Residential and commercial foundation excavation. Basement digs, crawl space excavation, slab prep, and footer trenching. Serving Cazenovia and all of Madison County.
Backwell provides professional foundation excavation services in Cazenovia, Madison County, and the surrounding area. The foundation is the most important part of any building, and it starts with a clean, properly excavated hole. Backwell provides precision foundation excavation for residential and commercial construction, full basements, crawl spaces, slab preparations, and footer trenching.
Based in Constantia, NY, we are local to Madison County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your foundation excavation project in Cazenovia, you get a crew that shows up on time with the right equipment and gets the job done. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Cazenovia perches on the southern ridge above its namesake lake in western Madison County, on the edge of the Appalachian Plateau where elevations rise quickly south of the village. The upland soils are predominantly Honeoye and Lansing silt loams on calcareous till, transitioning to Mardin and Langford channery silt loams on the higher, steeper ground where a fragipan commonly restricts vertical drainage.
Chittenango Creek drains Cazenovia Lake and runs north through the village before falling off the escarpment toward Oneida Lake, and the steep gradient north of town gives the watershed flashy, erosive flows. Site work in Cazenovia often involves rock excavation on ridgelines and along Route 20, managing perched water above fragipan-restricted soils on the higher terrain, and stormwater systems that have to handle both the slope and the sensitive lakefront watershed. Commercial grading near Cazenovia Lake falls under Madison County lake watershed protection standards. Shallow siltstone and shale can appear on the higher Route 13 approaches to the village. Frost depth is notably deeper than in the Onondaga lowland just to the west, pushing utility and foundation details.