Directional Drilling · Orange County
Directional Drilling in Sky Lake, FL
Owners, builders and utilities in Sky Lake call a boring contractor because something has to go in the ground where the surface is spoken for. Directional drilling and auger boring place conduit, casing and pipe underneath roads, slabs, canals and lawns from pits a few feet square.
Serving Sky Lake · Orange County
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Directional drilling and every other boring method, with locates, bore plan and permits handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Directional Drilling in Sky Lake: what gets installed
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD): a steered bore between two small pits that puts conduit, pipe and cable under roads, driveways, parking lots and landscaping with no open trench.
How a bore in Sky Lake is done
The job in Sky Lake starts before the rig arrives: the Sunshine 811 ticket, a walk of the alignment, and a bore plan that threads the marked utilities and anything the locate cannot see. The pilot hole is drilled with a steerable head and tracked from the surface rod by rod, reamed to size, and the product is pulled back through in one pass. The sand bores fast; the fluid holds the hole below the water table.
Hiring a directional drilling contractor in Sky Lake
The crew that drills Sky Lake should have drilled Florida sand with the water table at its feet before; the ground and the permit agencies here are not the same as the next county over. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. owns its rigs and crews and quotes from a site walk, and the estimate costs nothing.
The full write-up for the county is on the directional drilling page for Orange County.
Estimates are free. Call now: (855) 520-2670.
Questions about directional drilling in Sky Lake
How deep is a bore under an Orange County road?+
To the cover the county, the city, FDOT or CFX requires for that road, plus clearance from the utilities already there; four to six feet is common under a county road and more under the toll roads and I-4.
How deep is a bore under an Orange County road?+
To the cover the county, the city, FDOT or CFX requires for that road, plus clearance from the utilities already there; four to six feet is common under a county road and more under the toll roads and I-4.
Will the bore damage my driveway or landscaping in Sky Lake?+
No. The surface between the two pits is never opened; the pits are small, the drilling fluid is contained with a vac truck, and the pits are restored when the line is in.
Other drilling and boring services in Sky Lake
Horizontal Drilling Sky Lake
Horizontal drilling for any line that has to cross something it cannot cut through: a street, a slab, a canal, a stand of trees. Entry pit, exit pit, nothing opened in between.
Directional Boring Sky Lake
Directional boring is the small-rig end of HDD: short, shallow bores for service lines, sleeves and conduit on residential and light-commercial lots.
Underground Drilling Sky Lake
Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.
Fiber Optic Cable Drilling Sky Lake
Fiber duct and drop conduit installed by directional drill for carriers, co-ops, campuses and developments: long shots along the right-of-way, short shots to the building.
Electrical Conduit Drilling Sky Lake
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling Sky Lake
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling Sky Lake
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling Sky Lake
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling Sky Lake
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring Sky Lake
Missile boring (pneumatic piercing) drives a steel mole through the soil for short, straight, shallow runs under a driveway or sidewalk: the quickest way to sleeve a lawn or a walk.
Auger Boring and Drilling Sky Lake
Cased auger bores for road, highway and railroad crossings and for gravity sewer that has to hold an exact grade: a straight steel casing jacked from a pit.
Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Sky Lake
New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.
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