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"Excellent service! They went above and beyond! Highly recommend..."

Tucker T on July 2024

From grading, brush cutting, construction of driveways and trails, to land clearing and landscaping services, Orton Companies is your one-stop shop for all your landscaping and dirt work needs.

"Excellent service! They went above and beyond! Highly recommend..."

Tucker T on July 2024


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Loos Landworks

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Loos Landworks

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4 years of experience

Transforming landscapes, one project at a time. Welcome to Loos Landworks LLC, your premier choice for comprehensive excavation and landscaping solutions. From snow plowing to lot clearing to stump removal, driveway installation to demolition, we offer a full suite of services tailored to meet your needs. With a focus on precision, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, we take pride in delivering exceptional results that exceed expectations.

Transforming landscapes, one project at a time. Welcome to Loos Landworks LLC, your premier choice for comprehensive excavation and landscaping solutions. From snow plowing to lot clearing to stump removal, driveway installation to demolition, we offer a full suite of services tailored to meet your needs. With a focus on precision, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, we take pride in delivering exceptional results that exceed expectations.


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D & E DirtWorx

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D & E DirtWorx

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

D&E Dirtworx offering residential and commercial skid loader work ranging from dirt work, land grading and clearing, material spreading, brush mowing, tree removal, tree cleanup, grove cleanup, side walk removal, small demolition, fence line removal, and anything else you may possibly have in mind . We also have dirt, clay, and other types of aggregates to offer and can haul field rocks, trees, metal, concrete, and all other materials away from your site. You dream it and we can do it, no project is too big for us to handle. We have many attachments and 2 machines to get your job done properly and efficiently. Give us a call today to get your job lined up next!

"They did great work, they were very productive and got the job done in a timely manner. Will definitely hire again with another project!"

Keigan B on April 2024

D&E Dirtworx offering residential and commercial skid loader work ranging from dirt work, land grading and clearing, material spreading, brush mowing, tree removal, tree cleanup, grove cleanup, side walk removal, small demolition, fence line removal, and anything else you may possibly have in mind . We also have dirt, clay, and other types of aggregates to offer and can haul field rocks, trees, metal, concrete, and all other materials away from your site. You dream it and we can do it, no project is too big for us to handle. We have many attachments and 2 machines to get your job done properly and efficiently. Give us a call today to get your job lined up next!

"They did great work, they were very productive and got the job done in a timely manner. Will definitely hire again with another project!"

Keigan B on April 2024


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Proctor Concrete and Masonry

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Proctor Concrete and Masonry

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We specialize in concrete and masonry work. Including thing such as block brick and cultured stone work. We also do dirt work and excavations along with waterproofing systems both inside and outside your foundation. We can install egress Windows as well

We specialize in concrete and masonry work. Including thing such as block brick and cultured stone work. We also do dirt work and excavations along with waterproofing systems both inside and outside your foundation. We can install egress Windows as well



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Merick Construction

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Merick Construction

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Customers say: Terrific value
9 years of experience

Merick Construction offers full service contracting professionals that get the job done to customer satisfaction every time. We can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/merickconstruction, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MerickMN, or on our own webpage at www.merickconstruction.com. For a Free in-home assessment, please give us a call at (763)-913-1811. We also arrange payment methods that best fit our customer's needs and work with insurance companies as well to ensure our customers get the best quality service.

"This was to be a 6 - 8 week project. We started on September 15th. We expected it to be done mid to late November. It is not complete as of January 18th. We have sheet rock dust everywhere, on all walls, floors cabinets, etc. We have walls that need to be repainted, trim to be done, carpet to lay, plumbing to complete, some cabinet work to finish and Custom Bi-fold doors to make for the oversized framing of the openings, and closet shelves to install. I am leaving things off the list I am sure but you get the picture. Our main contact, Lance, has not contacted us in 3 weeks. Our project sits. My thinking is that he is walking away from it as his last communication with us was to have a worker pick up a check from us in December for our carpet and flooring overage. He didn’t buy carpet is our guess as we have not gotten a install date, we were promised a schedule on December 27th. The team that was used for framing did not have enough experience. Almost all walls are not square or plumb. All Door openings were framed too tall and wide, including the Bi-fold Closet Doors. This team was also used to sheetrock. When I pointed out to Lance the many issues with their work he shrugged it off as not being too bad. Too few screws in the field and too many in other places. All outlet, light switch and register vents were cut larger than the cover plates. Requiring after the fact repair work. A pro sheetrocker would have flipped his lid. The taping and mudding was done by this team as well. They used way too much mud, ineffective use of tape and mud made for much much more sanding. They didn’t bother isolating the basement so we had weeks and weeks of sheetrock dust on our main and 2nd floor and that is with the furnace OFF whenever the team was here. The ceiling is passable save for a few areas that have noticeable valleys that are 4 plus feet long. Not all of the sanding is done yet but the walls are painted and have been patched in numerous locations and repainted, so the paint do not match up now. I can go on of course and I am not trying to bash. I am being honest about our experience. We have no idea when the end is and we feel that they have abandoned us for greener pastures. That’s what the lack of communication leads us to believe at least."

Joe R on January 2022

Merick Construction offers full service contracting professionals that get the job done to customer satisfaction every time. We can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/merickconstruction, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MerickMN, or on our own webpage at www.merickconstruction.com. For a Free in-home assessment, please give us a call at (763)-913-1811. We also arrange payment methods that best fit our customer's needs and work with insurance companies as well to ensure our customers get the best quality service.

