Category: Footing

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Installing a new Horse Arena in Longmont, CO.

Dirt Dogs Excavating just finished building a brand new horse Arena in Longmont, CO. Spoiler alert…when we finished, the property owner was so HAPPY he was doing backflips! When you do great work…it feels real nice to have your client be super-satisfied! To be honest…this kind of reaction happens all the time, but we never stop trying to earn that congratulatory pat on the back.

Horse Arena Project Overview:
The horse arena had some obstacles to overcome. It had an old fence and several aging trees that all had to be removed just to start. That done, we removed the top soil and put it off to the side so it could be repurposed later. Next we excavated and leveled out a 70′ x 140′ for the arena. The insured there was a .75% grade so water would gently flow off.  We brought in 18 dump trucks and  deposited 235 tons of crusher fines for the drain system and smoothed that. Next, we brought in 11 more dump trucks loaded with 145 tons of washed arena sand which we wheel-rolled to provide 3″ of footing. Finally, we smoothed the exterior of the arena and laid down top soil which the property owner will seed next Spring.

Of course, if you’re a horse lover and would like a new horse arena or need to upgrade your horse arena…call the horse arena experts….Dirt Dogs Excavating!

We’ll give you our best advice and a FREE ESTIMATE so we can help you too!

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New pad for horse Arena in Larkspur, CO.

Dirt Dogs Excavating recently finished excavating a new 75 by 100 ft horse  arena in beautiful Larkspur, Colorado.  In addition we did a bunch of other work including: cutting in driveways, excavating a spot of horse trailer parking, we added road base around the barn, improved drainage and some other landscaping upgrades. For this project we brought in 5 truckloads of sand (125 tons worth) for the footing of the horse arena. That gave us  2.5″ of sand with we  laser leveled to be perfectly level. All the grading around the arena was  tapered to help rain and snowmelt runoff away from the horse arena.

The fence in the photo is incomplete and will be finished in the near future by a fence installer.

Of course, if you’re a horse lover and would like a new horse arena or need to upgrade your horse arena…give Dirt Dogs Excavating a call!

We’ll give you our best advice and a fee estimate so we can help you too!

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Yoga Mat Rubber Footing for Horse Arena in the Black Forrest

Dirt Dogs Excavating recently installed a high-end, yoga mat rubber footing  for a super-nice indoor horse arena in the Black Forrest, Colorado. Some horses have it made in the shade…and this horse arena is first class.  Yoga mat arena footing for dressage horses provides supportive, provide cushioning and helps your horse to perform their best.

To be honest Dirt Dogs Excavating are the rubber yoga matt horse arena installation experts. No question. Hands down. Yoga matt footing is very tricky to install. Dirt Dogs has a top secret method which we can reveal which allows us to perfectly dispense yoga matt footing material in any size horse arena.

Dirt Dogs are  your horse arena installation experts! If you need a a new horse arena, horse arena footing, horse arena repairs or  overhaul – you know who to call! Or email us for a quote! 

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Foundation Excavation for a new addition to an existing home in Elizabeth, CO

Dirt Dogs Excavating recently finished foundation excavation for a new addition for an existing home in Elizabeth, Colorado. The home owners needed a little more room and Dirt Dogs was able to carefully come in and excavate the site perfectly using their famous skill and laser-leveling technology. The foundation size was about 45 ft. x 45 ft. which will add some real needed space to this existing home.

Dirt Dogs Excavating is your go-to foundation excavator across the front range of Colorado. From Elizabeth, to Parker, Castle Rock, Kiowa and Larkspur we are your best choice for as expert foundation excavators. Garr Hughes, Dirt Dogs’ boss – not only knows how to prepare the holes that will be foundations but he understands the entire construction process which is really helpful. The team at Dirt Dogs Excavating  understands the how to precisely read the engineering blueprints, where to dig, how to dig, plus how to measure and prepare the the dirt so the concrete crew are able to do their job easily.

By the way – once the concrete crew is done and all the inspections are good we’ll come back and fill in and smooth off the area.

Need a professional crew to help with your foundation, landscape grading or driveway? You know who to call!

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New Sand Footing Installed at an Indoor Horse Arena in Franktown, CO

Dirt Dogs Excavating recently installed a new sand footing at a real nice indoor horse arena in Franktown, Colorado. This indoor arena was about 80′ x 120′. The think about equestrians is they love to have a super level and smooth footing surface to ride around on. Rumor has it the horses enjoy it even more!

Just a little footnote:
Its impossible to tell from our “after” photo but if there was a “before” photo it would have looked more like a Monster truck race that was run on the moon. The surface was a filthy mess! The riders weren’t happy – the horses weren’t happy – even the barn didn’t seem happy.

