Excavation contractor in Cypress
Pool removal, ADU pads, sewer trenching and demolition priced off the published cost guide. Call (714) 908-9776 or send the form below.
Cypress is the kind of city where a contractor can quote from the street. Garden Grove Excavation refers Cypress owners to one licensed contractor who has worked the Lincoln Avenue and Valley View tracts, because the lots are consistent: 6,000 to 7,000 square feet, built from about 1962 to 1975, flat sandy loam, a six to eight foot side yard and, in many of them, a pool poured within a few years of the house.
Those pools are the Cypress request. Fifty years in, the plaster is on its third resurfacing and the equipment pad has been replaced twice, and the owner or the buyer wants a lawn or an ADU instead. A partial removal runs $7,000 to $14,000 and a full removal $12,000 to $24,000, and because Cypress sits far enough from the coast that groundwater is rarely an issue, the quotes land in the lower half of each range when the gate is wide enough. Detached ADU pads at $3,500 to $9,000 come next, and the Sorrento and Tanglewood neighborhoods with their larger lots see most of them.
The Los Alamitos Race Course land along Katella is moving toward redevelopment, and when it does it brings commercial demolition and new building pads to the center of the city on a scale Cypress has not seen since the tracts went in. Permits for everything run through the city's Community Development Department, the city owns the local sewer system, and the referred contractor files the DigAlert ticket two working days ahead on every job.
The gas line under the side yard
Cypress pools from the late 1960s were often built with the deep end toward the back fence and the equipment on the side yard, which means the only machine path runs over the old plumbing and gas line to the heater. The gas has to be capped at the meter and the line located before anything drives over it. A contractor who asks about the heater on the first call has done this before.
Lincoln Avenue to the Race Course
Around Cypress the requests come from the Los Alamitos Race Course land, Cypress College and the Valley View corridor, the Lincoln Avenue tracts, the Sorrento and Tanglewood neighborhoods, the Katella business park, covering ZIP 90630. The City of Cypress Community Development Department issues demolition and grading permits; the city owns the local sewer collection system and the lateral is the owner's. The permits page has the details.
Send a photo of the pool and the side gate
The address and a photo of the yard get the fastest answer. One licensed contractor who works Cypress calls within one business day.
Cypress pool and pad questions
How much does pool removal cost in Cypress?
Partial removal runs $7,000 to $14,000 and full removal $12,000 to $24,000. Cypress tract lots with a standard side yard and dry sandy ground usually land in the lower half of each range. The city requires a demolition permit and a compaction report, and a partial removal gets recorded on the property.
Can I put an ADU where the pool was?
Only after a full removal with a compaction report. A partial removal leaves the lower shell in the ground and the city will not approve a structure over it. If an ADU is in your plans, the extra cost of the full removal, usually $5,000 to $10,000 more, buys you a buildable pad and avoids a second excavation later.
What does a utility trench for a detached ADU cost in Cypress?
Between $25 and $75 a linear foot, so a 60 foot run from the house to a backyard unit for sewer, water and electric conduit lands between $1,500 and $4,500 depending on depth and how much concrete has to be cut and restored along the way. The sewer tie-in depth sets the trench depth.
How soon can a Cypress job start?
The DigAlert ticket needs two working days and the city demolition permit typically a week or two, so most Cypress pool removals start two to three weeks after the quote is signed. The referred contractor calls within one business day of your request to set the site walk.
Garden Grove Excavation covers central Orange County. See the cost guide, the pool removal page, or nearby areas: Buena Park, Stanton, Garden Grove.