"This was to be a 6 - 8 week project. We started on September 15th. We expected it to be done mid to late November. It is not complete as of January 18th. We have sheet rock dust everywhere, on all walls, floors cabinets, etc. We have walls that need to be repainted, trim to be done, carpet to lay, plumbing to complete, some cabinet work to finish and Custom Bi-fold doors to make for the oversized framing of the openings, and closet shelves to install. I am leaving things off the list I am sure but you get the picture. Our main contact, Lance, has not contacted us in 3 weeks. Our project sits. My thinking is that he is walking away from it as his last communication with us was to have a worker pick up a check from us in December for our carpet and flooring overage. He didn’t buy carpet is our guess as we have not gotten a install date, we were promised a schedule on December 27th. The team that was used for framing did not have enough experience. Almost all walls are not square or plumb. All Door openings were framed too tall and wide, including the Bi-fold Closet Doors. This team was also used to sheetrock. When I pointed out to Lance the many issues with their work he shrugged it off as not being too bad. Too few screws in the field and too many in other places. All outlet, light switch and register vents were cut larger than the cover plates. Requiring after the fact repair work. A pro sheetrocker would have flipped his lid. The taping and mudding was done by this team as well. They used way too much mud, ineffective use of tape and mud made for much much more sanding. They didn’t bother isolating the basement so we had weeks and weeks of sheetrock dust on our main and 2nd floor and that is with the furnace OFF whenever the team was here. The ceiling is passable save for a few areas that have noticeable valleys that are 4 plus feet long. Not all of the sanding is done yet but the walls are painted and have been patched in numerous locations and repainted, so the paint do not match up now. I can go on of course and I am not trying to bash. I am being honest about our experience. We have no idea when the end is and we feel that they have abandoned us for greener pastures. That’s what the lack of communication leads us to believe at least."

Joe R on January 2022



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Tamm Construction LLC

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Tamm Construction LLC

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9 years of experience

From footings to finish...and everything in between. It is more than our slogan, it is what we can offer you. We have experience in all aspects of home construction, remodeling, and landscaping. If it comes to building, modifying or improving your home, we can get it done for you.

From footings to finish...and everything in between. It is more than our slogan, it is what we can offer you. We have experience in all aspects of home construction, remodeling, and landscaping. If it comes to building, modifying or improving your home, we can get it done for you.



Groundworks

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Groundworks

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

Established in 1995. Groundworks is a family owned and operated landscaping contractor, based in Hastings, Minnesota, with a reputation for beautiful, long-lasting landscapes and hardscapes.

"Let me start this by saying that I'm a detail oriented guy. I work in the mechanical trades, and I'm very familiar with the practices used by contractors. Both good and bad. With that in mind, I needed to hire someone to redo a very poor landscaping job that I inherited. I looked at a small handful of companies that I knew to have a good reputation. Groundworks is a family operated business. I met initially with Gary, who owns it along with his wife. He provided an initial estimate, and was clear about what would be done. He uses his own employees, no sub-contractors or temporary help. In fact, his son Chris was the crew leader on my project. With more than 20 years of experience, I was in good hands with Chris. The scope of the project was initially smaller than the end result due to the hidden issues that were uncovered when work got under way. Gary and Chris worked with me to correct those problems at a price that was more than fair given the time and effort involved. His crew was polite and wasted no time sitting around despite the brutally hot weather. The end result was beautiful. Do yourself a favor and give them an opportunity to provide an estimate. People like this are few and far between. I won't hesitate to recommend them to family and friends. Charles Rapp Lakeville"

Charles R on July 2018

Established in 1995. Groundworks is a family owned and operated landscaping contractor, based in Hastings, Minnesota, with a reputation for beautiful, long-lasting landscapes and hardscapes.

"Let me start this by saying that I'm a detail oriented guy. I work in the mechanical trades, and I'm very familiar with the practices used by contractors. Both good and bad. With that in mind, I needed to hire someone to redo a very poor landscaping job that I inherited. I looked at a small handful of companies that I knew to have a good reputation. Groundworks is a family operated business. I met initially with Gary, who owns it along with his wife. He provided an initial estimate, and was clear about what would be done. He uses his own employees, no sub-contractors or temporary help. In fact, his son Chris was the crew leader on my project. With more than 20 years of experience, I was in good hands with Chris. The scope of the project was initially smaller than the end result due to the hidden issues that were uncovered when work got under way. Gary and Chris worked with me to correct those problems at a price that was more than fair given the time and effort involved. His crew was polite and wasted no time sitting around despite the brutally hot weather. The end result was beautiful. Do yourself a favor and give them an opportunity to provide an estimate. People like this are few and far between. I won't hesitate to recommend them to family and friends. Charles Rapp Lakeville"

Charles R on July 2018

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Excavating questions, answered by experts

The depth of a septic tank’s drain lines is between 18 and 36 inches underground. These pipes are filled with perforations and surrounded by sand, gravel, or a combination of both, as both materials help filter wastewater. While some pipes are buried closer to the surface, this can create problems unless the soil is compact and doesn’t shift much. 

You can dig 60 to 80 linear feet by hand per day depending on the depth. Digging a 100-foot trench by hand will take you two work days, but it can take longer if you have heavy or rocky soil. If you’re digging a deep trench or one that’s over 100 feet, consider renting a mechanical trencher, such as a walk-behind or ride-on, or calling a pro for help. 

There are many ways to cut through roots when digging, especially if your trencher doesn’t seem to be removing the roots. First, use a shovel to expose the roots. Then, use gardening shears to clear out smaller roots or a reciprocating saw to remove larger plant roots. If you plan on keeping the plant, avoid cutting any roots over 2 inches thick.

Excavations take a few days or up to a few weeks. The time it takes to excavate an area depends on the size of the area, the type of soil, the type of excavator, and even the time of year, since winter can make digging up the ground more difficult.

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.

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