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£100 a day - maybe and that would be cash. We did a similar thing recently and had a mini digger in for a full day. I’d guess maybe 10 tons of soil out and 8.5 tons of stones put in. One guy on the digger and two with wheel barrows.
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That’s a fair amount to take out through a house, even if you’re only reducing the level by 30cm. I work it out at 20 cubic metres.
Are your internal doors big enough to get a wheelbarrow through?
You also need to consider how you’re going to retain the earth at the edges of the excavated area. You can put some basic retaining walls in yourself, but you need to think about how you’ll get materials in.
Pics would help.
TGR
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What would be a reasonable hourly rate (Cardiff not London) to offer a labourer to help me dig out my garden? We have no side access other than through the house and it feels like a bit of a mountain to climb at the moment. Planing some kind of deck & shed so need to lower the whole 12x5m area by a decent amount as well as remove a patio.