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Site clearance, excavation, foundations, concrete slabs, drainage and service ducts for extensions and new builds across Esher and Elmbridge. Fully insured, with a free written quote first.
Strip out and dig
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Nothing is dug until a trial hole has shown what is down there. After that it is strip out, set out from the drawings, and excavate to the engineer's levels.
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Muckaway leaves under waste transfer notes, and spoil that has a use is graded in rather than carted off.
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Plant picked for the access there is, and hand digging brought in wherever a machine would tear out a root or a drain.
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Trenches are battered or shored to match their depth, as an unsupported excavation is not somewhere to put a person.
Deep foundations
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London Clay shrinks and swells, so 450mm is nowhere near enough here and mature trees push the depth further again.
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Deep trench fill is usual on clay, strip where the engineer specifies, and concrete goes in the day the dig is done.
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No concrete goes in until building control has inspected the trench.
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Membrane lapped and taped over blinded hardcore, then the oversite slab.
Water and ducts
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Surface water and foul never share a run. Falls and rodding access are set out, and the connection is consented before we start.
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Clay soaks away slowly, so the BRE Digest 365 test decides whether a soakaway is viable at all here.
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The cheap moment for water, power, gas and data ducting is while the ground is open. It never gets cheaper.
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Testing and photographs come before backfill, which is what the inspector wants to see.
Groundworks specialists in Esher
Frequently asked questions
GET YOUR FREE QUOTE NOW
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Send your postcode, what you would like doing, and a few photographs of the space as it is now.
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We look at the ground before we price anything. On clay or sand the same dig is two different jobs.
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You get the quote in writing, itemised line by line, so you can see what each part of the work costs.
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Happy with it? We agree dates in writing before anyone turns up, and you are fully insured throughout.