Yard Grading and Regrading in Old Lyme, CT

Drainage Pro of CT reshapes the slope of residential properties throughout Old Lyme, CT so water moves away from your building and off your land. We are drainage specialists, not landscapers, and we approach every Old Lyme grading project with a drainage outcome in mind from the first assessment to the final grade.

Yard Grading and Regrading for Old Lyme, CT Homeowners

Grading problems on Old Lyme residential properties reflect the full range of the town's geographic and historic character, and the approach needed on each property reflects that range.

On the flat coastal lots of Sound View, White Sand Beach, Old Lyme Shores, Old Colony Beach, and Hawk's Nest Beach, the grading challenge is the same flat terrain condition we address throughout the coastal shoreline towns: the terrain provides no natural drainage direction, which means establishing positive drainage requires deliberately adding material and shaping a slope that the flat coastal terrain does not supply on its own. FEMA flood zone designations apply to a significant share of these coastal lots, and the absence of any natural outfall means grading corrections here need an integrated discharge plan from the start, because the redirected surface water has nowhere to go without a designed outlet such as a dry well or catch basin.

Along Lyme Street and throughout Old Lyme's historic residential district, grading problems carry a long accumulated history. Some of these properties have been modified, landscaped, regraded, and built upon continuously since the colonial period, and the current grade conditions reflect the accumulated result of all those modifications over centuries rather than any single original design intent. Mature trees that have displaced soil over generations, historic stone walls built in different eras with different drainage provisions, and landscape modifications made over decades without understanding their drainage consequences all contribute to the grade conditions we assess on historic Old Lyme properties. The proximity of the Duck River to properties along the lower portion of the historic district adds a persistent groundwater dimension that interacts with surface drainage patterns in ways that require careful assessment before recommending any grade correction.

On inland Old Lyme properties along Grassy Hill Road, Town Woods Road, and the wooded parcels near Rogers Lake and the upper Lieutenant River watershed, grading problems are directional. The natural terrain slopes along the three north-south ridges that divide the Lieutenant, Black Hall, and Four Mile River drainage basins, and the question on these inland parcels is whether surface water moving across that terrain is heading toward the building or away from it. On inland Old Lyme parcels where higher terrain above the home sheds runoff toward the building, grading corrections work in combination with curtain drain installations to address both the surface flow direction and the subsurface water movement from higher elevations.

Common Yard Grading Problems on Old Lyme Residential Properties

How Much Does Yard Grading Cost in Old Lyme, CT?

Yard grading and regrading projects in Old Lyme typically cost between $2,000 and $5,500 for residential properties. Old Lyme's sandy coastal soils in the beach communities are generally less demanding to work than the heavier inland soils near Grassy Hill Road and the northern ridges, keeping excavation and material costs lower for coastal Old Lyme grading projects. Grading projects on historic Lyme Street properties requiring extra care around mature landscaping, those that include dry well or catch basin installation as part of the discharge solution, and larger inland corrections are toward the higher end. Every grading project we complete in Old Lyme is backed by our 5-year workmanship warranty.

Get Your Free Yard Grading Estimate in Old Lyme, CT

If water is flowing toward your Old Lyme home instead of away from it, your yard pools in the same spots every time it rains, or a grading problem has been building for years on your property, we are ready to come out and address it. We will walk your Old Lyme property, assess the full drainage picture specific to your neighborhood, and give you a clear and honest plan with straightforward pricing before any work begins. No pressure. No guessing. Just yard grading and regrading in Old Lyme, CT built for your property's specific conditions.