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What do trench digging services include?

Trenching services involve digging a large hole, usually using a trenching shovel and a trencher to help successfully lay underground wires, pipes, or structural supports. It’s also traditionally done to install or repair public drains, sewer lines, and underground utilities to serve populated areas. Trenching also has plenty of benefits if you’re taking care of your lawn! Whatever you need, Taskers can make your home improvement project possible. Here are the most common things you can expect from trenching services near you:

Straight trenches

If you live in an area with a limited surface to disturb, such as near buildings or roadways, digging straight trenches is the right choice for you. It’s a kind of trench where the sides are parallel, and the base is at a right angle. Having trench boxes or shoring is usually required as protective systems. A six-inch straight trench can also be helpful if you’re trying to control pests in your property, where you can apply a non-repellent pesticide into the soil to achieve a treatment zone.

Sloped trenches     

Sloped trenches have angled sides to prevent cave-ins. Its angle is determined by trench depth, soil type, and the amount of time the trench will remain open. If you’re planning to install large pipes or culverts, this can be the right kind of trench for you. It’s also common to have sloped trenches in new construction sites with a wider path of soil.

Benched trenches

To ensure that your trench or excavation site is entirely safe, you can try benching! Benched trenches are those with sides that have been cut away to create steps. The height of these steps, otherwise known as vertical distances, is determined by the soil type. The less stable your soil is, the shallower your angles should be. It’s best to bench it if your trench needs to be up to 20 feet deep. This is to help stabilize your trench and to make it more secure. For protective systems, shielding or trench boxes are usually used.

Bell-bottom pier hole trenches

For those planning to build a certain structure, make sure to have someone dig a bell-bottom pier hole trench! The base or bottom of the trench is usually wider than the top, giving it a bell-shaped cross-section. This is typically used to install footings to support the foundation of a structure. Since these kinds of trenches have sides sloping inward over the floor of the excavation, more protective systems are usually required to keep them from collapsing. 

Recent Trench Digging tasks in East Melbourne

Pump water out of trenches - Concreter!

$5

Blackburn North VIC, Australia

26th Mar 2023

Hello, Pumping water out of trenches. Loose sand to be removed. Trenches are laid for the slab. please advise on the quote..

Clean out trench

$50

Balwyn VIC, Australia

26th Mar 2023

Need the following trenches cleaned out from some collapsed soil. Only needs to be 200mm wide from block wall pictured. Approx 10 meters of trench needs cleaning. It’s obviously loose soil so easy digging. - Due date: Before Thursday, 30 March 2023

Dig a trench in loose soil

$200

Box Hill South VIC, Australia

23rd Oct 2022

Dig out some soil to 1m depth around a brick wall approx 3m + 1m length, 60cm wide. Move soil to other parts of garden. Will need to bring tools such as mattock, shovel and wheel barrow. - Due date: Before Sunday, 30 October 2022

400mm x 600mm trench finished off

$200

Camberwell VIC, Australia

20th Jun 2021

Looking for someone preferably tomorrow to finish off a 9 metre(approx) trench. Most of the work has been done however just don’t have time to finish. I have shovel & tape measure.

Scott was an absolute pleasure to have do the work we required. Such a hard worker and all round trustworthy and nice guy. Can’t recommend him highly enough!

Digging a trench and planting 45 trees

$320

Templestowe, Victoria, Australia

17th Dec 2020

Hi, we have 45 x 2meter trees in 40cm pots to be planted along our back fence ( 60meters.) We are after someone preferably with a digger of some sort to dig a trench and plant the trees. Maybe an hourly rate would be best?

Turf removal and trench dig

$400

Surrey Hills VIC 3127, Australia

28th Jun 2020

I'm clearing an area of grass in my backyard and would like the turf removed. I've marked out the area (see attached pictures) and would like help to remove the remaining turf and dig a narrow, slightly deeper trench around the perimeter. There's a roughly 1-1.5m passage down the side of the house, with an incline, so I believe only hand tools and barrows can be used. I estimate there will be around 6-7 barrow loads of turf/dirt to be removed, so ideally you will have a truck/ute/trailer that can take it away to the tip. (There's one closeby on Riverdale Rd). The job can be done any day this week. (Following the clearing, there's more work to be done on the project so if you're interested we can continue).

Friendly guy, works hard and fast.

Trench Digging

$300

Balwyn North VIC, Australia

27th May 2020

Need someone to come dig a clear 300mm wide 600mm deep trench along my front boundary & return stair for my strip footing for future front yard block wall. Roughly 15 linear Metres all up. Surplus spoil can be stockpiled on site.