Lot clearing, forestry mulching, new septic installs and complete site work for homeowners and builders from Dallas Bay and Soddy Lake to the foot of Walden Ridge, with crews running over from Birchwood on SR-60 and US-27.
Josiah Sims was 9 when his dad rented a Cat 977L to clear the land for their family home, and within days he was doing all the finish grading. Since then he has run crews, welded and fabricated transit buses, built additions and poured concrete. He still runs site work himself.
Sandstone ledges on the escarpment, limestone in the valley, wet lakefront soil around Soddy Lake and steep ridge lots near Big Soddy Creek. Your estimate accounts for what's actually under your lot, not what's typical somewhere else.
We're based in Birchwood, just across Chickamauga Lake, so Soddy-Daisy is a regular run for our crews, not a long haul. We also know the Hamilton County offices your project runs through, from Groundwater Protection to Water Quality.
Land clearing and forestry mulching have their own crew and equipment, and so do new septic installs, so your job doesn't wait behind somebody else's. We walk your property and give you a straight, free estimate, and financing is available through our quoting platform.
Every service we offer is available inside Soddy-Daisy city limits and in the unincorporated communities around it. Whether it's a half-acre lake lot off Dallas Bay Road or a few wooded acres off Back Valley Road, one call gets you a crew that can clear it, prep it and finish it.
Much of the buildable ground in Soddy-Daisy is grown-up hardwood and pine, from wooded lots along Thrasher Pike to old pasture going back to brush off Daisy Dallas Road. We clear brush, underbrush and small timber, then mulch or haul the debris so you're left with open, workable ground. Lots come out ready for the surveyor, the soil test or the builder, whether it's one homesite or a larger tract.
Forestry mulching grinds brush and saplings where they stand, with no burn piles and no hauling. That mulch layer holds the soil, which matters on escarpment lots below Walden Ridge where runoff heads straight for Big Soddy Creek or Soddy Lake. Selective thinning opens up a wooded homesite while keeping the hardwoods you want to build around.
Parts of Soddy-Daisy are on WWTA public sewer, but rural and ridge-side parcels outside those lines need their own system. Any Soddy-Daisy project on septic has to be approved by Hamilton County Groundwater Protection before the city will issue a building permit, so the septic layout comes first. From homesites below Walden Ridge to commercial buildings, our septic work centers on new installs and complete system replacements, and each one follows the layout on the approved permit.
Site work is the whole job: clearing, rough grading, digging and pouring concrete footings, backfilling, retaining walls and the final grade. On sloped lots off Montlake Road and up toward Mowbray Mountain, cut-and-fill and retaining walls are often what make a pad buildable. The City of Soddy-Daisy inspects footings once they're dug and before concrete goes in, and retaining walls over four feet need a permit with an engineer's stamped drawing, so we build to pass inspection.
Once the pad is ready, we trench and lay the lines a house needs: water, sewer and electrical conduit from the road or meter to the foundation. Where a lot ties into public sewer, the tap is permitted through WWTA, and we dig and lay the line to meet it. Expect sandstone and shale ledges near the Cumberland Escarpment and limestone in the valley, and we're equipped to dig through both.
Older homes, outbuildings and cracked slabs along Dayton Pike and in the original Soddy and Daisy communities often have to come down before something new goes up. We tear down the structure, break out and haul the concrete, clear the debris and leave a graded site ready to build. Demolition of an existing building in city limits needs a City of Soddy-Daisy permit, and we schedule the work around it.
Whether your property is a lake lot on Dallas Bay, a wooded tract off Dallas Hollow Road or a ridge homesite up SR-111, we're ready to show up and walk it with you. Estimates are always free across Soddy-Daisy and the surrounding north Hamilton County area. Reach out with the details of your project, and our crew will carry it from raw land all the way to a finished grade.
Soddy-Daisy stretches about nine miles along US-27, pinned between the Cumberland Escarpment on the west and Chickamauga Lake on the east. The ground climbs fast from lakefront lots on Soddy Lake and Dallas Bay to steep, wooded slopes where Big Soddy Creek cuts its gorge down Walden Ridge. Sandstone and shale on the ridge, limestone under the valley floor and old coal ground from the Soddy and Daisy mining days mean every lot here digs a little differently.
A lot of new building here starts in the woods. Walton Global bought 186 acres along Dallas Hollow Road and Lovell Road for a single-family community, and the city points out that lakefront lots near Chickamauga Lake are still open for new construction. Add in rural acreage off Back Valley Road and homesites up SR-111 toward Flat Top Mountain, and there's steady demand for clearing, grading and septic before a footer goes in. That's the work our land clearing services in Soddy-Daisy are built around.
Boundless Excavation & Contracting is based in Birchwood, just across Chickamauga Lake. Our crews run north on SR-60, cross the Tri-County Veterans Bridge and come down US-27, about 45 minutes to the middle of town, or swing around the south end of the lake on Highway 58 and SR-153. We already do full-scope clearing, grading, utility and footer work across Hamilton County and the Chattanooga area, and Soddy-Daisy runs through the same county permit offices we already work with.
