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tWhile having a perfectly flat yard may sound ideal, flat lawns can cause drainage problems that may damage your lawn and your home’s foundation. Even worse, a lawn sloped toward the house can cause water to roll downhill and collect around your home. The preferred layout is a lawn that gently slopes away from your home’s foundation.
If that’s not how your yard is set up now, you may consider yard grading. While this can be a large project, it will ultimately be worthwhile to prevent water damage. Here, we’ll explain the process of yard grading and outline the steps for doing it yourself. We’ll also give our recommendations for the best lawn care services to help you maintain your newly-graded yard.
Lime Soil Amendment
To ensure the soil has access to nutrients, soil amendment services can help balance its
Weed Control
Find a specialized lawn care plan to help control weeds
Lawn Fertilization
See a deeper green grass coloring and increased growth within 7 to 10 days
What Does Grading a Yard Mean?
Grading a yard is a form of yard leveling that creates a mild incline. In other words, it’s the process of correcting the slope of your yard so that rainwater and other precipitation flow away from foundation. Ideally, your lawn around your house would have a slope of about 5%. That means that the surface of the ground 10 feet away from your house would be about 6 inches lower than the ground right next to your foundation.
However, grades between 3% and 25% are usually considered acceptable. If your yard’s grade is less than that, or if its current grade isn’t directing runoff away from the home, it may need regrading. A slope greater than 25% can cause erosion and often calls for a different process called landscape grading.
What are the Benefits of Having My Yard Graded?
As a homeowner, you likely know that drainage issues can cause many problems for a home’s lawn and foundation. Over time, runoff water can cause cracks and weaknesses in a home’s foundation, which can cause leaking, flooding, or even sinking. Here are some other problems that proper grading can solve or even prevent:
A soggy or mushy lawn
Standing water or puddles that attract pests, including mosquitoes
Mud on your hardscaping that gets tracked indoors
Soil erosion
Suffocation or root rot in trees, bushes, and other plants
Unsightly mower ruts or other problem areas of sinkage
Water puddling