Building A Lasting Foundation For Your Home

Building a new house is a venture most homeowners find either pleasantly exhilarating or overwhelmingly stressful. While selecting a beautiful location and designing creative floor plans may dominate much of your attention, it is important to remember that proper preparation of the construction site is essential to the overall safety and security of your home.

Before any type of site work can truly begin, you must have a surveyor stake out the property lines in accordance with residential codes. Once this process has been successfully completed, a professional contractor can begin the task of foundation excavation. In most cases, new construction excavation begins with the clearing of unwanted rocks and vegetation followed by the removal of soil from the marked boundaries of the foundation.

As a homeowner, it is necessary to consider any factors which may affect the duration or complexity of the excavation process. If you are concerned with landscaping details, be sure to indicate which trees you wish to keep to avoid any damage to the underlying roots. Structural elements such as crawl spaces or basements should also be pointed out to ensure the proper amount of soil is removed. Discussing variations such as these prior to foundation excavation allows your contractor to construct a detailed plan for site work.

The most common problem during new construction excavation is inadequate soil quality. While it may be easy to accommodate individual design elements and code requirements, the soil itself may be an obstacle if it is not deemed suitable to provide the adequate support. Shrinkage or expansion of soil may occur during excavation as a result of excessive moisture or dryness, ultimately causing stress to the foundation of your home. In some regions, it may even be appropriate to completely replace pockets of soft soil with specially engineered fill during foundation excavation.

At Lior Excavating we can discuss the best methods of site preparation for your new home based on the soil and site of the build. After all, your house can only be as strong as the foundation on which it is built. For foundation excavation questions or concerns give us a call and for custom pricing information click here for a quote.