Our Work: 86 Job Photos | Sterling's Affordable Excavating, Brownsburg IN

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Drainage & Water Management

Our primary service. French drains, buried downspouts, catch basins, culverts, and the ground put back afterward.

Buried downspout drainage line run in gravel along the side of a house — Downspout line buried and carried away from the wall

Drainage line outlet set in a gravel bed at the end of a trench — Outlet end of a buried drainage run

Long drainage trench opened across a front lawn with the spoil laid on plastic — Trench opened across a lawn, spoil kept off the grass

Gravel drainage line running along a house wall with a cleanout riser set flush — Gravel line and a flush cleanout along the wall

Storm drainage pipe being tied in along the foundation of a brick home — Storm line tied in at a brick foundation

Corrugated metal culvert staged beside an open trench with a compact excavator — Culvert set in at a driveway crossing

Fresh drainage run crossing a front lawn toward the street — A finished run crossing the front lawn

Downspout collection piping installed in an open trench beside a paved walk — Downspouts collected into one buried system

Perforated French drain pipe bedded in washed stone in an open trench — French drain bedded in washed stone

Catch basin riser set in an open excavation in a landscaped bed — Catch basin set in a low spot

Restored lawn showing the healed line of a completed drainage run — The same run after the ground was put back

Drainage trench opened tight along a brick foundation wall — Trench opened tight to the foundation

Drainage line and fabric installed alongside a paver patio — Drainage carried past a paver patio

Drain basin and pipe tie in bedded in stone in an open excavation — Basin and tie in bedded in stone

Finished lawn with a drainage basin lid set flush at the edge of a walk — Finished, with the lid set flush to mow over

Drainage trench backfilled, seeded and covered with straw across a front lawn — Seeded and strawed the day the trench closed

Front yard restored to grade after a drainage and driveway project — The yard put back after the work was done

Rip rap channel installed alongside a new gravel driveway to carry runoff — Rip rap channel carrying runoff off a drive

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Concrete Removal & Replacement

Driveways, aprons, walks, steps, patios, pads and garage floors, taken out and poured back.

Finished poured concrete driveway running from the street to a two car garage — Finished driveway, street to garage

Finished concrete apron poured in front of an outbuilding door — Apron poured at an outbuilding door

Freshly finished concrete pad poured outside a patio door — Fresh pad at a patio door

Concrete walk poured alongside a deck with a stone drainage edge — Walk poured beside a deck

Compacted stone base prepared and covered before a concrete pour — Base compacted and covered before the pour

Finished concrete pad poured against the back of a brick home — Finished pad at the back of the house

New concrete walk poured with the surrounding ground still open — Walk poured, ground not put back yet

New concrete steps and walkway poured at the side of a home — New steps tied into the new walk

Finished concrete steps and curved walkway leading away from a house — Steps and walk, finished

New concrete driveway apron poured out to the street — Apron poured out to the street

Concrete pad poured inside timber forms in a back yard — Poured inside forms, floated flat

Large concrete patio slab poured along the back of a brick house — Large patio slab, poured in one go

Finished concrete patio slab with the forms still in place — Finished slab, forms still on

Curved concrete walkway with a swirl finish leading to a front entry — Swirl finish on a curved front walk

Swirl finished concrete walkway curving through a landscaped bed — The same walk, running through the beds

Concrete driveway being finished with a power trowel by the crew — Finishing a driveway pour

Concrete strip poured alongside a garage to widen the drive — Strip poured to widen a drive

Crew placing and screeding stone base inside forms for a concrete walk — Base placed and screeded inside the forms

Crew finishing a freshly poured concrete pad in a front yard — Crew finishing a fresh pour

Finished concrete driveway apron poured up to a garage — Apron finished up to the garage

Wide concrete driveway poured and floated in front of a detached garage — Wide drive poured and floated

Concrete ramp poured up to a barn door opening — Ramp poured to a barn door

Concrete apron poured at the entrance to a pole barn — Apron at a pole barn entrance

New concrete floor poured inside a garage — New garage floor, poured inside

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Retaining Walls & Erosion Control

Walls built on a proper base with drainage behind them, plus rip rap and slope work.

