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Amp lawn care service

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Amp lawn care service

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Amp lawn care service is a full-service landscaping and excavation company dedicated to transforming outdoor spaces with precision, quality, and care. We specialize in everything from site preparation and grading to custom landscape design, hardscaping, drainage solutions, and property maintenance. With a strong focus on reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction, our experienced team uses modern equipment and expert techniques to ensure every project—big or small—is completed on time and built to last. Whether you’re improving your home’s curb appeal or preparing land for new construction, we bring the skill and attention to detail your project deserves.

Amp lawn care service is a full-service landscaping and excavation company dedicated to transforming outdoor spaces with precision, quality, and care. We specialize in everything from site preparation and grading to custom landscape design, hardscaping, drainage solutions, and property maintenance. With a strong focus on reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction, our experienced team uses modern equipment and expert techniques to ensure every project—big or small—is completed on time and built to last. Whether you’re improving your home’s curb appeal or preparing land for new construction, we bring the skill and attention to detail your project deserves.


Blackline Equipment Rental & Sales, LLC

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Blackline Equipment Rental & Sales, LLC

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4 years of experience
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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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Ethan Hamm

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Ethan Hamm

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7 years of experience

Specialize in excavation, drainage, septic systems and dirt works and driveways Available for installation or emergency repairs for both underground and inside your home

Specialize in excavation, drainage, septic systems and dirt works and driveways Available for installation or emergency repairs for both underground and inside your home


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Hydrolawns

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Hydrolawns

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17 years of experience

Get Hydroseed Today! The only way to a beautiful new green lawn! Taking the guesswork out of growing grass since ‘96. Now installing sod! Lawn preparation and installation.

Get Hydroseed Today! The only way to a beautiful new green lawn! Taking the guesswork out of growing grass since ‘96. Now installing sod! Lawn preparation and installation.



Toro de Lidia

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Toro de Lidia

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Small family owned construction company, specializing in excavation, and clearing projects. I have work as an operating engineer for 6 years now on large projects such as the bills stadium and the Buffalo Airport. Before that I dug pools, ponds, amd did clearing projects for one of the largest farms in Erie County.

Small family owned construction company, specializing in excavation, and clearing projects. I have work as an operating engineer for 6 years now on large projects such as the bills stadium and the Buffalo Airport. Before that I dug pools, ponds, amd did clearing projects for one of the largest farms in Erie County.


PTS

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PTS

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We can offer a solution to any issue a homeowner might face from minor household repairs to major mechanical issues. If we cannot offer the services to fix your problem, we will find the righ solution for you.

We can offer a solution to any issue a homeowner might face from minor household repairs to major mechanical issues. If we cannot offer the services to fix your problem, we will find the righ solution for you.


M&B Excavation

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M&B Excavation

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M&B Excavation is a family owned business. We do anything from hauling, spreading gravel/dirt etc... Brush mowing for over grown pastures/fields, brush thrown bushes small saplings. We also do land clearing, post hole digging and any sort of excavation work.

M&B Excavation is a family owned business. We do anything from hauling, spreading gravel/dirt etc... Brush mowing for over grown pastures/fields, brush thrown bushes small saplings. We also do land clearing, post hole digging and any sort of excavation work.


Michael's Heating, Cooling, & Plumbing

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Michael's Heating, Cooling, & Plumbing

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Michael's Heating, Cooling, & Plumbing is full service mechanical and Plumbing contractor serving all of WNY. At Michael's our motto is "Quality focused. Family Driven". Locally operated and family run, Michael's stands ready to go the extra mile toake you feel like Family. With over 30+ yrs of combined experience, no problem is too big and no job too small for our expert team. From the same family that brings you Michael's Tree Service. We Service and Install: Furnaces Air Conditioning Hot Water Tanks Backflow Preventers Sump Pumps Septic Systems Drain Tile Under Floor Heating Systems Heat Pumps And much more...

Michael's Heating, Cooling, & Plumbing is full service mechanical and Plumbing contractor serving all of WNY. At Michael's our motto is "Quality focused. Family Driven". Locally operated and family run, Michael's stands ready to go the extra mile toake you feel like Family. With over 30+ yrs of combined experience, no problem is too big and no job too small for our expert team. From the same family that brings you Michael's Tree Service. We Service and Install: Furnaces Air Conditioning Hot Water Tanks Backflow Preventers Sump Pumps Septic Systems Drain Tile Under Floor Heating Systems Heat Pumps And much more...


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Excavating questions, answered by experts

Landscape edging is more DIYable than trenching. You can DIY your own digging projects, but proceed carefully and only with proper knowledge of the equipment and appropriate safety measures in place. Keep in mind the project's scope and estimate how long it will take you to do it on your own. While you can certainly save money by DIYing home improvement projects, you can’t exactly hide an unfinished—or worse, ruined— landscaping job from the neighbors. It’s always safer to call an excavation pro near you to get an estimate.

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.

If you have a broken sprinkler pipe underground, there will be some signs you can easily spot to locate it and take action. These include leaks, water spouts, flooding, consistently damp areas on your lawn, low water pressure, and grass around the sprinkler head that’s taller and darker than anywhere else in the yard. 

If there are no obvious signs of a broken pipe, you can use tools such as water leak mics, leak noise loggers, audio devices that record leaks, and acoustic testing links. 

Broken pipes can lead to uneven watering, plant damage, and higher utility bills. The longer you wait to fix them the more the repair cost may be.

Call 811 to locate and mark the gas lines at least three days before digging. In many areas, you can dig within 18 inches of the lines, though in some locations, the distance may be further. Check local regulations, as you may need a utility company representative onsite when digging. Document your calls to 811 and precautions taken to avoid gas lines. A homeowner can be held liable for hitting a gas line in some cases, but contacting the proper authorities and following all guidelines can offer protection.

Downspouts should be buried at least 5 to 10 feet away from your foundation. This can vary depending on your local building codes, soil type, and property slope. The main goal is to ensure water is directed away from your foundation.

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