Sprinkler and Watering Notes: Page 2
What we explain on service calls, written down: how to find a leak, what the watering rules really say, how to get through a freeze, and when an old system is worth fixing.
What Affects the Cost of a Sprinkler Repair
What really drives a sprinkler repair bill in the Park Cities and North Dallas: diagnosis, access, parts, code triggers, and what to check first.
Repair or Replace? How to Judge an Old Sprinkler System
How to judge whether an old Park Cities sprinkler system is worth repairing, which parts wear out, and what triggers code upgrades.
Drip Irrigation for Flower Beds: When It Beats Spray Heads
Why drip beats spray in Park Cities flower beds, what a drip zone needs, how the watering rules treat drip, and the mistakes we see most.
Backflow Preventers and Testing: What Texas Rules Require
What a sprinkler backflow preventer does, which types Texas allows, when state rules and University Park require a test, and how freezes damage them.
Smart Sprinkler Controllers and the Dallas Irrigation Rebate
What a smart controller does, how to set one up for Dallas or Park Cities rules, and who qualifies for the Dallas Water Utilities residential irrigation rebate.
Sprinkler Zone Won’t Shut Off? What to Do Right Now and Why It Happens
A sprinkler zone that keeps running is usually a stuck valve or a controller fault. How to stop the water in two minutes, then figure out which it is.
Why Your Sprinkler Heads Keep Breaking, and How to Stop It
Mowers, edgers, car tires and trash bins break more sprinkler heads than anything else. How to tell what broke yours and how to keep it from happening again.
High Water Bill? Check the Sprinkler System First
Why a sprinkler problem is often behind a jump in your water bill in Dallas, University Park and Highland Park, and how to check it yourself in an afternoon.
Sprinkler problem? Call and talk to a person.
Tell us what you are seeing: a wet spot, a dead zone, a geyser, a controller that will not turn on. We will tell you what it likely is and set a visit.
Call 469-902-9800