Footings & Foundations
Foundation Excavation for Edison Additions & Garages
Edison Excavation opens footing and foundation trenches for home additions and accessory buildings, holding the depth and line shown on your drawings. You get a clean, inspection-ready dig, and the rest of the yard is treated with care while we work.
What the dig includes
One goal: hand the next crew a site they can work on right away, with nothing to redo.
Depth & Line by Laser
Laser grade control carries the engineer's numbers from paper to the ground, so footing depth and width match the plan and the pour goes in right the first time.
Soil Kept Sorted
Topsoil and subsoil go in separate piles. Clean fill can stay on site for backfill or leave by truck, and the lawn and planting beds are protected throughout.
Trenches Ready for Forms
Clean walls, hand-dressed bottoms with no loose spoil, and compaction where the spec asks for it. A firm base for footings and forms.
Machines sized to your lot
An addition shouldn't cost you the backyard. Our equipment ranges from a tracked skid steer narrow enough for a backyard gate up to a 5-ton excavator, which lets us reach the tight side yards common on Edison's postwar ranch and split-level lots and still dig a proper foundation.
Where we work
Sunroom, detached garage, pool house, or shed footing, the approach is the same: plan the route in, put down ground protection where it's needed, and keep the disturbance tight to the dig.
What happens after you call
From the site walk to the final cleanup
1. Site Walk
We visit the property by appointment, check access and any constraints, and go over your plans or what you have in mind.
2. Marking & Layout
The layout is set on the ground with laser accuracy. Depths, lines, and elevations are marked before any digging starts.
3. The Work
The right machine for the access comes in, ground protection goes down where needed, and disturbance to lawns, trees, and hardscape is kept to a minimum.
4. Clean Handover
You're left with a site ready for the next step and a yard that's still in one piece.
Frequently Asked Questions
The smallest one, a tracked skid steer, needs roughly 36 inches of clear width, so a standard backyard gate is usually enough and the fence stays up. Larger machines need more space. We confirm access for the specific job on the site walk and protect turf and hardscape along the route.
That depends on the site and your plans. Clean fill can be stockpiled for backfill, or the spoil can be hauled away. In both cases the topsoil is kept apart so it gets reused, not buried.
Most footings for additions and accessory buildings take one to two days on site, depending on depth, soil, and access. After the site visit you get a firm window.
Yes. The dig is timed to your contractor and forms crew so the trench is opened, inspected, and poured without sitting open any longer than necessary.
Service Areas
- Edison· Middlesex County
- Metuchen· Middlesex County
- Piscataway· Middlesex County
- Woodbridge· Middlesex County
- Highland Park· Middlesex County
- South Plainfield· Middlesex County
- Perth Amboy· Middlesex County
- Carteret· Middlesex County
- Rahway· Union County
- Linden· Union County
- Plainfield· Union County
- Dunellen· Middlesex County
Edison, Metuchen, Piscataway, Woodbridge, and nearby Middlesex and Union County towns north of the Raritan.
Planning an addition? Send your plans and we'll look at the access.
Site visits are by appointment. Share a few details about the project and a time gets set to walk the property together.