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On a hillside lot, getting equipment to the wall line is frequently the hard part of the job. Narrow side yards, steep drives, mature trees and neighbours close on both sides all shape what is possible and what it costs. We do the cut, fill, haul-off and access work that wall projects need, and we scope it honestly at the estimate rather than discovering it on day one.
On a hillside lot, the wall design is often the easy part. Narrow side yards, steep drives, mature trees and neighbours close on both sides decide what equipment can reach the wall line, and that decides the method, the schedule and a good deal of the cost.
We would rather scope that honestly at the estimate than discover it on the first morning. Sometimes the answer is that machines do not fit, the material comes in by barrow, and the job costs more because of it.
The excavation side covers cutting to grade, placing and compacting fill in lifts, and hauling spoil off site rather than heaping it in a corner of the yard. It also covers protecting and restoring the access route, because the path a machine takes to the back of a property is someone's lawn or drive.
Have utilities marked before anything is dug; Pennsylvania One Call is free. Excavation usually runs alongside a new wall, opening ground for drainage runs, or setting stone for boulder walls.
Restricted-access work is routine in Shaler Township, Fox Chapel and Sewickley, and on city lots in Pittsburgh, with more open sites in Cranberry Township and Upper St. Clair.
How long does it take? Scoped per site - access is the variable that matters most.
These usually come up on the same job, and we can handle them in the same visit:
Terracing a slope, levelling a yard, or holding a cut for a patio or driveway. Base and drainage quoted with the wall.
Learn More →French drains, wall drains, downspout routing, swales and regrading. Often the actual fix when a wall is only the symptom.
Learn More →Large-stone walls set into the slope. Natural on a wooded lot, and forgiving of irregular grades.
Learn More →Free - No Obligation
Send a few details and we'll come look at it. Photos help - a picture of a lean or a crack tells us more than a paragraph.