Demolition
We handle demolition on houses and small commercial buildings, down to the slab when you want it gone. Free estimates across Acadiana.
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Dirt work is the part of a project that happens before anything gets built. We handle it for homeowners and builders around New Iberia and across Acadiana. That means site prep, cut and fill, and fill work. A raised pad for a new slab home or a mobile home is house pad work. Shaping a whole yard or lot so it drains is land grading and yard leveling. We come out and look at the ground before pricing anything.
Acadiana ground is heavy clay with water sitting close to the surface. Fill has to be spread and packed in lifts, or the pad settles later. We run compact excavators and a track loader, so we can work without tearing up the whole yard. Estimates are free.
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Site prep starts with stripping the grass and topsoil off the footprint. Then fill goes down in lifts, spread with the track loader and packed before the next layer. We can cut and reuse dirt from the lot or haul fill in. When the build needs a raised, packed platform for a slab or a mobile home, that is a house pad.
Acadiana clay holds water and moves with the weather. Your builder or engineer sets the grade and the fill type, and we build to that number. If the lot still has trees or brush on it, land clearing comes first.
Two things usually cause it. The ground is low in spots, so water has nowhere to go. Or the yard slopes back toward the house instead of away from it. Heavy clay makes both worse, because water sits on top instead of soaking in.
We fix it with yard leveling and grading. Low spots get filled and packed. The rest of the yard gets reshaped to fall away from the house toward a ditch or the road. When water needs a way under a drive, that is culvert installation. When grading alone cannot move the water, a French drain or yard drain carries it out.
Much of Acadiana sits in a mapped flood zone. In those areas the rules set a minimum height for the lowest floor of a house. New Iberia's flood ordinance uses the base flood elevation plus one foot. Lafayette Parish sets the same one foot rule for dirt work in Lafayette.
A surveyor or engineer shoots those elevations, and we build the house pad to the height they give you. Lafayette Parish also asks that fill placed in the floodplain be offset with equal storage. Once the pad is set, we can cut in a gravel driveway to reach it.
Free, no-obligation estimates across New Iberia and all of Acadiana.
(337) 201-0594From the first call to the last load of debris hauled off, here is how it goes.
Tell us what the property needs: a teardown, a cleared lot, a pad, a driveway. We take the details and line up a time to come look.
We come look at the lot, check equipment access and soil conditions, and price the whole job. The estimate is free and it holds.
Permits where the parish or city wants them, utility checks before a teardown, and a start date you can plan around.
The machines do the work, debris gets hauled off, and the property is left graded and clean, ready for whatever comes next.
Common questions about dirt work across New Iberia and all of Acadiana. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We handle demolition on houses and small commercial buildings, down to the slab when you want it gone. Free estimates across Acadiana.
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We tear down old mobile homes and manufactured homes around New Iberia and haul every piece off. The lot is left clean. Free on-site estimates across Acadiana.
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We tear down sheds, detached garages, barns, pole barns and metal carports around New Iberia, haul the debris off and leave the spot clean.
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We break out old concrete driveways, patios, walkways and slabs around New Iberia and haul the pieces off. Free on-site estimates across Acadiana.
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We clear overgrown lots and acreage around New Iberia. That means underbrushing, brush removal, briars, vines and small trees. The vegetation leaves the property in dump trailers or roll-off containers.
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We build house pads and mobile home pads around New Iberia. Fill goes down in packed lifts, and the sides slope so rain runs off. Free on-site estimates across Acadiana.
View DetailsCompact excavators and a track loader work in town lots, back yards and farm gates. Tight access rarely stops a job, and the ground takes less damage than it would under bigger machines.
We live and work here, so Iberia Parish and the towns around it are short runs. Estimates happen fast and the machines show up when the schedule says they will.
Teardown, stumps, dirt, culvert, driveway: the same outfit can carry a property from overgrown or condemned to pad-ready. One schedule and one number instead of four subcontractors.
We price after looking at the property, the access and the ground. You get a real number before work starts, and the site is left clean when it ends.
Real reviews from real demolition, debris and dirt work jobs on Google.
Jason was a pleasure to do business with. He had a fair price and did excellent work. I will definitely use Elite Excavation Services again in the future
I needed some debris removed and Elite Excavation came through very timely and the job was done smoothly!
Great service with a reasonable price. The operator did a great job with my shed demolition! He left the place very clean and ready for my new shop. I highly recommend Jason and his crew.
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Read more →A structure that needs to come down, a lot to clear, a pad to build, or a driveway that floods? Call or send the form. We come look at the property, price the job in person, and give you a number that holds. Estimates are free.
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