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Strathfield South is a Federation-and-brick suburb on shale straddling two councils, knock-down, duplex and pool work. The regular jobs here are pool digs, site cuts and knock-down rebuild site cuts. Services located first, sites left level and clean.
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From a knock-down rebuild to a new estate pad, each service has its own page with the detail.
Strathfield South sits about 14 kilometres south-west of the city. The markers are Strathfield South shops, Roberts Park and Cooks River headwaters. It's ringed by Enfield, Greenacre, Belfield, Chullora and Croydon Park. What's changing: knock-down rebuilds, granny flats and dual-occupancy, and pools and townhouses on the older lots.
Strathfield South's housing near Strathfield South shops runs to federation and post-war brick homes with granny flats and knock-down rebuilds. Near Strathfield South shops, duplex and unit sites cluster near the centres. On a Strathfield South block that usually means pool digs, site cuts and knock-down rebuild site cuts.
On the Cumberland Plain, Strathfield South sits on Wianamatta shale over reactive clay, out by Strathfield South shops. On the flat Strathfield South blocks around Roberts Park, the fall has to be cut into the pad and the trench because the ground gives none of its own. Around Greenacre, the clay is reactive, so fill goes in in compacted layers.
Strathfield South falls under City of Canterbury-Bankstown (some streets Strathfield Council), no overlay on the Strathfield South shops blocks, so cut and fill is standard DA or CDC work. Machines reach the Strathfield South block off Cosgrove Road or Punchbowl Road, out toward Enfield.
Every job follows the same sequence, whether it's a single trench or a full site cut.
A trench can be a day, a basement can be weeks. Dates come with the quote, not after.
Strathfield South and the streets around it, from the older estates to the new blocks.
From the older streets to the newer blocks, Strathfield South and the suburbs around it. If you're anywhere in the Strathfield South area, we can get to you.
See the whole Bankstown and Canterbury area →It depends on the volume of material, the ground (wianamatta shale over reactive clay on the cumberland plain), access for the machine and how far spoil has to be carted. Every job gets a written quote after a site look, with the dig, cartage and cleanup spelled out, so you know what’s included before anything starts.
Usually, if the excavation is part of a build. Cut and fill beyond set limits, work near boundaries and anything on a lot with a flood, bushfire or heritage overlay needs approval as part of the DA or CDC. We work to the approved plans; check with your certifier before the dig is booked.
A trench, pool dig or single pad is a day or two; a knock-down site cut or a basement runs longer and depends on volume, ground and weather. Dates come with the quote, not after.
Rarely on the flat streets. Wianamatta shale over reactive clay on the Cumberland Plain. Shale under the clay is ripped rather than broken. The rock in this region is on the Georges River side, not around Bankstown and Canterbury centres.
Yes, and Canterbury-Bankstown is the busiest duplex market in Sydney. The old house down, slab and footings out, the block stripped, and two pads cut and compacted to the engineer’s spec, with the shared driveway boxed out at the same time.
Reactive clay. It swells in wet winters and shrinks in dry summers, and anything poured on loose or uncompacted fill moves with it. A pad cut and filled in compacted layers to the engineer’s spec is what stops the new slab doing the same thing.
Yes. The old house down, slab and footings out, the block stripped and the new pad cut and compacted, as one run if you want the demolition handled too.
Yes. Wianamatta shale over reactive clay on the Cumberland Plain. The pool builder’s engineer will usually want the base checked, which is standard, and the machine is sized to the side access.
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