Drilling & boring

Horizontal drilling contractors in Orange County

A horizontal bore is any way of putting a line under an obstacle without digging across it. Two machines do that in Orange County, and the crossing picks the machine.

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Serving Orlando · Orange County

Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.

Directional drilling and boring across Florida; locates, bore plan and utility coordination handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →

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Steered bore or jacked casing

The directional drill follows a curve: in at a shallow angle, under the road or the canal, back up on the far side. It is the tool for conduit, water, gas and every other pressure line, and it accounts for most of the horizontal drilling in Orlando. The auger boring machine pushes a straight steel casing from a deeper pit on a set grade and is the tool when a railroad, FDOT or a gravity sewer wants a casing. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. brings both to Orange County.

Orlando-shaped jobs

Conduit under a theme-park-corridor parking lot on International Drive that cannot lose a space in season.
A water or gas service under a Winter Park brick street and the oak roots beside it.
Fiber along a Horizon West arterial, shot by shot under the new side streets.
A sleeve under a Dr. Phillips driveway for lighting or irrigation.
A canal crossing between two Windermere lakes for a utility main.

What the ground does

Fine sand with a shallow water table is most of the county; the sand bores quickly and the drilling fluid holds the hole. The clayey layers that show up here and there are where an inattentive pilot bore wanders, so the locator reading every rod matters more than the rig size.

A day on site

Sunshine 811 marks, potholes where a line crosses the path, two small pits, pilot bore, ream, pull-back, restore. Most residential and light commercial horizontal bores in Orange County are one day. Davis Underground Solutions shows the rigs. Estimates are free. Call now: (855) 520-2670.

The company's own page on horizontal boring and directional drilling goes deeper into methods, equipment and recent projects.

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Other drilling and boring services in Orange County

Directional Drilling Orange County

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.

Directional Boring Orange County

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 Orange County

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 Orange County

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 Orange County

PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.

Underground Conduit Drilling Orange County

Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.

Structured Cable Drilling Orange County

Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.

Utility Drilling Orange County

Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.

Communications Drilling Orange County

Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.

Missile Boring Orange County

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 Orange County

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 Orange County

New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.

Questions about horizontal drilling in Orange County

How deep under a driveway in Orlando?+

Three to four feet below the slab on a private drive. Public roads and the toll roads are set by the permit.

Can one bore carry several conduits?+

Yes; a bundle is pulled back through one reamed hole, which is how power and fiber usually go in together.

Horizontal drilling versus auger boring?+

Steered and curved versus straight and cased; the permit or the pipe decides.

Do you need both sides of the road?+

A small pit at each end; the exit pit can be a planting strip or a patched cut.

Free estimate?+

Yes. Call (855) 520-2670 now or use the form; reply within 24 hours.

Horizontal Drilling by city in Orange County

Each community has its own page for this service. The crew, the method and the price are the same across the county; the page covers what is different about the ground and the permits there.

ZIP codes served

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