Missile Boring · Orange County
Missile Boring in Apopka, FL
Owners, builders and utilities in Apopka 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 Apopka · Orange County
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Missile boring and every other boring method, with locates, bore plan and permits handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Missile Boring in Apopka: what gets installed
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.
Apopka's growth corridors along US 441 and SR 429 mean a steady run of new services and fiber under roads that were two-lane a decade ago.
How a bore in Apopka is done
The job in Apopka 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 missile boring contractor in Apopka
The crew that drills Apopka 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 missile boring page for Orange County.
Estimates are free. Call now: (855) 520-2670.
Questions about missile boring in Apopka
How far?+
Usually 20 to 80 feet in good soil.
How far?+
Usually 20 to 80 feet in good soil.
Will the bore damage my driveway or landscaping in Apopka?+
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 Apopka
Directional Drilling Apopka
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.
Horizontal Drilling Apopka
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 Apopka
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 Apopka
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 Apopka
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 Apopka
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling Apopka
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling Apopka
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling Apopka
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling Apopka
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Auger Boring and Drilling Apopka
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 Apopka
New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.
Apopka ZIP codes served
32703, 32704, 32712
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