Winnipeg Grading, Drainage & Systems
Send the water where it belongs
Standing water, a soggy lawn, moisture creeping toward the foundation — most of it comes down to grade. We fix the slope first, add the right drainage, and set up the systems that keep a yard working.
What this hub covers
The invisible work everything else sits on
This is the unglamorous, underground half of a landscape — the grading, drainage, irrigation and lighting that nobody photographs but everything depends on. Get it right and your patio stays level, your basement stays dry and your lawn stays green. Get it wrong and it’s the reason the pretty stuff fails.
Winnipeg makes it matter more than most places. We sit in the Red River Valley on heavy clay that drains about as fast as a parking lot, and every spring five months of snow melts across the whole city in a couple of weeks. A yard that shrugs off a summer sprinkle can completely fail under snowmelt — and in clay, saturated soil against a foundation is what pushes water into basements.
BerryHill reads your actual grade, finds where the water really goes, and fixes it at the source — then adds the irrigation and lighting that make the finished yard work day and night.
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Three ways we make a yard work
Read the grade, move the water, then wire it for use. Tap through for details and how we’d approach your lot.
Grading & Drainage Solutions
Regrading, French drains, catch basins, swales and downspout fixes — surface and groundwater both handled, so water runs away from your house instead of toward it.
Explore drainageIrrigation Installation
Automatic sprinkler and drip systems that water the lawn and beds evenly on a schedule — no more dragging hoses, and no more baking a new lawn in a July heat wave.
Explore irrigationOutdoor Lighting
Pathway, patio and accent lighting that makes the yard usable after dark, adds safety on steps and walkways, and shows off the hardscape and plantings you paid for.
Explore lightingGot a corner that never dries?
The only way to know your fix is to read your specific grade and soil. We’ll come out, find where the water’s really going, and give you an honest plan.
Book a free assessmentGrade first, everything second
Fix the slope before you build anything pretty
Before anyone sells you a fancy pipe system, the first question is always the same: which way does your yard slope? Nine times out of ten, the root problem is grade.
- 01We read the grade first. Water goes where the ground tips it. A common target is about six inches of fall over the first ten feet from the house.
- 02The right tool for your lot. French drain, catch basin, swale, dry well or just extended downspouts — matched to how your yard actually floods.
- 03Surface and groundwater both. They’re two different animals; a proper plan handles both, not just the puddle you can see.
- 04Depth and materials that last. Drains taken below the frost line, wrapped in fabric, with the right gravel — so they don’t silt up and quit in two seasons.
Grading is invisible the day it’s done — nobody photographs a slope. That’s exactly why it’s the most-skipped job in landscaping, right up until it’s the reason a patio heaved or a basement leaked. We do it first, and we do it right.
Why BerryHill
Built the way our grandfathers would’ve
No subcontractors, no treating the symptom instead of the cause. Just an honest read of your grade and the right fix for it.
Winnipeg roots
Over fifteen years reading grade and moving water in Red River Valley clay.
In-house crews
The team that assesses your yard is the team that fixes it — no handoffs.
Root-cause fixes
We fix the grade that’s causing the water, not just pump away what a slope would send off for free.
Proven record
BBB A-rated and five stars from Winnipeg homeowners.
What sits on top
Good grade makes everything else last
Drainage is the foundation the rest of the yard depends on. Explore the other hubs.
Hardscaping
Patios and walls that only survive when the base and drainage are right.
View hub →Softscaping & Lawns
Lawns and plantings that need water moved away from their roots.
View hub →Structures
Decks and pergolas that shouldn’t have water pooling underneath.
View hub →Landscape Design & Full Yard
Whole-yard plans that fix grade before building anything pretty on top.
View hub →Good questions
Drainage & grading in Winnipeg, answered
Why does my yard flood every spring but seem fine in summer?
Is standing water actually bad for my house?
Do I need a French drain or just better grading?
When can drainage work be done?
Should I install irrigation and lighting at the same time?
Let’s send that water packing
Book a free on-site assessment and we’ll read your grade, find where the water’s really going, and give you an honest plan to fix it.