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Joel Clough and Son Excavation

Est. 1998 — North Hampton, NH

Reliable, precision excavation for the NH Seacoast.

Family owned and operated since 1998. We handle every job ourselves — no subcontracted crews — so it’s precise and it lasts.

In business since
1998 — 25+ years
Crew model
Owner-operated, no subs
Coverage
Licensed & insured, NH
Local estimates
Free, on-site
Skid steer and excavator grading a gravel driveway and parking area at dusk
Septic + Site Prep
Rye, NH
Capabilities

Complete site work, start to finish

One crew, one point of contact, from first cut to final grade. Residential and commercial across Rockingham County.

New concrete foundation and frost walls with a compacted gravel pad and excavator on a cleared lot

Commercial & Residential Excavation

Site excavation, foundations, footings, drainage and finish grading.

New concrete septic tank set in an open excavation with snow on the ground

Septic Systems — Install & Repair

New systems, replacements and repairs built to pass state inspection.

Excavator digging a water service trench between two houses with new blue service line in place

Underground Utilities & Site Prep

Water, sewer, electric and gas trenching with compacted backfill.

Block retaining wall built along a driveway with an excavator backfilling behind it

Driveways & Access Roads

New builds, rebuilds, culverts and gravel roads that drain and hold.

Excavator tearing down a small structure with the collapsed roof and shingle debris ready to be hauled out

Demolition & Land Clearing

Structures, slabs, stumps and brush removed, hauled and cleaned up.

Two Joel Clough and Son dump trucks parked on a gravel yard, used for hauling loam, gravel and fill

Aggregate Transportation & Hauling

Loam, gravel, stone, sand and fill delivered or removed on schedule.

The operation

The owners run the machines.

Joel Clough and Son excavator beside a new house foundation with a concrete block retaining wall being set

Joel Clough & Son has provided high-quality site work on the Seacoast since 1998. We’ve stayed deliberately small. When you hire us, the people who quoted the job are the people running the machines — not a rotating crew of subs learning your property on the clock.

We keep our crew specialized and small so every job gets owner-level detail: clean grades, tight utility runs, septic systems that pass the first inspection, and a site left better than we found it.

Precision

Grade and elevation right the first time.

Accountability

One number to call. An owner answers.

Longevity

Work that holds through Seacoast winters.

“We’d rather do forty jobs a year right than a hundred fast.”
Joel Clough, Owner
Field log

Recent jobs

Driveways
Block retaining wall built along a driveway with an excavator backfilling behind it

Rye, NH

Driveway rebuild & culvert

380 ft rebuild with new crown and drainage.

Septic
Large septic leach field with rows of chambers and green distribution piping being set to laser grade in autumn

Hampton Falls

Full septic replacement

Designed, installed, passed first inspection.

Site Prep
Cleared and graded house lot with a dozer working the pad and stockpiled loam alongside

North Hampton

New home site prep

Cut, fill and finish grade for a new build.

Demolition
Excavator tearing down a small structure with the collapsed roof and shingle debris ready to be hauled out

Stratham, NH

Barn demolition & clearing

Structure down and site cleared in three days.

Utilities
Excavator digging a water service trench between two houses with new blue service line in place

Greenland, NH

Water & electric trench

240 ft service run under an existing lawn.

Site Prep
Large graded commercial lot with a backhoe and equipment staged along the treeline

Portsmouth, NH

Commercial lot drainage

Regrade with new catch basin install.

Coverage

Based in North Hampton. Working the whole Seacoast.

36 Lovering Rd, North Hampton, NH 03862 — most work sits within 30 minutes of the yard.

North Hampton
Hampton
Hampton Falls
Rye
Stratham
Greenland
Exeter
Portsmouth
Seabrook
Newfields
Newmarket
Kensington

Outside this list? Call — if we can get there, we’ll quote it.

Estimate request

Tell us about the job

Takes about a minute. An owner reviews every request — usually the same day.

Estimate Request
Have site plans or photos?Send this form first, then email them to joel.clough@comcast.net — it speeds up your quote.
Rather talk it through?

Office · Mon–Fri 7am–5pm

What happens next

01

An owner calls you back — same or next business day.

02

Free on-site walkthrough at your property.

03

Written, itemized estimate with a real start window.