Excavation in North Salt Lake, Davis County
North Salt Lake is the first Davis County city north of Salt Lake City, and a lot of it is built into the hill. Neighborhoods east of I-15 climb the foothills, so many lots have real slope to them, with retaining walls, terraced yards and driveways that drop away quickly. Yards like that rarely have an easy, flat route for a machine, so access gets sorted out first.
On ground like that, grading means more than making a yard flat. The finished slope has to move water away from the foundation and keep it from pouring into the yard below. Ryan breaks the price out by option, such as leveling alone or leveling with rock, so you can hold a budget and still get the drainage right.
Hillside soil here is often rocky, and a dig can turn up cobble and boulders a few feet down. That changes how a footing or basement excavation goes, which is why photos of the site up front lead to a better quote. West of the freeway the land flattens out toward the industrial area and the lake, and the ground there behaves differently. On a hillside, that extra rock also affects how much material comes out and where it goes.
Backyard work is common as well: cutting a flat spot for a patio on a sloped lot, leveling a pad for a shed, or setting an in-ground trampoline so it sits flush with the lawn instead of perched on the hill. Dig Daddy is licensed and insured, and the quote is free. Text a photo of the slope to 801-928-1577 and Ryan will set up a live estimate within 24 hours.
The jobs that come up in North Salt Lake
- Grading & leveling
Sloped foothill lots need a grade that carries water away from the house and away from the neighbors below.
- Foundation & basement dig-outs
Rocky hillside soil makes footing and basement digs a job that has to be planned around what is under the surface.
- In-ground trampoline installs
Setting a trampoline flush is often the only way to make one sit safely on a yard with this much slope.
