Pool digs are precision work on a deadline — your installer needs the hole to match the shell or kit drawings tightly, because every inch of over-dig becomes imported stone you pay for. We dig to the installer's spec sheet, shape the deep-end transition properly, and keep the floor undisturbed so the base goes down on native soil.
Backyard access drives the plan: what fits through the gate, whether a fence panel comes out, where 60–100 cubic metres of spoil goes, and protecting the neighbour's side of the line. We sort all of that in the quote, not on dig day.
Most are one day of digging plus haul-off. Weather and truck cycles matter more than the machine.
Parts of Guelph have high water tables. We dewater with pumps for the dig and flag it immediately — your installer needs to know for the base and shell strategy.
Your pool company provides the layout and dig spec; we dig to it. Three-way walkthrough (you, installer, us) before the bucket touches ground is how the good jobs go.
Yes — shaping, depth zones and overflow routing. Larger ponds may involve conservation authority rules (GRCA) depending on location and watercourses; we'll tell you when that applies.