Excavating and dirt work in Oakville, MO
Oakville is in St. Louis County, the second of the two counties BR2 Property Solutions covers — just over the Jefferson County line, about twenty miles north-east of Hillsboro.
Where it is
Oakville, St. Louis County
Oakville is an unincorporated community in far south St. Louis County, on the Mississippi bluffs between Mehlville and the Jefferson County line. It is roughly twenty miles from Hillsboro.
- St. Louis County, Missouri — inside our coverage
- ZIP 63129
- Owner-run, 7 AM to 7 PM, seven days a week
- Free estimate, walked on your own ground
The ground around here
What the dirt does in this part of the county
Oakville sits on the bluffs above the Mississippi, and it is limestone country — the caves at Cliff Cave Park are the visible end of what runs under a good deal of this area. Karst ground means rock close to the surface in places, and drainage that can behave in ways surface slope alone does not explain.
Above that, it is established suburban ground: mature trees, settled lots and a lot of hard surface feeding runoff downhill. The recurring calls are a low corner that never dries, a patio or drive that water crosses on its way somewhere, and retaining work on the bluff-side lots where the fall across a garden is real.
What gets asked for
The jobs this area tends to need
Around Oakville the common work is residential regrading and drainage, swales and rock runs, retaining and boulder walls on the sloped lots, patio and slab subgrade, driveway bases, and demolition with haul-away.
That describes the ground and the housing stock here, not a list of jobs completed in this town. The work we can show you is on the gallery, and what customers say about it is on the why us page.
All five services
What we can do in Oakville
The same five services, the same owner, the same machines. Most jobs turn out to be two of them — the thing you called about, plus the drainage problem underneath it.
Dirt Work & Grading
Cut and fill, yard regrading, driveway repair, drainage runs, swales, arena and pad footing, and trench digging.
See dirt work and gradingDrainage & Ditch Work
Surface regrading, swales and rock-lined runs, ditch cleaning and reshaping, French drains, downspout runs, culverts and trench digging.
See drainage and ditch workHardscaping
Rock and gravel placement, drainage runs, rip-rap, retaining and boulder walls, regraded banks, gravel drives and erosion control.
See hardscapingSite Prep
Topsoil strip and stockpile, cut to grade, subgrade compaction, base rock, building and shed pads, driveway and parking bases.
See site prepDemolition
Sheds, outbuildings and garages, decks, fences and porches, concrete slabs and old driveways, pool removal and backfill, interior tear-outs, haul-away and final grade.
See demolitionLand Clearing
Brush and scrub clearing, small timber and tree removal, fence line and property line clearing, overgrown lot reclamation, stump and root removal, debris hauled off site.
See land clearingQuestions
Oakville: common questions
Do you cover Oakville?
Is a retaining wall on a bluff lot something you can do?
What is different about working on karst ground?
Other towns with a page: Hillsboro · Arnold · Festus · Imperial · Fenton · De Soto · Pevely · High Ridge · Mehlville · Sunset Hills · Kirkwood · Valley Park · Affton. The rest of St. Louis County and of Jefferson and St. Louis County generally is on the service area page.
Need dirt moved in Oakville?
Tell us the address and what the ground is doing. Bryer comes out, walks it with you and gives you a number — free, and with nothing attached to it. Repeat customers get 10% off.