Driveway Grading That Drains Right and Stays Smooth

Most residential driveway grading jobs in the Lansing area run $400 to $1,200 depending on driveway length, condition, and whether new stone is needed on top. We come out, look at it in person, and give you a flat quote before any work starts.

If you keep adding stone and the same ruts keep coming back, you need grading. Fresh gravel on a bad grade washes out within one or two seasons. Regrade first, then top with stone, and you get years out of the same load.

A standard residential driveway takes a few hours to half a day. Long rural driveways or driveways needing significant cut and fill can take a full day. Full property grading on a typical lot is one day.

Often, yes. Most basement water problems start with surface water that should be flowing away from the foundation but is flowing toward it. Grading is usually the first thing to try before paying for waterproofing or a sump system.

A driveway crown is the slight high point down the center of the driveway that pushes water off to the sides. Without it, water runs down the driveway, carves channels, and takes your gravel with it. Restoring the crown is the single most important part of any driveway regrade.

Both. We grade dirt, gravel, crushed limestone, and recycled asphalt driveways. The technique is the same; only the surface material changes.

Water pooling against your house, ruts after every storm, low spots that hold water for days, soggy lawn near the foundation, gravel that keeps disappearing. These are all classic grading symptoms.

Grading needs unfrozen ground to be done right. We schedule grading work spring through fall in mid-Michigan. We can book your job in advance for the next opening.