Crickside Timber Craft Launches Full Excavation and Site Prep Services in 2026

Loysville, United States – June 20, 2026 / Crickside Timber Craft /

Crickside Timber Craft, a Central Pennsylvania timber frame builder operating since 2004, is expanding its service offerings in 2026 to include a full suite of excavation and site preparation services. The move positions the company as a single-source contractor for clients who need everything from raw land work through a finished timber frame structure – without coordinating between multiple trades.

The expansion covers a broad range of ground-level work that typically requires clients to hire, schedule, and manage separate contractors before a build can begin. With the new capabilities in place, Crickside Timber Craft now handles the complete project sequence under one roof.

From Raw Land to Finished Frame: What the Expansion Covers

The 2026 service expansion includes Construction Site Prep, Concrete Prep Work, Footers, Yard Seeding, Landscape Grading, Driveway Repairs, Ditch Drainage, Clearing Wooded Areas, Ag Field Drains, Sand Mounds, and Septic Systems. Each of these services directly supports the site preparation phase that precedes any timber frame construction project, whether that is a residential home, agricultural barn, or outbuilding.

For property owners in Pennsylvania who are working with wooded, ungraded, or undeveloped land, site preparation for barns and other structures has historically meant sourcing an excavation contractor separately before a builder could even begin. Crickside Timber Craft is eliminating that step.

A Turnkey Approach Built Around the Client Experience

Crickside Timber Craft has built timber frame homes, barns, and structures across Central Pennsylvania since 2004. The company’s expansion into excavation services in PA reflects a practical response to a pattern the team has observed across projects: clients who are ready to build often spend weeks or months in the coordination phase before groundbreaking, managing timelines between excavators, drainage contractors, and septic installers before a timber frame builder can engage.

By bringing those services in-house, Crickside Timber Craft can now engage from the first assessment of a property through the final structure. The company’s positioning as turnkey timber frame builders means clients are working with one point of contact, one schedule, and one accountability structure across the entire project.

Excavation Services Designed to Support Timber Frame Construction

The new excavation and site preparation services are specifically structured to support the demands of timber frame homes, agricultural barns, and similar builds. Footer work and concrete prep are sequenced to align with the structural requirements of timber frame construction. Drainage solutions, including ditch drainage and ag field drains, address site-specific challenges that can affect long-term structural integrity if not resolved before a build begins.

Sand mound and septic system installation, services that often require significant lead time with separate contractors, are now part of the Crickside Timber Craft project workflow. Landscape grading and yard seeding round out the post-construction phase, meaning the company can take a project from clearing a wooded area through a finished, seeded site.

The addition of excavation services in PA also makes Crickside Timber Craft a more accessible option for clients in rural and semi-rural parts of Central Pennsylvania, where coordinating multiple contractors across long distances adds cost and scheduling risk to projects.

Driveway repairs are also included in the expanded service list – a practical addition for farm and rural properties where access roads are often affected during the construction and excavation phase of a project.

About Crickside Timber Craft

Crickside Timber Craft is a Central Pennsylvania timber frame construction company that has been building homes, barns, and structures since 2004. Beginning in 2026, the company offers a full range of excavation and site preparation services, including land clearing, drainage, septic systems, footers, and concrete prep, alongside complete timber frame builds.

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