Measure the gate or archway. From those figures we tell you how the excavator gets in and where it stands, in any of the five sectors.
Call nowThe price depends on the sector, the street and the width of the way in, so have the measurements ready when you call.
You get an excavator with an operator, brought by our low loader. The job is yours to name: a trench across a block's yard, a pit for an extension, a pipe replaced beside the house. What needs most care is the way to it: narrow gates, parked cars, wires and neighbours.
In a city yard, a heap of soil blocks the cars, the playground and the stairwell door. So we settle beforehand where the backfill soil waits and how much we take away.
Every place in Chișinău has its own catch: cars in one yard, a gate in another, neighbours in a third. Find the one that looks like yours.
Block
Digs here are usually for the block's water or sewer pipe, or for a cable. The yard is full of cars, trees and a playground, and under the tarmac there usually run heating pipes and cables between the blocks. The whole block uses the yard, not just whoever ordered the dig.
Who to talk to The owners' association or the block's administrator, before you fix the day.
Street
Every sector has streets of private houses, some so narrow that two cars barely pass. The low loader stops where the street is straight and wide enough to unload, and the operator drives the excavator the last stretch. The gate, the fence and the roof over the gate decide how it gets into the yard.
Who to talk to The neighbours on the street, so the road stays clear while the low loader unloads.
Courtyard
In the old houses of Centru several families share one yard and one way in, often a narrow passage between two buildings. The excavator passes everyone's door, so the job is agreed with the whole yard, not just with whoever ordered it.
Who to talk to Every family whose door opens onto the yard.
Infill plot
A free plot between old houses or beside a block, where a new house or an extension goes up. The excavator has room to dig but none for a heap, and the neighbours' fences and foundations are a step away.
Who to talk to The neighbours on both sides, before the dig reaches their fence.
Take a tape measure and walk from the street to the spot where the digging will be. From these measurements we tell you how the excavator gets in and where the low loader stops.
The low loader is long and needs a straight piece of street where the excavator can come down the ramps. Think where it fits: at the gate, at the corner or on a wider street nearby.
A high kerb, new paving, a lawn or a manhole cover on the way: mention them, so the operator can choose his route.
The width of the gate fully open, or of the passage between houses, at its narrowest point: a post, a step, a car that is always parked there.
If the yard is reached through an archway under the block, measure its height too. Say whether there is another way in, even a longer one round the end of the block.
When the excavator digs and loads the tipper, its arm rises high. Look for wires between poles and buildings, tree branches and the balconies of the lower floors.
If the soil is taken away, the tipper stands beside the excavator, close enough for the bucket to reach its body. In a block's yard that usually means a few free parking spaces.
If you are unsure of a measurement, describe what you see: a post, a step, a low branch. The operator knows his machine and what each of these means for it.
An excavator is loud and takes up room, and the neighbours see it first. Give them a few days' notice and nobody argues at the gate on the day.
No heap is left on the shared yard: the excavator loads the soil straight into our tipper, and the part kept for backfill waits to one side, where you show us.
A notice on every stairwell door: the day, the spot and what is being dug. People move their cars in time and nobody is surprised by an excavator in the yard.
Parking spaces by the dig and along the excavator's way must stay free until the end. Ask the neighbours to leave them empty from the evening before.
Tell the owners' association or the administrator the day, the spot and the size of the dig; they also know what runs under the yard. A dig in the pavement usually needs the city hall's consent as well.
Heating pipes, water and cables run under the yards between blocks. Ask the administrator or the company that runs the line to show where they go. The operator needs to see their marks before the first bucket.
Every sector has both blocks of flats and streets of private houses, so all of the above applies to any of them.
Botanica, Buiucani, Centru, Ciocana, Râșcani.
Tohatin, Bubuieci, Budești, Dobrogea, Măgdăcești, Cheltuitori, Dănceni, Băcioi, Floreni.
Digging far from town? The village's name is enough for us to plan the low loader's route.
The price is worked out from three things: what is being dug, in which sector, and how easy the way in is. If you come in through an archway or the gate is narrow, give us the measurements and we work out the price for your yard.
Measure the width of the gate or passage and, if you come in through an archway, its height, then give us the figures. From them we tell you whether the excavator gets through and where it stands while it works.
In a block, put a notice on the stairwell door with the day and the spot; on a street of houses, have a word next door. Ask everyone to keep the parking by the dig and the way to it clear.
No need. Our operator always works it. You show him the spot and what needs digging.
Yes, the excavator comes to the villages around Chișinău too: Tohatin, Bubuieci, Băcioi, Dănceni and the others near the city.
Have ready the sector and the street, what needs digging and the measurements of the way in. If it is a block's yard, say what the association told you.
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