Trenching in Greater Chattanooga
Trenching for power and lighting, dug where the line has to run.
Power out to a shop, lights along the driveway, or a run across a job site. We'll come take a look and give you a clear quote.
Got the route from your electrician?
We'll quote that dig.
Still working out where the line should go?
David can walk it with you.
When Trenching Makes Sense
Something out there needs power, and there's a yard in between.
The line has to get from where the power is to where you want it. Open ground is what's in the way.
That might be:
- Power out to a shop, a barn, or a detached garage
- Lights along the driveway, up the front walk, or down a set of steps
- Power to a gate at the road
- A run from the meter to wherever the new work is going in
- A line across a commercial lot or a job site
- A route your electrician has already marked out, where the dig is the part that's left
No Route Yet
Or you know what you want out there and haven't worked out how the line gets to it. That part gets figured out on the visit.
What to Expect
Where it starts, where it ends, and what it has to get past.
When David comes out, he looks at:
- Where the trench starts and where it ends
- What it has to get past, like a driveway, a walkway, a bed, or a tree
- The slope of the ground along the run
- How equipment gets to it
- Anything already buried out there that you know about
If your electrician has marked out the route, have that ready. If not, David can talk it through with you.
How far it runs, how deep it needs to go, and what it has to cross all go into the price.
Then you get a price for the dig, and it spells out what's in it.
You decide. If it's a go, we set the day with you, around when the line is going in.
Before Anyone Digs
811 gets called first. Every time.
Before any ground is opened, the utility locate gets called. On the Georgia side that's Georgia 811. On the Tennessee side it's Tennessee 811. Either way, the number is 811.
The buried lines coming onto the property get marked before the digging starts.
One thing a locate won't find: a line somebody ran on their own. A previous owner's power out to a shed, or a wire to a light in the yard nobody remembers putting in.
If you know of one, tell us. If you've only got a hunch, tell us that too.
We Dig the Trench. Your Electrician Runs the Line.
The trench is our part of the job.
We open the trench where the line needs to run.
What goes in it is the electrician's work. We don't install the line.
The electrician says where it runs and how deep it needs to be. We dig to that. They run the line.
If nobody's lined up to run the line yet, mention that when you call. The dig and the line have to be timed together, and it's easier to sort out up front.
If You're the Electrician, Fence Installer, or Landscape Architect
Need the ground opened on a customer's job? That's a normal call here.
You've got the job. You need a trench where your line is going, open when you need it.
Tell us the route, how deep you want it, and the day you need it open. We'll quote the dig and work it in around your schedule.
Send your customer here if they'd like to see what the trench part involves.
If the job is landscape lighting, we do that as well. Lighting is on the Hardscapes page.
Why Work With Us
A trench in the right place, dug once.
Trenching is one job on the properties we've worked on around Greater Chattanooga for more than 25 years: yards, acreage, homes, commercial lots, and the trees on them.
When David comes out, he's looking at the whole run, not just where it starts and where it ends.
Already know exactly where it runs?
We'll quote the dig.
Have a shop out back and no route yet?
He'll walk it with you and talk through where the line could go.
Sometimes the straight line across the yard is the one to dig.
Sometimes there's a driveway or a tree in the way, and going around it is the better trench. You'll hear which before it's priced.
And sometimes it's a shorter run than you'd pictured, and a smaller job.
The goal is a trench where the line needs it, dug once, with the ground marked before anyone touches it.
Out On A Limb For You is an insured Georgia LLC based in Flintstone, Georgia and serves customers throughout Greater Chattanooga on both sides of the Georgia-Tennessee state line.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about trenching
How deep can you dig?
It depends on what's going in it.
The electrician says how deep the line has to be, and the trench gets quoted to that, along with how far it runs and what it has to cross.
If you've already been told a number, pass it along.
Do I have to call 811 myself?
No. It gets called as part of the job, before anyone digs.
Georgia 811 on the Georgia side, Tennessee 811 on the Tennessee side. The utility lines get marked before the ground is opened.
What a locate won't find is a line somebody ran on their own. If you know of one on the property, or think there might be one, tell us.
My electrician needs a trench dug. Will you do just the digging?
Yes.
If it's for landscape lighting, we do the lighting too. For anything else, tell us where it runs, how deep it needs to be, and when it needs to be open.
We dig the trench. Your electrician runs the line.
Will you come out for one short run?
Yes.
One run to a shed light, or a line the length of a commercial lot. Say where it starts and where it ends, and we'll quote it.
Free Estimates
Contact us for a trenching quote today.
Send us the route if you've got one, or have us come out and walk the run with you.
You'll get a price for the dig, and what's in it, before anything is opened up.
The estimate is free.