• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • +1 (819) 962-6981
  • Contactez-nous
Vopaa Gatineau

Vopaa Gatineau

drain français et fondations

  • Services
    • French Drain Specialist
    • Crack Repair Expert
    • Foundation waterproofing
    • Excavation, expertise and safety
    • Earthworks: slope and foundation
    • House demolition and stripping
  • Construction sites
    • Buckingham’s site
    • Laval’s site
    • Chantier Saint-Adré’s site
    • Montreal’s site
  • Contact
  • FAQs
  • Blog
  • English
    • French
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Mini excavation: precision and restricted locations

Accueil » Excavation, expertise and safety » Mini excavation: precision and restricted locations

Mini excavation is the solution for work:

  • Made in a small space
  • Requiring high precision
  • For digging that minimizes land damage

This type of excavation is very common for residential and commercial work, especially for foundation repair. To do this, it is necessary to use a mini excavator that allows maneuvers to be performed with remarkable agility and precision.

Although it is a small-scale
excavation,
this kind of work must be done by an experienced operator. Otherwise, you may compromise the quality of the work.

Entrust your work to VOPAA Inc., an expert in mini-excavation for more than 20 years.

Excavation

What types of work is mini-excavation required   for?

Mini excavators are used to perform manoeuvres that large mechanical shovels cannot perform. They are versatile machines that can contribute to an infinite number of jobs thanks to their power, agility, precision and speed. Mini excavation is frequently associated with foundation repair and earthworks.   In fact, it is used in particular   to:

  • repairing cracks
  • installing French drains
  • installation of waterproofing membranes
  • slope development
  • ditch excavation
  • sewer works.

An excavation suitable for residential renovations

small mechanical shovel

The mini excavation is perfect for residential work as it is small-scale. When starting, a mechanical shovel has the advantage of rotating on 360 degrees without having to move its pulls. This allows the operator to maneuver faster and over a much smaller area. The mini-excavator has the same advantages, but in reduced format. In urban areas, it is common for the space around the foundation to be very limited so equipment is needed accordingly. Trees, overhead wires, galleries, are all obstacles that are usually found around a residence. To avoid hanging them, the use of equipment that is too large is inappropriate.

Commercial work and mini excavation

The commercial sector also needs to carry out mini-excavation work. Although infrastructure in this sector is often larger, there is always room for careful work. Examples   include:

  • Rainwater
  • Sewers
  • Foundation repair
  • Partial demolition
  • Earth

Different sizes for different jobs

The three main aspects of power, range and size must be evaluated before carrying out work that requires an   excavator. This will allow you to choose the right mechanical shovels equipment to carry out the work efficiently and, above all, safely.

In terms of power, it is rare that this is an important point, because despite their small size the mini-excavators are very powerful. A large rock can sometimes be too heavy an object for equipment, but it is usually possible to get away with other tools.

In terms of range, it is a question of predicting whether the arm of the mechanical shovel is long enough to carry out the work.

Finally, the size of the machine is important to measure. For some types of work such as foundation repair, there is a conventional size, a mechanical shovel of 4 to 5 tons is ideal. Although it is already considerably small, this can be too big for the renovation for example of a garage. To replace the embankment at the bottom of the garage it is possible that we have to go inside so you need a very small excavator.

Precautions

It is wrong to believe that a mini-excavation does not require some planning. Like the larger digging work, an excavation info check is essential to know the location of underground infrastructure. Indeed, these devices are very powerful and can easily break gas ducts and wires. Remember to check with the landowner to see if the landowner knows if there are any other elements under the ground that would not have been listed by excavation info.

In terms of security, it is not to be overlooked. There are important rules to follow depending on the type of work.

Entrust your mini-excavation work to VOPAA Inc.

excavation et réparation de fondation à Gatineau

Let’s work together

Let's talk about your project today, give us a call!

The Outaouais: 1 819 962-6981

Contactez Vopaa Gatineau

Footer

Member of the Gâtineau Chamber of Commerce

chambre du commerce

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Contact

Vopaa Inc
1 819 962 6981
info@vopaa.com

Questions sur la réparation de fondation à Gatineau

Faut-il quitter les lieux durant les travaux?

Non il n’est pas nécessaire de quitter lors des travaux. Bien qu’il soit possible qu’une tranchée profonde surlonge tout le périmètre de votre maison durant les réparations, nous avons des installations sécuritaires pour que vous puissiez rester à la maison. Des rampes d’accès sont installées afin de permettre au client d’entrer et sortir à leur guise.

Peut-on baisser le taux d’humidité dans un sous-sol en réparant la fondation?

L’imperméabilisation et la pose d’un drain français protègent en effet votre sous-sol de l’humidité. Si la ou une des sources d’humidité  provient d’une faille de votre mur de fondation, la réparer va contribuer à régler le problème.

Les membranes installées par VOPAA inc. ont des propriétés imperméables et pare-vapeur afin de garder un sous-sol bien au sec. Sachez qu’un taux élevé d’humidité contribue à la formation de moisissure qui peut causer des problèmes de santé importants.

 

Vous pouvez toujours vérifier d’autres éléments tels que la plomberie et les fenêtres qui peuvent également représenter la cause d’une forte présence d’humidité dans l’air.

Posez une question à la FAQ

Copyright © VOPAA Inc 2021 | Légal | Plan du site