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Avoiding Issues with Your Septic System

Your septic system is a very fragile appliance. It is commonly referred to as the most expensive appliance in your home. If you have a septic system, long term maintenance is the key to getting the most life out of your system. Like every other appliance in your home, septic systems…  
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Foundation Repair

Don’t Crack Up Over Foundation Repair You’ve seen it.  That tiny crack.  That subtle bulge in the ground.  You looked the other way.   But you can’t ignore it.  Could it be? It could, and if it is, you want to catch it as soon as possible.  “It” is a foundation…  
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Top Reasons We “Dig” The Backhoe

  The number of things you can do with a backhoe may be surprising to some.  This versatile piece of equipment is a mainstay in our business.  At Chavis Enterprises, we have many backhoes and we use them for everything from digging trenches to piling snow.  With the right accessories,…  
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Chasing the Storms

  When the humidity is so thick you feel like you’ve hit a wall when you step outdoors, you know it’s storm season.  Summer storms can brew until the height of the heat during the day.  Clouds can swirl and thunder can rumble for hours before the storm hits with…  
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Swimming Pool Demolition

  What?  Demolish a swimming pool?  It may sound ludicrous to some people, especially as we peak into the heat of summer.  Nonetheless, there are reasons homeowners consider swimming pool demolition – anything from no longer using it to it becoming a hazard.  Before you demolish your pool, you’ll need to…  
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Chavis Enterprises Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

Getting certified for anything is tough work. Professionals in teaching, sales, personal training, social work and more are often required to have a certification. These are usually rigorous tests and interviews and reviews that take up a lot of time and effort. But, anything worth getting is worth working for,…  
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Hauling in from Harford County

Whether it’s a dump truck full of dirt that takes an hour to move or a multi-million-dollar job that spans more than a year, Chavis Enterprises handles it carefully, as if it were our own. You may only have a load of dirt, but to us, you are as valued…  
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Those Humongous Trucks and Machines – What Do They Do?

Dump trucks, pump trucks, semi-trucks and box trucks.  Backhoes, loaders, excavators and rollers.  Trailers, flatbeds and tankers.  Sound like a Tonka truck heaven? It’s actually only a fraction of the equipment operated by Chavis Enterprises, and it does seem like a big kid’s sand lot on some days if you…  
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Spring Storm Clean Up

While Spring hasn’t officially started in Harford County, the sprinkling of balmy days in February did not go unnoticed. After being hard-hit by the January blizzard, the roller coaster of fluctuating temperatures has been teasing of spring – with more to come this week. We can be sure there will…  
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What’s in a Demolition?

The basics of building a house are familiar to most people, even if you’ve never personally gone through the process. You find a suitable piece of property, either in a subdivision or a rural area, hire a builder, get the right permits, create the plans and watch as the foundation…  
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