Jobs that call for a mini digger
- Footings for an extension, garden room or boundary wall
- A trench for a drain, water pipe or cable duct
- Ground to dig out for a patio, path or driveway
- Old slabs, stumps or a garden structure to remove
- The only way in is a side passage or a garden gate
Mini digger work in Swansea
The driver digs extension footings, drain trenches and garden digs at Swansea houses, working to the marks and depths you set.
Terraces in Uplands, Brynmill and St Thomas are often reached by a rear lane, and hillside homes on Townhill and Mayhill can have steps between the street and the garden. The route in decides the machine size.
Get a quote in SwanseaWhat changes a mini digger job in Swansea
Patches of the Mining Remediation Authority's high-risk area lie around Morriston, Penlan, Townhill and Gorseinon. Most extension applications there need a Coal Mining Risk Assessment, so check the address on the authority's map viewer before booking.
Where steps separate the street from the garden, the machine needs another way in, such as a side path or a ramp. Mark where the ground falls away and where spoil can sit without sliding back.
Victorian terraces here are often reached only by a rear lane. Measure it at its narrowest point and at the yard gate, and agree where the skip will stand, as it needs a council permit.
Trees there need six weeks' notice to the council before they are cut back or felled. Allow for that wait if a tree stands in the line of a trench.
Areas of Swansea we cover
- Uplands and Brynmill SA2
- Sketty SA2
- Killay SA2
- Townhill and Mayhill SA1
- St Thomas SA1
- Mumbles SA3
- Penlan SA5
- Morriston SA6
- Gorseinon SA4
- Pontarddulais SA4
What the mini digger does
Digging to the marks, widths and depths you set out.
Lowering and grading ground for patios, paths and driveways.
Lifting out stumps, old slabs and garden structures the machine can handle.
Shaping ground for borders, ponds and level lawns.
Loading a skip or dumper placed within reach of the dig.
How a mini digger hire runs
- Measure the access
Measure the narrowest point between the road and the work, including gateways and side passages.
- Clear the route
Move cars, bins and garden furniture, and lay boards or mats over surfaces that need protecting.
- Dig to the marks
The driver digs to your pegs, paint lines and depths and loads the spoil as agreed.
What the price depends on in Swansea
- The access width and the machine size it allows
- What is being dug and roughly how much
- How long the dig is likely to take
- Where the spoil is going
- The width of the rear lane, side path or yard gate on the way in
- Steps or a slope between the street and the dig area
Mini digger with operator in Swansea: questions
How do I check whether my Swansea house is in a coal mining high-risk area?
Enter the address on the Mining Remediation Authority's online map viewer. Mumbles and Gower are outside the coalfield.
Can the mini digger reach a back garden through a terraced house?
It can where doorways are wide enough and floors are protected, though it takes planning. Measure any rear lane or side passage first.
Do I need to tell Dŵr Cymru before digging footings near the drain at the back of the house?
Dŵr Cymru asks to be told about building over a public sewer or within 3 metres of one. Many shared pipes behind Swansea terraces became public sewers in 2011, so check its sewer records.
Mini digger work in Swansea?
Send the address, the work, the width of the narrowest gap on the way in and what the coal mining map shows for the plot. Photos of steps, the lane and the dig area help.
This service is carried out by Copperworks Plant Hire, a Dragon Multi-Trade brand.