Starting on your dream home on a fresh patch of property can be absolutely thrilling. You have the chance to make a home that’s uniquely yours, customizing it to your needs and style. But before you can relish your personal castle, you have to start the construction process off right with land clearing & grading.
Land Clearing & Grading
Even if the property you’ve purchased isn’t part of an especially wooded area, you’ll still need to do land clearing & grading before you can move forward with construction. Land clearing & grading will help you get rid of any stumps or small, shrubby trees hidden in the grass and make the soil even and ready for building.
Your Land Clearing & Grading Checklist
Not sure where to start? Don’t worry. Here’s a simple checklist to help you make sure you’re completing all the land clearing & grading tasks you need to do, in the order you need to do them.
- Make a rough floor plan. While you might want to jump ahead to clearing the land, you need to have a good idea of where your new home will go. Which direction do you want the house to face? Does your driveway placement make sense compared to where the road is? Knowing the layout makes it much easier for land clearing & grading to be completed efficiently, without taking out any beautiful trees on your property that could be left intact.
- Check local building requirements. While your chosen land clearing & grading company can help with this, it’s a good idea to know what the local building codes require and to start getting any construction permits you need.
- Contact a qualified land clearing & grading company. For a project of this scale, land clearing & grading should be completed by a qualified crew, like us at Dewey’s Septic and Grading. This will ensure you meet all legal requirements for land clearing & grading, and the job will be completed to your total satisfaction.
- Prevent erosion with landscaping. Even after being compacted, soil can still be washed away by heavy rain. Make sure you have sod added to cover the bare dirt or other plants in place. Root systems hold on to the earth and help keep it in place, so your land clearing & grading won’t be altered by the elements.