Yard grading is the fix when rain sits against the house instead of leaving. We cut the high ground, fill and compact the low spots, and slope the finish grade so water sheds off and grass can take hold.
Credibility comes from how it's done, not from promises. Here's the order of operations on every yard leveling & grading job.
We start by reading where water comes onto the property, where it stands, and where it has to leave. Grades around the foundation get checked against the sill so the plan pushes runoff away from the slab, never toward a neighbor's fence line.
We establish a target fall away from the structure and toward a legal discharge point, working around the hardscape, trees, and property lines that are already there instead of fighting them.
High ground gets cut down and low spots get filled with suitable material. Every lift of fill is compacted as it goes in, so the yard does not settle back into a dish after the first wet season.
Where a flat sheet-flow grade cannot carry the water on its own, we shape a shallow swale to guide runoff along a controlled path instead of letting it pick its own line.
Topsoil goes back on and gets finish graded smooth so sod or seed can establish, and we shoot the final grades one more time before the machines load out.
Most dirt-work outfits go quiet once the tractor leaves. We pick up the phone, show up when we say, and come back after the first hard rain if something needs a second pass. The follow-through is the difference.
An operator we know runs your job and a vetted crew does the work, managed by GradeWerx, one company accountable from the first walkthrough to the final grade check.
COI on file before the first machine unloads. The documentation that lets builders and commercial clients release payment and gives homeowners peace of mind.
Prepared subgrade, compaction in lifts, positive drainage away from every structure, and a laser-checked final grade. We earn trust through the process, not promises. On yard leveling & grading, that starts with read the lot before any dirt moves.
A drainage read before the first cut, fill placed in compacted lifts instead of loose dumped dirt, positive fall away from every structure, and a final grade we shoot before we leave. The same steps hold on a quarter-acre lot or on five acres. We can't stop North Texas clay from moving, so we grade so the water moves first. One crew, owner-operated equipment, and one point of accountability from the walkthrough to the last pass.
Most residential yard leveling or regrading around the DFW metroplex lands somewhere between $500 and $3,000, while larger jobs or grades driven by a real drainage problem run from $3,000 to $10,000 and up. What moves your number is the square footage in play, how much cut and fill the grades demand, equipment access to the work area, and whether we are importing topsoil or hauling spoils off site. We put a price on it after we walk the property; we will not float a phone number we cannot stand behind.
Leveling makes a surface flat. Grading gives it deliberate slope. A yard almost always wants grading, not leveling: a gentle, consistent fall away from the house so rainwater sheds instead of pooling. When folks ask us to level a yard, what they usually need is a graded one.
The working rule of thumb is a measurable drop across the first several feet off the foundation, then an easier grade past that. On the expansive clay under much of North Texas, keeping water from soaking in right next to the slab matters more than hitting a textbook number in every corner of the yard.
Often it does. Standing water is usually a grade problem, and regrading with compacted fill is the direct fix. When the lot simply has nowhere to send the water, grading pairs with a drainage piece such as a swale or a french drain, and we tell you straight which one the yard actually needs instead of selling you both.
Loose dumped fill settles. Fill placed and compacted in lifts largely holds. That is the whole reason we compact as we build rather than spreading a pile and hoping it stays put. If a spot does move after the first hard rain, we come back and give it a second pass.
Yes, carefully. We keep grade changes shallow inside the root zone so we do not smother a tree, flag irrigation heads and lines before the equipment moves, and repair anything the plan requires us to disturb. Where a root or a buried main makes the ideal grade impossible, we say so and adjust.
We bring yard leveling & grading to Burleson, Celina, Midlothian, Royse City, Weatherford, and more of the DFW metroplex. All service areas →
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