That’s when Dirt Dogs came to the rescue!
First – we scrapped off the old sand and put it in a pile so the owner could recycle it into some other landscaping project. Then, after leveling off the sub-base, we brought in truckload after truckload of brand new, beautiful sand. We covered the entire surface with about 2.5 inches of sand and laser leveled it perfectly smooth – as you can see in the photo. This Franktown horse arena took about 4 days of work but when it was done everyone was happy!

Most of the time we’re used to working outdoors – sometimes in miserably bad weather – so it was really nice to enjoy the comforts of the indoors while we worked! But most important – the owner was happy to giddy-up again – while we drove off into the sunset.

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Installing a School Running Track in Arvada, CO

Dirt Dogs can handle any kind of earth moving and grading project. Recently we took this worn-out school track surface and restored it to the original old school scoria footing. Scoria is a volcanic rock/sand like product that the old running tracks used to be made of. They still use scoria on warning tracks in professional baseball fields too.

We enjoyed working at a school and making grading this running track so it was perfectly smooth and level. Dirt Dogs hates to brag but you’ll be hard pressed to find a prettier running track than the one we just finished!

After the job was done we took our whole crew and did a footrace around the track 4 times to see if we could break the 4 minute mile – like in our younger days. Unfortunately we’ve slowed down quite a bit due to our preference to ride around all day in tractors and trucks instead of running around like a bunch of kids.

Bottom line. If your school needs some earth moved and graded for a football field, baseball field, parking lot or track surface – just give us a call! We’ll do such a great job that you’ll want to give us an A+ when we’re done!

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New Foundation Excavation in Parker, CO

Dirt Dogs  Excavating is hard at work finishing up another foundation excavation project for a new home in Parker, Colorado. We really are the hands-down local foundation excavation experts! This beauty of a foundation is about 1500 ft². In case you’re curious, we’ve moved a mountain of dirt and dug hundreds of foundations over our many years in business AND we’re busy year round. So don’t be afraid to call us in the winter! As you can see in this photo we have a couple tractors hard at work under the beautiful blue Colorado skies in March. We make sure the foundations we dig are precise and picture perfect to make it easier for the concrete crew to come in and do their job. Typically we’ll come back in to add a driveway, do the finish grade once the foundation is poured and most of the house is underway. We work just about all year long – unless there’s a blizzard or its pouring cats and dogs. It should be mentioned that if you need some earth moved or a new foundation for and addition or new home…give us a ring!

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Laser Leveled Horse Arena Footing

To be honest, Dirt Dogs Excavation is your horse area expert up and down the front range of Colorado. One thing we specialize in is repairing existing horse arenas by coming in and laser leveling the footing so the arena is just like new. Did we say … laser leveling? Yep! Sounds high-tech…and it is! Thanks to our smart tech we can perfectly smooth off the footing to your horse arena. It will be so nice that your horse will want to kiss you on the mouth. (Really! But don’t do that…really.) As you can see in this photo we did wonderful work on this  large horse arena in Colorado Springs.  The owner was so excited that right after we finished the job she  thanks us and hopped in her tractor (with a big smile on her face) and started scarifying the surface while her horses watched eagerly.

Of course, if you want a new horse arena or need to repair and/or upgrade your existing arena – give us a call and we’ll take care of you!

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Finish Grade Excavation for a New Home in Elizabeth

Dirt Dogs Excavation is proud to show you the finished grade work we recently completed for an amazingly beautiful new luxury home in Elizabeth, Colorado.  We also excavated the foundation for this home about 9 months previously….
as you can see below.
This is a super nice 6000 sq. ft. custom home with views that go for miles in all directions.  (Of course it’s hard for most people take their eyes off the view of all that beautiful dirt but yep…I’ll give them credit, that is a nice looking house too.)
Since you asked…this finish grade work took us just a couple days and is now ready for the landscapers to roll in and plunk down their sod, plants and retaining walls galore. And last of all, we’ll be installing a picture perfect driveway in a couple weeks. (We’ll keep you posted.) And  as usual the proud owner of this home is tickled pink about how great a job we’ve done.
Well…we hate to brag but if you want the best darn local company in the earth moving business to take care of dirt…get in touch and we’ll move the earth to do the job right!
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 Excavating an RV Park in Elizabeth, CO

Need a place to store your Recreational Vehicle in Colorado? Dirt Dogs Excavating  is creating five acres of RV heaven out here in Elizabeth, Colorado. Seen from the air out excavation project gives you a birds eye view of the project. There’s a good size building which will be built – 330 ft by 80 ft for indoor storage which will hold about 32 RV units. That building will be placed in the center of the light area. Outdoor storage is the red area that is just road base.  Once again Dirt Dogs Excavating is moving the earth and making the world a better place for people with dreams of building businesses and homeowners wanting to improve their property!