The trench is half the electrical job
Electricians are expensive with a shovel in their hands. We do the dirt half: trenching at the right depth for the wiring method, bedding so conduit and cable aren't lying on rock, warning tape, inspection-ready open trench, and clean backfill after sign-off. Your electrician does the wiring; we make the path.
Hooper's Excavation and Demolition trenches for new home services, detached garages and shops, barns, well pumps, pond equipment, gates, and yard lighting across Central Indiana.
What we handle
- Service entrance trenches — utility transformer to meter base, dug to your utility's spec.
- Feeder runs to outbuildings — house panel to garage, shop, or barn subpanel.
- Conduit installation — we can lay and glue conduit with pull string so the electrician pulls wire and goes.
- Combined utility trenches — power, water, and comms in one trench with proper separation, one dig instead of three.
- Open-trench coordination — timed with your electrician and inspector so the trench isn't open a day longer than needed.
Depths that pass inspection
Burial depth depends on the wiring method: direct-burial cable typically needs 24 inches, PVC conduit 18 inches, with different numbers under driveways. We dig to the spec your electrician and inspector call for — and deeper where crossings and future digging argue for it.