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Princeton Excavation

West Windsor, Mercer County

Excavation & Drainage Work in West Windsor, NJ

Princeton Excavation works the flat, clay-bottomed lots of West Windsor, where big backyards make projects easy to imagine and the drainage makes them worth doing right.

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Most of West Windsor was farmland within living memory, and the subdivisions that replaced it inherited the same flat ground and heavy clay subsoil. That combination is why so many backyards from Windsor Hunt to Hunters Run hold water for days after a storm: there's no slope to shed it and nowhere for it to soak.

It also means the projects here are rarely about difficult terrain. They're about doing clean, accurate work in a large, established yard: a pool dig with the spoils hauled off instead of spread, a properly pitched french drain, a level pad for the shed that's been on the list for years.

We show up with the machine sized to your gate and your job, and because it's owner-operated, the person who quoted the work is the one in the seat.

  • Licensed & Insured
  • Owner-Operated
  • By Appointment
  • Princeton-Area Specialist

Flat ground, heavy clay, big backyards

From the older lanes around Dutch Neck and Grovers Mill to the larger-lot subdivisions off Clarksville and Cranbury Roads — Heatherfield, Windsor Hunt, Westwinds and their neighbors — West Windsor yards tend to be generous, fenced, and finished. Getting a machine in without wrecking the lawn is half the planning.

The other half is the water. On this clay, surface grading and buried drainage have to work together, so we look at where the whole yard sends its runoff before we cut anything, not just the wet spot you called about.

Also serving nearby: Princeton · Plainsboro · East Windsor · Robbinsville

What we do here

Excavation services in West Windsor

The same disciplines, tailored to West Windsor properties.

A SANY mini excavator and a JCB skid steer working a residential foundation site, with a fresh soil pile and ground protection laid over the lawn.

Foundation & Footing Excavation

Clean footings for additions, garages, pool houses, and sheds, dug to spec and ready for concrete.

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A mini excavator clearing a lot and loading demolition debris into a roll-off dumpster under a bright sky.

Land & Lot Clearing

Brush, vegetation, and stumps cleared selectively, keeping the trees worth keeping.

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Freshly graded, track-marked soil worked smooth right up to a home's foundation, ready for finish work.

Grading & Hardscape Site Prep

Solid sub-base and yard grading for paver patios, pool decks, driveways, and level lawns.

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Mini excavators working a cleared lot edge with newly planted evergreens and a staked shade tree in a residential yard.

Large Tree Planting

Mature, balled-and-burlapped trees set with an excavator. Privacy and shade now, not in ten years.

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Tight-Access & Small-Job Excavation

Backyard digs through a 36-inch gate. The small excavation jobs big companies won't return calls about.

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French Drain Installation

Exterior French drains built the right way: fabric, washed stone, perforated pipe, and an outlet that actually works.

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Yard Drainage Solutions

Standing water in the yard? We find where it's coming from first, then build the fix that matches.

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Driveway Excavation & Gravel Driveways

Failed driveways dug out and rebuilt from the base up — finished in gravel or prepped for your paver.

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Inground Pool Excavation

Pool digs to your builder's spec sheet, with the spoils and the access planned before the first bucket.

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Small Demolition & Removal

Sheds, decks, garages, patios, and pools taken down, sorted, and hauled — filled and graded where they stood.

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Utility Trench Excavation

Water, sewer, electric, and gas trenches opened, bedded, and backfilled. Your licensed trade makes the connection.

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Septic System Excavation

Tank pits, field excavation, and abandonment digs, done to your licensed septic contractor's plan.

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Test Pit & Perc Test Excavation

Pits opened on schedule for perc tests, soil logs, and footing investigations, backfilled clean when the witness is done.

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Whole-Stump Removal

Stumps pulled out whole, roots and all, then backfilled flush and ready for seed.

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Retaining Wall Excavation & Base Prep

The benched cut, compacted base course, and drainage that keep a wall standing straight.

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Shed Pads & Gravel Bases

Compacted gravel pads for sheds, barns, and hot tubs, level to your installer's spec.

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How a job goes

From the first call to a clean handover

  1. 1. Site Walk

    We come look at the property by appointment, check the access and any constraints, and go over your plans or what you have in mind.

  2. 2. Marking & Layout

    We set the layout on the ground with laser accuracy. Depths, lines, and elevations are marked before anything gets dug.

  3. 3. The Work

    We bring the right machine for the access, lay ground protection where it's needed, and keep the mess around lawns, trees, and hardscape to a minimum.

  4. 4. Clean Handover

    You're left with a site that's ready to go and a yard that's still in one piece, set up for whatever's next.

West Windsor: Common Questions

Almost always. Our tracked mini skid steer fits through a standard gate opening, and our smaller excavator gets through most double gates. For bigger digs like pools we'll talk through whether removing a fence section briefly makes the job faster and cheaper. We confirm it all when we walk the yard.

Planning earthwork in West Windsor?

Request a by-appointment site visit and we'll walk your West Windsor property to plan the right approach.

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