Trusted Groundworks Contractor in Truro
Groundworks in Truro, from footings and drainage to driveways and plant hire, for Cornwall's only city and the parishes around it. On Truro's heavy ground, the work below the surface decides how everything above it performs, and that is where our team starts.
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Constructionline Gold MemberCPCS-Carded OperatorsOur Own Plant FleetFully Insured Groundworks in Truro: Clay Ground and a Growing City
Truro sits where the Kenwyn and Allen rivers meet the Truro River, with the cathedral at its centre and housing spreading up the valley sides. A great deal of that ground is heavy and clay-rich over the local slate. It holds water through the winter and moves as it wets and dries, which shapes both foundation design and drainage.
We come in from Hayle along the A30 to Chiverton Cross, then down the A390 past Threemilestone, where the Langarth Garden Village development is changing the western edge of the city. The surrounding villages, from Shortlanesend and Kenwyn to Malpas, Playing Place and Carnon Downs, bring self-builds, garden rooms, extended parking and outbuildings.
Building Regulations Approved Document H expects surface water to go to a soakaway first where the ground can take it. On Truro clay it often cannot, so we test the ground before choosing the route. Footings follow Approved Document A, with depth set by the clay, the load and any trees nearby.
Our Groundworks and Plant Hire Services in Truro
Groundworks and Drainage
For builders and self-builders. Groundworks for new builds, from site clearance to foundations, begin with setting out from your drawings. Concrete works cover slabs and workshop floors, drainage is designed for ground that drains slowly, and tree removal and land clearance prepares an overgrown plot.
Plant Hire
Plant for city sites. Plant hire with an operator or self-drive, including the wheeled digger for sites with a hard road in. Mini digger hire fits the back gardens of Kenwyn and Malpas, and chipper hire deals with the brash from a cleared boundary.
Driveways and Landscaping
Homes around the city. Driveways for new and older homes, laid as resin driveways, tarmac driveways or concrete driveways. Patios, hard landscaping, retaining walls on the valley slopes and fencing complete the outside space.
Agricultural and Equestrian Groundworks
The farmland beyond. Out towards Probus and Tresillian: agricultural groundworks, farm concrete yards, horse arena construction, silage clamps and slurry stores, agricultural buildings, and farm track construction.
Agricultural and Equestrian Groundworks Near Truro
Beyond the city, mixed farms and equestrian yards stretch out towards Probus, Tresillian, Ladock and Shortlanesend, much of it on the same water-holding ground found in town.
Horse arena construction
on clay, the drainage layer under a ménage carries the whole build.
Agricultural groundworks
one contractor for the drains, bases and yards across your holding.
Agricultural buildings
pads designed to the load of livestock or machinery, then the frame erected.
Farm track construction
a separating layer under the stone keeps soft clay out of the track.
Farm concrete yards
brushed or grooved finishes that stay safe underfoot for stock.
Silage clamps and slurry stores
siting, capacity and SSAFO standards worked through before the dig.
Why Truro Chooses Luna Maintenance
Ready for main-contractor sitesCHAS accredited, a Constructionline Gold member and CPCS-carded, we meet the checks a builder or developer runs before bringing a groundworks team on site.
Your plot, our machinesFrom the 14-tonne excavator to the dumper, the plant on your job belongs to us, so each stage of the build moves on without waiting for equipment.
Accountable from footing to finishRoss Kitto has 29 years in the trade and leads a close team of five, so the people who price your groundworks are the people who carry them out.
Our Work Near Truro
Our work page covers what Truro builds and homes ask for: concrete pads and bases, drainage runs, steel-frame buildings on our own slabs, and a 55 square metre resin-bound driveway. Every photo shows work by our own team.
What Our Customers Say
Much of our work comes by recommendation. In our customers' own words:
"I was very happy with the work carried and I would certainly use him again. He is a consummate professional at what he does."
"They did the project promptly and charged exactly what they quoted, even doing a few extra bits for me whilst they were on site."
"Their time management, cost structure and quality of work has been excellent and I would be delighted to recommend them."
Nearby Areas We Cover
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Send us your drawings or a description of the plot, and we will walk the site with you before setting out the work and the price in writing. Both the visit and the quote are free.
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Based in Hayle, working across West Cornwall
Phone: 07460 077745
Email: office@lunamaintenanceltd.com
Hours: 7am to 7pm, 7 days a week
Last updated: 20 October 2026