders proudly serves our customers with pride and integrity. Our company pays attention to detail and would be happy to help you with your project with anything from new homes, interior and exterior remodels and additions to decks, patios and landscaping. Let us help you design your next project. We are locally owned and operated. Give us a call today!

Response time1 day
Recommended by50%of homeowners
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Northern Michigan Docks and Services
3.9(
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Landscape - Minor Grading or Resloping

Serving Posen, MI and surrounding areas

In business since 2010

Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

Northern Michigan Docks and Services 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.

Response time5 days
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Excavating questions, answered by experts

Depth is not a qualifying component of evacuation. Any human-made cut, cavity, or depression in the earth’s surface is considered excavation. The hole from excavation can be any size, shape, or depth. Excavation is used to create foundations, reservoirs, drainage ditches, and roads. Long, narrow excavations are called trenches and are often used for underground utilities.

Most residential basements are 8 to 10 feet deep. You can dig deeper depending on building codes, but it does become more difficult. You’ll likely need to install stronger foundation walls and additional supports to handle the increased load. Depending on the water table, you may also need a water management system. Clay soil can support a deeper foundation than sandy soil. A structural engineer will be able to tell you the maximum, feasible depth.

Yes, trenchers can go through gravel. Gravel is made up of smaller, softer rocks that certain trenchers are able to cut through. Just be sure to use a rock wheel trencher or chain trencher, both of which are made to cut through rocky landscapes and gravel pathways without dulling the teeth or chain.

Trenching and boring are two distinct methods for installing underground utilities. Trenching involves digging a channel using equipment like an excavator, trencher, backhoe, or shovel. While it is a simpler process, it causes significant disruption to the surface, landscaping, and surrounding ecosystems.

Boring, also known as directional boring, is a less invasive alternative that uses a drill to create a tunnel for utility lines without disturbing the surface. This method is more precise and is ideal for installations that need to go underneath buildings, roads, or bodies of water. Although boring is less disruptive, it is generally more expensive than trenching.

A trench that is less than 5 feet deep often doesn't require a protective system. Most residential trenches will not go this deep (the typical residential drainage trench is just 18 inches deep). In the event that an excavator needs to dig more than 5 feet beneath the surface, a protective system is required unless the excavation is in entirely stable rock.

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