Utility Trenching & Water Line Installation in Routt County

Trenching That Accounts for the Winter

A water line at the wrong depth in this county is a line that freezes, and a frozen line in January is a problem you cannot fix in January. Frost depth is the single most important number in this work, and it is not the same everywhere. Elevation, aspect, soil and whether the ground gets consistent snow cover all move it.

We dig to depth, bed the line properly, and backfill in a way that does not leave the trench settling into a channel that funnels surface water along the pipe.

What We Trench For

• ✓Water lines from a well or a district main to the house
• ✓Well lines and pump conduit
• ✓Electrical conduit and secondary power runs
• ✓Communications conduit, including runs to outbuildings
• ✓Propane lines to the tank
• ✓Lines to shops, barns and outbuildings
• ✓Septic lines, see septic system installation
• ✓Repairs to existing lines, including locating and exposing them

Locates, and the Lines Nobody Has a Record Of

We call 811 before we dig, every time. What 811 will not mark is private infrastructure: the line somebody ran to the barn twenty years ago, the old well feed, the buried power to the shop. Those exist on a lot of rural property here and no public locate knows about them. If you have any idea where they are, tell us. If you do not, we dig accordingly and go slower where it makes sense.

Backfill and Compaction

A trench that is backfilled loose settles, and a settled trench across a driveway or a yard becomes a rut that collects water and eventually points it at something you care about. Compacting in lifts is the difference between a trench you forget about and one you notice every spring.