The Pittsburgh Excavating Company serves Mt. Lebanon, PA for excavation, grading, trenching and land clearing, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (412) 501-2259 or text a photo of the job.
Excavation & Site Work services in Mt. Lebanon
Mt. Lebanon grew as a streetcar suburb in the 1920s and 1930s, and its brick and stone houses still sit on the steep South Hills the trolley lines climbed. Front yards often rise sharply from the sidewalk, driveways are narrow and short, and old stone or block retaining walls hold up many back yards. Under a thin layer of silty clay topsoil, the ground is weathered shale and claystone that can be dug, but that softens and slips when it stays wet. Homes this age usually have clay or cast iron sewer laterals, basements with seepage and downspouts tied into old lines. Access is the hard part: equipment often has to come up a driveway barely wider than a car. Our Mt. Lebanon work is lateral replacement, wall rebuild digs, basement waterproofing excavation, small-yard drainage and careful garage and patio removal.
Neighborhoods we cover in Mt. Lebanon
- Mission Hills
- Virginia Manor
- Sunset Hills
- Washington Road (Uptown)
- Beverly Road area
Permits and local rules
Mt. Lebanon issues its own building, demolition and grading permits under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, and plumbing work in Allegheny County is permitted by the Allegheny County Health Department. PA One Call needs at least three business days of notice before digging. We check the permits for your lot first.