Richard Bardy
2026-09-01
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beyond 5 Stars! If you have a complex land, grading, or drainage issue, look no further than Brian at Custom Cut Land Works. We hired Brian to rework ou… Read more
Before we dig in Williamston, we read the site: compact lots near Mineral Spring Park and pasture toward Pelzer, on slow-draining clay.
Excavation decides whether everything above it stays level and dry. The dig, the trenches, the backfill: none of it shows in the finished photos. All of it shows up three years later if it was done cheap. The classic hidden defect is loose backfill — it settles along every trench and foundation edge, cracking walks and sinking driveways. Our backfill goes in as thin, compacted lifts. Every trench, every time.
Every dig starts legally: SC811 locates filed and the three-business-day wait respected before a bucket touches ground. And because Upstate lots sit on dense red clay, sometimes rock, discovery conditions go in writing before work starts. If the ground surprises us, the price doesn’t surprise you.
SC811 tickets filed, utilities marked, boundaries confirmed before anything opens.
Pads, footings, and trenches cut to depth; topsoil stripped and stockpiled for your final landscape, never buried.
Thin layers, compacted each pass. The difference between a trench line you forget and one you re-level for years.
Spoils hauled or graded out, erosion controls set, site left ready for the next step.
Every dig starts with a utility locate. 811 marks the public lines before a bucket touches the ground, and we walk the site with you to flag anything private, like well lines or irrigation.
Your call. We can haul excess material off, use it as fill elsewhere on the property, or grade it out on site. Each option gets priced in the written quote.
Homeowner-scale work runs on a simpler track. The county's mass-grading limits and its 2025 pause on new unincorporated housing were aimed at subdivision development, not a resident clearing a lot or cutting a driveway. Land-disturbance and stormwater review still apply, with state permit coverage starting at one acre disturbed. Infill lots near downtown get the same careful treatment as acreage toward Pelzer.
Custom Cut Land Works
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Richard Bardy
2026-09-01
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beyond 5 Stars! If you have a complex land, grading, or drainage issue, look no further than Brian at Custom Cut Land Works. We hired Brian to rework ou… Read more
Free written estimate. See the price before any work begins.