Most water problems on a property come down to slope. When the ground tips toward a house, shop, or driveway, runoff goes there every single time, and in winter it freezes in place. Good grading flips that so water heads for a safe spot instead, like a swale, the street, or a corner of the lot that can take it.
We handle grading in Naples for homeowners, builders, farms, and commercial owners. That includes rough grading for new construction, finish grading ahead of lawn or rock, regrading yards where backfill has settled, and building up pads for shops and equipment. Every job is set to measured elevations and compacted in thin layers, so the shape you pay for is the shape that’s still there a few winters from now.
We know how Naples snowmelt and summer cloudbursts move across a lot, and we shape each grade for those quick surges.
Skid steers, loaders, and compaction gear sized to your site let us grade a tight side yard or a wide shop lot.
If grading alone won't solve your water problem, we'll say so and explain what else the site actually needs.
We keep material off your driveway and street, protect what you want saved, and leave the finished grade raked clean.
A lot of the homes in Naples went up in the last fifteen years, and many of them share the same problem. Backfill around the foundation settles over the first few winters, and ground that once sloped away from the house slowly starts tipping back toward it. You’ll notice it as puddles along the wall, soggy window wells, or ice that never melts off the side yard.
Regrading fixes that by rebuilding the slope with compacted soil. A common rule of thumb is to drop about 6 inches over the first 10 feet away from the foundation, then keep the water moving toward a swale, street, or other safe outlet.
The Ashley Valley only gets around 9 inches of precipitation and about 20 inches of snow a year, so it’s easy to assume water isn’t an issue. The trouble is timing. Snow piles up through winter and melts over a few weeks, and summer thunderstorms dump a lot of water in a short burst. Dry, crusted ground can’t soak that up fast enough, so it runs off along whatever slope it finds.
Grading for those surges is different from grading for steady rain. If water already pools in the same spot every spring, pairing the grade with drainage solutions like a swale or French drain gives it a dependable path off the property.
Before any dirt moves, we spend time looking at the whole property. These are the things that shape the plan:
We also mark anything you want left alone, like a garden bed, a mature tree, or a fence line, so equipment stays clear. Laying all of that out first is what keeps the plan from changing halfway through the job.
Older homes in Naples often sit on larger lots with small pastures, corrals, and hay ground. Those properties need a different kind of grading. Corrals and loafing areas should shed water so they don’t turn to mud every spring. Field edges sometimes need to be shaped so flood irrigation reaches the far end instead of pooling halfway across.
We also clean up ground that’s been rutted by trucks and trailers over the years, cutting down ridges and filling low tracks so the area mows and drains evenly again. Small fixes like that make a big difference on a property you work every day.
Businesses along the US-40 corridor and the light industrial parks north of it need ground that stays flat under loaded trucks and stored equipment. Grading a yard like that means stripping soft soil, building up with better material, and compacting each lift until it’s firm. We also slope the surface just enough to drain so the yard doesn’t turn into a frozen pond every February.
If the yard will be paved later, or a lane needs a solid base, our driveway prep builds road base right on top of the finished grade.
Once the slopes are set, the last step is deciding what covers them. Sod and seed need a few inches of good topsoil over the compacted grade. Rock beds along the foundation are popular here because they handle the sun and dry summers, and our mulch and rock installation crew can lay fabric and rock right over the new grade.
Whatever goes on top, the work underneath is what keeps it looking good. Call (801) 669-0512 and we’ll come take a look at your property.
We walk your property, watch how it slopes, note where water collects, and ask what you plan to put on top.
Your free quote explains the cut and fill plan, any material to import or haul, and the finished slopes we'll set.
We strip what needs to go, cut and fill to measured elevations, and compact every layer before adding the next one.
When grading wraps up, we walk the slopes with you and confirm water will head toward the planned outlet.
