foundation excavation and site preparation in Durham Maine

Durham Maine is home base for Spear Head Excavation.

Projects here often involve a mix of wooded lots, variable soils, and drainage challenges that require careful planning from the start. Durham is very representative of the average job site in the state of Maine.

Whether you need a foundation, a septic system, a lot cleared, or a driveway we approach each site as a whole to make sure that everything works together properly.

If you have a project in Durham, Maine. Get in contact with Spear Head Excavation today to see how we can serve you.

Durham Maine Site Work For A New Home

concrete forms for frost protected shallow foundation in Durham Maine
ready to pour concrete forms with radiant tubing installed Durham Maine

This is a Frost Protected Shallow Foundation installed by Spear Head Excavation in Durham, Maine. These pictures showcase the forms built and ready to pour with insulation, rebar reinforcement, under slab drain plumbing, and the radiant tubing installed for the future radiant heating system.

pouring concrete for slab in Durham Maine
fresh poured concrete slab, finishing concrete slab Durham Maine

On the day of concrete pouring everyone is up early. A full crew works to pour the concrete into place and then get a good finish on the surface.

The foundation being level and square are critical for the house to be built.

Skilled finishers here work to create a smooth finish surface on the concrete slab.

Eljen In-Drain Septic System, leach field Durham Maine
finished concrete slab frost protected shallow foundation backfilling with drainage Durham Maine

The finished slab then has all of the forms stripped off, and is backfilled with clean drainage sand and a drainage system around the perimeter.

Spear Head Excavation also installed the septic system. It is an Eljen In-Drain leach field. It is made up of twenty-one Eljen units with a series of perforated piping to release the waste water evenly across the surface of the units.