Arranged with vetted local pros
Yard grading, drainage fixes, trenching, and small dig-outs — with utility locates handled before a single bucket goes in.
Service details
Residential excavation requests for Guelph: regrading yards that drain toward the house, trenching for services, garden and pool dig-outs, and drainage installs.
How this works: you send one request, we review it, and we line it up with a vetted, insured local pro for this trade. We stay your point of contact from quote to done.
Water should move away from your foundation — a shocking number of Guelph basement problems are really grading problems. Regrading with proper slope, sometimes with a swale or catch basin, fixes the cause instead of managing the symptom.
Gas lines to garages, power to workshops, downspout burial, irrigation mains — trenching is quick with the right machine and slow agony by hand. Depth requirements vary by what goes in the trench, which the quote accounts for.
Every dig starts with Ontario One Call utility locates — free, legally required, and the difference between a Tuesday and a gas-line news story. Timeline planning includes the locate window, typically up to five business days.
Common requests
Better quotes, faster
FAQ
Yes, and it's one of the highest-value fixes in home ownership. Regrading to slope away from the foundation, plus downspout extensions, resolves most chronic basement dampness that isn't an actual foundation crack.
Ontario One Call locates can take up to 5 business days, so add a week between booking and digging. No reputable operator digs without them.
Mini excavators fit through most gate openings around 36 inches and up; tighter access changes the machine or the price. Include a photo of your gate and side yard in the request.
Tracked machines on plywood keep damage modest, but excavation is excavation. Our own crew can quote the lawn repair — topsoil and seed or sod — as part of the same request.
Request a quote
Tell us where you are in Guelph, what you need, and when. We follow up with pricing and availability — usually within 1 business day.
Serving all of Guelph: South End, Kortright Hills, Westminster Woods, Exhibition Park, Riverside Park, Downtown, Grange Hill East, Pineridge, Clairfields, and nearby Wellington County.