Excavation contractor in Redlands
Pool digs, pads, laterals and trenches priced off the published cost guide. Call (443) 364-3676 or send the form below.
Redlands has the oldest houses in the valley and the most careful homeowners. The craftsman and Spanish homes south of the freeway were built between 1900 and 1940, and many still drain through vitrified clay laterals laid before anyone on the block was born. Shandin Excavation replaces those by open trench, which in Redlands means working around mature trees, brick walks and the odd heritage orange tree the owner wants kept.
The second Redlands job is the grove conversion. One acre and half acre parcels toward Mentone and along San Timoteo Canyon are being split or getting a detached unit, and a grove that has been flood irrigated for 80 years leaves soft, uneven ground that needs a real cut and fill plan, not a quick level pass. The soil here is a decomposed granite loam that compacts well once it is moisture conditioned.
Pools in Smiley Heights and along Sunset Drive are hillside work. The dig is often a cut into a slope with a stem wall on the downhill side, and the engineer wants the soil report before the shell is designed.
Old houses, old trees, old pipe
Redlands trees are protected under a city ordinance and the heritage ones are mapped. A trench route that crosses a root zone needs hand digging near the trunk or a bore, and that adds a day. Say which trees you want saved before the quote, not after.
Redlands neighborhoods on the schedule
Around Redlands the requests come from Smiley Heights, south Redlands, the Mentone edge, Live Oak Canyon, Redlands Country Club, Sunset Drive, covering ZIPs 92373, 92374. City of Redlands Municipal Utilities and Engineering issues grading permits; the city is on sewer with a few septic parcels in the south hills and Live Oak Canyon edge. The permits page has the details.
Ask for a Redlands quote
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Common Redlands questions
How much does it cost to replace a sewer lateral in Redlands?
Most Redlands laterals land between $5,000 and $12,000 dug and backfilled, with the long runs on the big south side lots at the top of that. Trenchless bursting is an option when the old pipe is intact enough to pull through; collapsed clay usually means open trench.
Can I put an ADU on my old orange grove parcel?
Yes, and most grove lots over half an acre qualify for a detached ADU plus a junior unit under state rules. The pad needs a grading plan because grove ground is uneven and soft from decades of irrigation, and the compaction report is part of the building permit.
Do you dig pools on hillside lots in Smiley Heights?
We do, and the method changes. A hillside pool is a cut with a retained downhill edge, so the soils engineer and the pool engineer both weigh in before the dig. Figure the top of the pool range plus footing excavation for the wall.
What about the protected trees on my property?
Redlands has a tree preservation ordinance and removing or trenching under a heritage tree needs city sign off. We route trenches around the drip line where we can and hand dig or bore where we cannot.
Is Redlands on sewer everywhere?
Nearly. A few parcels in the south hills and out toward Live Oak Canyon still run septic, and those fall under the city rather than the county for replacement review since 2018.
Shandin Excavation covers the whole east valley. See the cost guide, the pool excavation page, or nearby areas: Yucaipa, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana.