Ballard’s Excavating Services
Our Services
The Full Range of Excavation Services
Excavating covers a lot of ground….
Here’s where we serve and what we do, from gravel driveways to french drains, land clearing, yard grading,
along with some other excavation services we can do!
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Basement excavation, pond digging, yard restoration, agricultural tile repair, and more.
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All Excavation Services
Ballard’s Acres & Excavating is a family-run operation that provides residential, commercial, and agricultural excavating services across Northeast Ohio.
Services include site preparation, basement excavation, building pads, pond excavation, drainage, driveways, land clearing, and yard restoration.
Basement Excavation & Basement Wall Reseal
We dig basements for new construction to depth, with the slope and clearance the foundation crew needs to work.
For older homes with wet basements, we handle exterior wall resealing: excavating around the foundation, cleaning the wall, applying a proper waterproof membrane, and installing drain tile to actually stop water from getting in.
Building Pads & Footers
For pole barns, garages, sheds, and any structure that needs a flat, compacted, properly drained base, we cut and build the pad.
Geotextile fabric where it’s needed, a base layer of #304 limestone, proper compaction, and crowning so water sheds correctly. We also dig footers for concrete crews to depth and to spec.
Pond Excavation
Farm ponds, irrigation ponds, fishing ponds, decorative water features: we excavate them. That means siting them where the soil will hold water, digging to the right depth and slope, building the dam properly, and grading the surroundings so runoff feeds the pond instead of washing it out.
The grain farm background helps here. We know which Ohio spots will hold water and which ones won’t before we start digging.
Yard Restoration After Utility Work
When a fiber install, gas line, or water line repair tears up your yard, we put it back together: rake and till to just below grade, spread fresh topsoil, seed with the right grass for the conditions, and lay straw to hold it in.
This crew runs March through November, following utility-boring routes from Massillon to the Ohio River. Available to utility contractors as a restoration partner, and to homeowners directly.
Agricultural Tile Repair
Drainage tile on farmland fails. When it does, the field stops draining and the problem gets worse over time. We locate the failed tile, dig it up, replace the broken sections, and reset the run so water moves correctly.
Most general excavators don’t take this work on. We farm the same kind of ground you do.
Our Services
Who We Serve
Homeowners
Most of our residential work comes from people who’ve been quoted by two or three other contractors and either never heard back or got a number with no explanation behind it. We’ll come walk the property, tell you what the job actually involves, and give you a straight estimate.
Builders & Contractors
Build schedules are tight, and the excavation work sets the pace for everything that comes after. When a footer isn’t dug right, when a pad isn’t graded clean, or if the dig crew shows up two days late, every trade after them pays for it. We work to spec, coordinate with inspectors and engineers, and make everyone else’s job easier.
Farms & Rural Properties
Working ground has its own set of problems that residential excavators don’t see often: failed tile lines, washed-out lanes, ponds that won’t hold, fields that won’t drain after a wet spring.
We work the same kind of ground you do, so we recognize the problems and know how to fix unique issues.
Utility & Boring Contractors
Your crew’s job is the install. We handle the restoration end on a regular schedule across the region, so your crew stays on the install work and the homeowner gets a yard that actually grows back.
Service Area
Where We Work
Ballard’s works within 40 miles of our home base in Carrollton, OH, covering everything from Massillon and Canton down to the Ohio River. If you’re inside this footprint, we’re a local call.
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Ballard’s Acres & Excavating – 2061 Kensington Rd NE Carrollton, OH 44615
Email – kenny33jenkins89@gmail.com
Hours:
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (M-F)
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