Underground Utility Contractor in Winston-Salem, NC

Winston-Salem is the largest city in Forsyth County, with an estimated 255,769 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 134 square miles of land.

Repairs on sloping lots

On lots that slope, the grade of a gravity line and the depth of the excavation change along the route. A sewer lateral running downhill to the street may be shallow near the house and deep near the main, or the reverse; a storm pipe must keep falling toward its outlet; a trench on a slope needs care with spoil and runoff.

That affects how a repair is planned:

Where to open

The problem point is found first, by camera inspection or tracing, so the excavation is placed where the line is and at the depth it actually runs.

How to support it

Deeper sections of a trench need their sides supported or sloped as the depth and ground require.

How to restore it

Backfill on a slope is compacted in layers and the surface stabilized so it does not wash out.

Where a replacement line can be carried beneath a steep bank or a driveway by directional drilling, the slope becomes less of an obstacle. Existing utilities near the work are exposed with hydro excavation.

We also work for homeowners, businesses and public owners in Winston-Salem.

Notice before excavation

NC811 receives locate requests under North Carolina's Underground Utility Safety and Damage Prevention Act (N.C. Gen. Stat. 87-115 and following). Notice must be given at least three full working days ahead, and the ticket runs until 28 calendar days after the work start date (G.S. 87-122).

Winston-Salem and nearby towns

Walkertown, Bethania, Wallburg, Clemmons, Rural Hall and Midway are near Winston-Salem. We work in those towns too.

Photos showing the slope of the lot and where the line runs help us understand the job before we ask anything else.

We reply with our questions and a proposed approach.