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Joel Clough and Son Excavation

Services / Six capabilities

Complete site work, start to finish.

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

New concrete foundation and frost walls with a compacted gravel pad and excavator on a cleared lot
New poured concrete foundation wall with drainage stone backfill and an excavator on site

Commercial & Residential Excavation

Full site excavation for new homes, additions and commercial builds — foundations, footings, drainage, backfill and finish grading, cut to the elevations on the plan.

Foundation & footing digs
Cut, fill and finish grade
Foundation drainage
Site backfill & compaction

Septic Systems — Install & Repair

New systems, full replacements and repairs, installed and backfilled by the owners to pass state inspection the first time. We pull the permits and meet the inspector ourselves.

New system installation
Full replacements
D-box, line & riser repair
Permits & inspections
Large septic leach field with chambers and distribution piping being set to laser grade in autumn
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 service runs trenched with proper bedding and compacted backfill — including the site prep that has to happen before anyone else can start.

Water & sewer services
Electric & gas trenching
Culverts & drainage
Lot clearing & prep

Driveways & Access Roads

New driveways, rebuilds and gravel access roads built with the crown and drainage they need to survive Seacoast winters instead of washing out every spring.

New driveway construction
Rebuilds & regrading
Culvert installation
Gravel access roads
Freshly cut and graded gravel access road running through woods with a dozer and excavator working the grade
Excavator tearing down a small structure with the collapsed roof and shingle debris ready to be hauled out

Demolition & Land Clearing

Structures, slabs, foundations, stumps and brush taken down, hauled out and cleaned up — site left graded and ready for whatever comes next.

Structure demolition
Slab & foundation removal
Stump & brush clearing
Debris hauling & disposal

Aggregate Transportation & Hauling

Loam, gravel, stone, sand and fill delivered where you need it, and unwanted material hauled off — on your schedule, with our own trucks.

Loam & topsoil
Gravel, stone & sand
Structural fill
Material removal
Two Joel Clough and Son dump trucks parked on a gravel yard, used for hauling loam, gravel and fill
How we work

From your call to final grade

Step 01

Call or send the form

Tell us the property and what you are trying to do. An owner calls you back.

Day 0
Step 02

Free walkthrough

We look at access, slope, soil and anything the plan does not show.

Days 1–3
Step 03

Written estimate

Itemized, with a real start window — not a range that moves later.

Within 48 hrs
Step 04

We do the work

The owners run the machines, finish the grade and clean the site.

On schedule

Not sure which service you need?

Describe the property and we’ll tell you what the job actually is — free walkthrough included.