Do you have standing water in your yard? Is the water moving toward your home’s foundation?
Yard grading and landscaping ensure that water is directed away from the home and allow
healthy lawn growth. This blog will cover some fundamental principles of yard grading that will
help you understand its importance.

Yard Grading Services

How Much Slope Should Be in Your Land Grading?

If you suffer from regular foundation/yard flooding or poor drainage, your landscape grading is a likely
culprit. Even if there is a slope away from the foundation, it might not be making enough of a
difference if it is not steep enough or long enough. As a general rule of thumb, a good amount of
slope for grading land away from your home’s foundation is 6 inches for the first 10 feet of area.
If you are working with the professionals at T-Squared Landscaping, we will probably do an even
thinner slope with our advanced measurements and tools.

What Can Happen if Your Yard Needs to be Properly
Graded?

If your home doesn’t have appropriate landscape grading, when storms occur and waterfalls on
your home, it might run toward your foundation. If the water soaks into the soil next to your
foundation, it will cause hydrostatic pressure or a heavyweight next to the wall. Over time, this
hydrostatic pressure can lead to cracks in your home’s four actions: structural damage and soil
erosion. If you need the correct landscape grading, it can also deposit your excess water in your
neighbor’s yard, which never leads to anything good!

How to Correct a Landscape Grading Issue

Professional Landscape Grading for Your Home

If your yard is suffering from erosion or you have another landscaping project in mind, contact
T-Sqaured Landscaping and Design, LLC. We will work with you to seamlessly combine your vision with our recognized expertise to make it happen.