Segmental block retaining wall built around a planting bed at a front porch — Block wall holding a bed at the porch

Curved segmental block wall retaining a mulched bed beside a house — Curved wall, mulched and planted

Block wall and planting bed built along a front walk — Wall and bed along the front walk

Low block retaining wall shaping a front bed in front of an outbuilding — Low wall shaping a front bed

Block retaining wall curving around a bed at the edge of a driveway — Wall curving around a drive edge

Block retaining wall built around deck steps and a patio landing — Wall built around deck steps

Block retaining wall running along the side of a house to hold grade — Wall holding grade along the house

Block retaining wall built to support the edge of a gravel driveway — Wall built to hold a drive edge

Finished block retaining wall with fresh mulch and restored lawn — Finished wall, mulched and seeded

Long block retaining wall running the length of a driveway — The full run of a driveway wall

Retaining wall under construction with washed stone backfill going in behind it — Stone backfill going in behind the wall

Retaining wall block being set and leveled course by course — Set and leveled course by course

Finished block retaining wall holding the grade beside a concrete driveway — Finished wall beside a concrete drive

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Excavation & Site Preparation

Clearing, rough and finish grading, pond banks, building pads and gravel drives.

Pond bank graded, seeded and strawed down to the waterline — Pond bank graded, seeded and strawed

Sterling's operator running a compact excavator on a residential job site — Casey on the machine, on site

Compact excavator and traffic cones set up for site work in front of a home — Site set up and coned off before digging

Graded sand beach approach shaped down to the edge of a pond — Beach approach shaped down to the water

Finished pond beach with chairs set out and the surrounding lawn restored — The finished beach, ground put back

Back yard stripped and graded around a new above ground pool — Yard graded around a new pool

Graded back yard shaped to fall away from a fence line and pool — Graded to fall away from the fence line

Finished gravel driveway running past a barn with a rip rap edge — New gravel drive with a stone edge

Crew walking a regraded pond bank after earthwork — Walking the regraded bank before seeding

New crushed stone driveway installed between mature trees — New stone drive, built up and compacted

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Underground Utility Installation

Water service, sewer, storm, meter pits, and directional boring for runs that cannot be open trenched.

New water service line tapped into a main with a saddle and corporation stop — New water service tapped into the main

Directional boring machine running a new line beside a house without open trenching — Boring a line in without opening the lawn

Deep excavation exposing a service line at the corner of a house — Deep dig to reach a failed service line

Inside a new water meter pit with the meter, valves and service lines set — Inside a new meter pit

Existing utility line carefully exposed by hand under an excavator bucket — Hand work once the line is close

Deep utility trench with several service lines bedded in washed stone — Several lines bedded in one trench

Utility trench opened at a sidewalk with a dump trailer staged for spoil — Opened at the walk, spoil hauled as we go

Worker in a shored excavation for utility work beside a brick home — Shored pit, because depth is not a guess

Utility service and meter connection exposed in an open trench for replacement — Service connection exposed for replacement

Compact excavator digging a utility trench with locate flags marked across the lawn — Locates marked before the bucket moves

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Waterproofing & Sump Pumps

Exterior foundation membrane, crawlspace liner, sump pits, pumps and discharge lines.

Waterproofing membrane applied to an exposed brick foundation wall in an open trench — Membrane on the wall, trench still open

Vapor barrier laid across the floor of a crawlspace — Vapor barrier down across a crawlspace

Crawlspace liner run around block piers and up the walls — Liner run around the piers

Wide view of a crawlspace with the liner installed and seams lapped — Seams lapped and sealed

Crawlspace liner detailed around duct work and framing — Detailed around the duct work

Foundation wall crack sealed with injection ports set along its length — Crack sealed with ports along the run

Paver patio lifted for access to a lid and buried line underneath — Pavers lifted, then reset when we finished

New sump pump and discharge piping installed on a basement floor — New pump and discharge, set and piped

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Demolition

Structures and concrete taken down, hauled off, and the ground graded back.

Excavator taking a structure down to its framing and foundation — Taking a structure down to the foundation

Open excavation at a demolition site with the debris cleared away — Debris cleared, hole opened up

Footing trench and prepared base at a demolition and rebuild site — Footing trench cut for the rebuild

– What you are looking at

Why we show the middle of the job

Anybody can photograph a finished driveway. What you cannot see once the ground is closed up is the base under the slab, the stone around the pipe, the fall on the line, or whether the trench was backfilled and compacted in lifts or just pushed back in. Those are the things that decide whether the work is still doing its job in ten years, and they are the things these photos show.

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