We evaluate your property’s elevation, existing drainage, and soil type. Whether you need trenching for utilities or a full site grade, we provide a transparent, fixed-price quote.
Clear scope, honest pricing, and excavation done with care for your property.
Evergreen Outdoor Services provides residential excavation services in Houston for projects that need practical grading, trenching, soil movement, access preparation, or site preparation before the next phase of work. The goal is a clearly defined excavation scope that prepares the area for concrete, sod, gravel, landscaping, drainage-related work, or other approved property improvements.
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We evaluate your property’s elevation, existing drainage, and soil type. Whether you need trenching for utilities or a full site grade, we provide a transparent, fixed-price quote.
Our operators use high-precision machinery to ensure correct depth and pitch. We correct slopes to prevent pooling and prepare the ground for your next phase of construction or landscaping.
We perform a final stabilization check to ensure the soil is ready for use. After a thorough debris cleanup, your property is left pristine and engineered to last through Houston's heaviest rains.
We adjust grades, cut shallow swales, and remove soil where needed to help move water away from structures and problem spots in your yard.
We level and grade your yard, driveway, or pad area so water flows the right way and your next phase — concrete or landscaping — starts on solid ground.
Old or failing concrete? We break it up, haul it away, and prep the area for new work, saving you the headache of coordinating multiple crews.
Perfect for new sprinkler lines, cable runs, or underground utilities. Clean cuts, consistent depth, and careful digging to protect your existing system.
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Excavation is the groundwork behind a clean outdoor project. We focus on practical grading, trenching, soil movement, access prep, and jobsite cleanup so the next phase has a better starting point.
Residential yards often have gates, fences, patios, and narrow side yards. We plan access carefully and use the right equipment for the space.
Before digging, we help coordinate proper locate steps when needed and work carefully around known utilities, pipes, irrigation, and property features.
We shape and prepare areas for sod, gravel, mulch, concrete, landscape installation, or drainage-related prep based on the approved scope.
We respect the surrounding lawn, hardscapes, beds, and access points while working through the site prep or dirt work phase.
The right equipment and clear scope help us move faster, reduce confusion, and keep the project ready for the next trade or service.
We focus on cleanup, soil handling, and a practical finish so the area is ready for the next phase. For standing water issues, visit our drainage installation page.
Excavation is often the first step before the finished work begins. Whether we are preparing for sod, gravel, concrete, landscape installation, trenching, or a yard correction, the goal is simple: shape the area properly and leave it ready for what comes next.
Need a dedicated solution for standing water, French drains, surface drains, or catch basins? Visit our
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Good outdoor projects start with the right prep. Whether the next step is concrete, sod, gravel, landscaping, trenching, or general yard correction, excavation helps shape the area before the finished work begins.
We focus on practical grading, access planning, soil movement, careful digging, and clean handoff so the site is ready for the approved scope without turning the yard into a bigger mess.
From Summerwood to Kingwood, we help homeowners prepare outdoor spaces with careful excavation, grading, trenching, soil movement, and site prep built around Houston clay soil, tight access, and the next phase of work.
We adjust low areas, uneven spots, and rough grades to create a cleaner starting point for sod, gravel, concrete, landscaping, or yard correction.
Planning a patio, shed pad, walkway, gravel area, or concrete project? We provide practical base preparation so the next phase starts on better ground.
Many Houston homes have narrow gates, side yards, fences, and limited backyard access. We use compact equipment and careful planning where space is limited.
We handle trenching for approved underground work, access prep, irrigation adjustments, conduit support, and drainage-related preparation when included in the scope.
We can remove excess soil, broken concrete, roots, rocks, and jobsite debris so the area is cleaner and ready for the next step.
We plan around structures, irrigation, utilities, hardscapes, lawns, and access points so the excavation work is handled with care. For standing water systems, visit our drainage installation page.
We handle light-to-medium residential excavation services in Houston, including grading, trenching, soil removal, dirt work, drainage prep, site prep for concrete, gravel base prep, sod prep, and basic yard shaping.
Our work is best suited for homeowners who need practical site preparation, slope correction, water-flow improvement, or prep work before another outdoor project.
Pricing depends on the size of the area, access, soil conditions, equipment needed, depth of digging, amount of material moved, haul-off needs, and the final result you want.
Small trenching or grading jobs may start around a few hundred dollars, while larger excavation, drainage prep, concrete prep, or dirt removal projects require a custom estimate after reviewing the property.
Yes. Utility marking is required before digging. The homeowner is responsible for calling 811 before excavation, trenching, grading, or any work that may disturb underground utilities.
Public utility marking helps identify certain underground lines, but it may not mark private systems such as irrigation lines, landscape lighting, drainage lines, invisible fencing, private gas lines, or homeowner-installed wiring.
In many cases, yes. Excavation can support drainage improvements by helping with trenching, swales, soil removal, catch basin prep, French drain prep, grading adjustments, and water-flow correction.
Drainage work depends heavily on slope, soil conditions, neighboring grades, discharge location, and how water currently moves through the property.
Yes. We can include soil removal, root removal, rock removal, debris cleanup, and haul-off as part of your excavation estimate when the scope requires it.
Haul-off is priced based on material type, volume, loading difficulty, disposal requirements, and site access. If the removed material can be reused on-site, we may recommend that instead to reduce waste and cost.
Excavation often pairs with concrete services, sod installation, property cleanups, gravel installation, drainage correction, mulch/soil work, and landscape installation.
If your project involves multiple steps, we can help sequence the work so grading, trenching, soil movement, installation, cleanup, and final finish happen in the right order.
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