Soddy-Daisy ground changes in a few hundred yards. The Cumberland Escarpment rises 1,000 feet or more to the top of Walden Ridge, which is capped by Pottsville sandstone with shale below it, while the valley along US-27 sits on limestone. Lots on the slope run steep and rocky and erode quickly once the cover is gone. Down by the water, creek-bottom and lakefront parcels along Soddy Creek, Dallas Bay and the Chickamauga Lake shoreline stay wet and soft after a storm.
Our crews come from Birchwood one of two ways: north on SR-60 over the Tri-County Veterans Bridge and down US-27 through Rhea County, or south on Highway 58 past Harrison Bay, over Chickamauga Dam and up SR-153. Once we're in town, we work off Dayton Pike, Hixson Pike, Thrasher Pike and Daisy Dallas Road, out Back Valley Road toward Big Soddy Creek Gulf, and up SR-111 toward Flat Top Mountain. That familiarity with the local roads is how our crew arrives on schedule, with the correct equipment already loaded for the job.
The work changes by area. Around Soddy Lake and Dallas Bay, it's lakefront homesites that need careful clearing and grading. Along Dallas Hollow Road, Lovell Road and Green Pond Road, it's larger wooded tracts being opened up for new homes. Up toward Mowbray Mountain and Montlake, it's ridge lots that need cut-and-fill and retaining walls, and the rural ground north toward Sale Creek brings pasture clearing and new septic.
Permits come with the job. The City of Soddy-Daisy issues building and excavation permits at City Hall on Dayton Pike, and septic projects need Hamilton County Groundwater Protection approval before that. Site plans over an acre go to Hamilton County Water Quality for a Land Disturbance Permit, along with TDEC construction stormwater coverage. On TVA shoreline along Chickamauga Lake, TVA requires written approval before any vegetation is cut. We plan around the seasons too, saving grading on wet clay for drier stretches.
Josiah or a member of the team walks your property in person, discusses your goals, and provides a free, no-obligation estimate — with financing available through our quoting platform if you need it.
We map out the scope of work — clearing boundaries, grading plan, septic or utility placement — and handle any permitting needs before equipment ever moves.
A dedicated crew and the right equipment for the job — mulchers, excavators, grading equipment — are dispatched to your property.
Our specialized crews get to work — clearing and mulching, installing your new septic system, or handling grading, retaining walls, and concrete as part of full site work.
We clear out debris, restore the site, and walk the finished property with you to make sure everything meets your expectations before we call the job done.
Our land clearing services cover all of Soddy-Daisy, from the Chickamauga Lake shoreline and Soddy Lake to the foot of Walden Ridge, plus the north Hamilton County communities around it. If you're on the Tennessee side within reach of our Birchwood base, we'll come walk your property.
It depends on the lot. Acreage, how thick the brush and timber are, slope, rock, access and whether debris is mulched in place or hauled off all change the number. A flat, brushy lot off Thrasher Pike prices very differently from a steep, rocky slope below Walden Ridge. Rather than guess at a price over the phone, we visit the property in person and put together a free estimate with every line item spelled out.
Forestry mulching uses one machine with a mulching head to grind brush, vines and small trees into mulch right where they stand. There's no burning and no hauling, and the mulch layer helps hold soil on slopes. That makes it a good fit for wooded lots near Big Soddy Creek and around Soddy Lake, where you want to keep runoff out of the water. Because pricing hinges on how many acres you have, how dense the growth is and how the ground lays, we give you a number only after walking the lot on a free site visit.
Often, yes. The City of Soddy-Daisy issues building and excavation permits at City Hall, and new homes, demolitions and retaining walls over four feet all need one. If a site plan covers more than an acre, it goes to Hamilton County Water Quality for a Land Disturbance Permit, and the state's TDEC construction stormwater permit applies as well. When we come out to walk your lot for the estimate, we'll go over which of these permits your Soddy-Daisy project actually needs.
Yes. For rural and ridge-side lots beyond the WWTA sewer lines, new septic system installation ranks among the core services we offer. Hamilton County is one of Tennessee's contract counties, so new systems are permitted through Hamilton County Groundwater Protection, and in Soddy-Daisy that approval has to come before the city issues a building permit. After approval comes through on the permit and layout, our crew digs the site, places the tank, lays in the drain field and returns the ground to grade. If your lot can reach WWTA sewer instead, we can trench that line too.
Yes. Steep, rocky lots are a big part of building in Soddy-Daisy. On the Cumberland Escarpment and up SR-111 toward Flat Top Mountain and Mowbray Mountain, we clear carefully to control erosion, cut and fill for a usable pad and build retaining walls where the grade calls for them. Forestry mulching is often the best way to clear a slope because the mulch protects the soil while the site is open.
Yes, on the private side of the property line. Lakefront lots around Soddy Lake, Dallas Bay and the Chickamauga Lake shoreline need a lighter touch, with mulch cover and silt control so the slope doesn't wash into the water. If any of the work reaches TVA shoreline land, TVA requires written approval before vegetation is cut, so we plan the job around the owner's TVA approval.
Around Soddy-Daisy, clearing tends to go best from late fall through winter. The leaves are down and the undergrowth dies back, so we can see the ground on wooded lots along Daisy Dallas Road and Back Valley Road, and you'll be ready to build in spring. We watch the weather, since clay and lakeside ground get soft after heavy rain, and schedule grading for drier windows. Getting on the schedule during the slower months also tends to move your start date up.
