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Footing excavation means digging the trenches for the footings under a house, an addition, a garage or a porch. JRC Construction digs footings to the plan around Burlington and across Alamance County. We dig each trench to the width and depth your plans show. That way the job is ready for the footing inspection.
Footings are part of our home building and remodeling trade. We dig them for the homes we build, and we dig them for homeowners too. Footing excavation is also one part of our excavation work. The footing sizes come from your plans, drawn by your designer or engineer.
Tell us about the septic system, lot, driveway, teardown or home project and where it is. We look at the job and put your free quote in writing.
The North Carolina Residential Code puts the frost line at 12 inches. Exterior footings must extend below it, with the bottom at least 12 inches below finished grade. Finished grade is the final ground level once the yard is shaped.
Your plans can call for deeper footings than that minimum, and the plans set the depth we dig. The code also wants footings to rest on undisturbed natural soil or engineered fill. So the trench goes past topsoil and loose fill to firm ground. Around Burlington, USDA soil maps show mostly Cullen, Enon and Helena soils, each with a firm clay subsoil.
On a sloped lot, footings may need to step down the hill. The code calls for a step wherever the bottom of a footing would drop more than 1 foot in 10. We dig the steps where your plans show them.
North Carolina's building code lists the footing inspection first among the required inspections. It comes after the trenches are dug and before any concrete is placed. By then the grade stakes are in and any steel is tied. Any forms are braced as well.
The permit holder, or an agent, tells the inspections office when the work is ready. Work does not go past that point until the inspector approves it. Inside Burlington city limits, the city's inspections office handles permits and inspections. In unincorporated Alamance County and towns such as Elon and Haw River, the Alamance County Inspections Department does.
We dig to the plan so the trenches are ready when the inspector comes. Alamance County also asks that the plans be on site at the time of inspection. For an addition on septic, the county's permit guide calls for Environmental Health approval before the building permit.
Addition footings sit close to the footings already under the house. The code says a dig cannot take away the side support of a footing without shoring or other protection. If a new trench within 10 feet undercuts an old footing, a design professional has to evaluate it.
On a septic lot, state rules keep every part of the system at least 5 feet from a building foundation. That includes any support that needs a footing, such as a porch post. Where a lot has a septic repair area, state rules keep additions and garages off it. If the project needs a new system, that is our septic system installation work.
Porch footings are exterior footings too, so the same 12-inch minimum applies. A garage or a shop on a sloped lot may need a level pad first. We can grade a level building pad, then dig the footings to the plan.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 55 miles around Burlington across the Piedmont.
(336) 516-7170From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (336) 516-7170 with the address and the job. We set a time to come look.
We come out to see the site and how equipment gets in. On septic work, the county permit shows what goes in and where.
You get a free quote in writing, with the work spelled out. When you say yes, we set a date.
State law calls for an NC811 ticket three full working days before digging. Septic work also waits for the county's Construction Authorization.
We do the work in the quote. On a septic job, the county inspects the system before it is covered with soil.
Common questions about footing excavation around Burlington and the surrounding Piedmont. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We take down houses, garages, barns and sheds around Burlington and haul off what comes down. Call or text for a free quote in writing.
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We load and haul off construction and demolition debris around Burlington. We also haul storm wood and the brush piles from clearing.
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Overgrown fields and fence lines cut back to open ground with machines. Most people around Burlington call it bush hogging.
Learn MoreLand clearing, grading, the gravel driveway and the septic system can all go on one quote. You deal with one company for all of it.
A text works as well as a call, and photos of the site help us see the job. Reach us at (336) 516-7170.
Burlington sits at the center of our service area. Septic and excavation work reaches about 55 miles out, Greensboro and Durham included.
Tell us where the job is and what you need done. Call or text (336) 516-7170, or send the form, for a free quote.
Tell us about the septic system, lot, driveway, teardown or home project and where it is. We look at the job and put your free quote in writing.