Landscape Irrigation

Your irrigation is a vital component in your landscape health and appearance, especially in dry or hot periods. Many systems are decades old and all systems require constant monitoring, maintenance, and repair. If you do not perform routine maintenance and repair, it will not work – no matter how much water you use. The systems are installed mostly subterranean in a dynamic environment. There are shifting and moving roots and rocks that can push up move down or break pipes, heads, valve boxes and wires and cause malfunctions. Some of the common issues are as follows:

• Multiple people changing the settings on the box
• Broken rain sensors
• Broken irrigation heads
• Poor water pressure
• Lack of coverage
• Broken pipes

A typical run cycle for a system uses 3,500 gallons. Right now, your system should be running 1-2 days a week for about 7-40mins per zone. As homeowners, it is important to watch the water usage through your irrigation system. Sometimes, five hundred square feet of new sod is cheaper than the water bill if you run enough to compensate for the tail end of the dry season. Meaning, at what point is it cheaper to let your soddie and install new sod as opposed to using all the water to maintain it. Subsequently, it is important to learn from the conditions and repair the irrigation if necessary.

Recommended Irrigation Check:

Each month your irrigation system should be run “zone by zone” in a test mode to inspect for proper coverage and/or any broken heads. Minor adjustments for improved coverage will be made on the spot at no charge, as long as they can be made within the allotted time for the irrigation check. This service is billed monthly and cost depends on the size of the irrigation system (#of zones).