Grading & Drainage Correction in Temecula

Grading & Drainage Correction questions from Temecula customers

What is positive drainage, and why does it matter?

Positive drainage means the ground falls away from the house on every side, so water runs off rather than pooling against the foundation. It is the baseline every other drainage fix assumes; when it is lost, water collects where it should not.

My yard slopes toward the house — can that be corrected?

Usually, by re-establishing fall away from the structure, sometimes combined with a swale or a drain where there is not room to regrade. What is achievable depends on how much fall the lot has to work with between the house and a legal outlet.

Why did my lot's grading stop working?

Engineered grading ages. Fill settles, landscaping and hardscape get added, and the original fall flattens or reverses. On many tract lots the correct drainage path was built in at construction and later interrupted, so the fix is to restore it rather than invent one.

Isn't regrading just moving soil around?

It is shaping the surface to a designed fall and tying it to an outlet. Done without a target outlet, moved soil only relocates the problem — which is why the discharge point is settled first.