A cream limestone house with a red tile roof above a lawn that slopes toward a wooded creek, with sprinklers watering the slope

Sprinkler Repair in Highland Park, TX

Highland Park has some of the oldest homes and landscapes in Dallas County. That means beautiful yards, and sprinkler systems that have been patched, extended and buried under new beds for decades.

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ZIP 75205
ZIP 75219

Systems that grew over time

A lot of Highland Park irrigation was not installed all at once. A system went in years ago, then zones were added for new beds, a pool, a guest house or a new garden. Different companies used different parts. The result can be a controller with zones nobody can identify and valve boxes nobody can find.

We start by mapping the system: which zone waters what, where each valve is, and what kind of head is on each zone. We write it down for you. That alone makes every future repair faster and cheaper.

Mature trees and roots

Old oaks, elms and pecans shade much of the town. Their roots grow toward the moisture around sprinkler lines and can crack or crush them over time. They also lift heads out of line. When we repair lines near big trees, we hand-dig and route around major roots rather than cutting through them, and we keep heads off tree trunks.

Thick surface roots of a large tree spreading across a lawn, with cracked soil and a sprinkler head pushed sideways beside a root

Slopes toward Turtle Creek

Streets near Turtle Creek and the lakes along it slope noticeably. On a slope, water from the top of a zone runs downhill, and after the zone shuts off, the water in the pipe drains out the lowest head. That keeps the bottom of the yard soggy and the top dry. Check valves in the low heads stop the draining, and shorter run times repeated a few times let water soak in before it runs off.

Sprinkler water running off a sloped lawn in small streams onto a brick walk at the bottom of the slope

Formal beds and lawns

Many Highland Park yards have formal beds, hedges and seasonal color. Spray heads in those beds wet leaves and leave spots on brick and stone. We often convert beds to drip and keep spray heads only on the lawn. The plants do better and the house stays cleaner.

A spray head misting a bed of white flowers between clipped boxwood hedges in front of a stone house

Backflow and freezes

Many older homes have the backflow device right by the front door or along a side walk, fully exposed. The February 2021 storm cracked many of them. An insulated cover and a simple shut-off plan before a hard freeze prevent most of that. See freeze protection.

Highland Park rules

Highland Park is a separate town with its own rules. Sprinklers run on two days a week: Sunday and Thursday for even-numbered addresses, Saturday and Wednesday for odd. From April 1 through October 31 there is no sprinkler watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., though hand watering and soaker hoses are allowed. The town also takes requests for a temporary watering variance. See the Town of Highland Park water conservation page.

We set your controller to match. Our watering rules guide compares all three cities side by side.

Questions people ask us

Can you find buried valve boxes?

Yes. We can trace valve wires to locate buried valves, then raise the boxes so they can be reached easily.

Can you work with our landscaper?

Yes. Many Highland Park homes have regular landscape crews. We are happy to coordinate so new plantings and irrigation match.

Is Highland Park the same as University Park?

No. They are two separate cities, often called the Park Cities together. We serve both.

Worth reading before you call

Watering Rules in Dallas, University Park and Highland Park, ExplainedWhich days you can run sprinklers in Dallas, University Park and Highland Park, the daytime limits, what is exempt, and how variances for new…
How to Water a Lawn on Dallas Clay: Cycle and Soak, Step by StepWhy water runs off Park Cities clay, how to set cycle and soak on your controller, and how to measure what your sprinklers actually…
Spring Sprinkler Start-Up Checklist for Park Cities HomesA zone-by-zone spring check for your sprinkler system in University Park, Highland Park and Dallas, from opening the shut-off to resetting the controller.
Sprinkler Zone Won’t Shut Off? What to Do Right Now and Why It HappensA sprinkler zone that keeps running is usually a stuck valve or a controller fault. How to stop the water in two minutes, then…

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