Sprinkler repair questions we hear in Houston

Yes. Most visits are repairs on systems already in the ground — Rain Bird, Hunter, Toro, and mixed HOA systems included.

Usually one zone: a valve, a pipe, or a few heads. Sometimes chinch bugs on St. Augustine. We turn the system on before we guess.

No. St. Augustine on Houston clay needs a deep soak at night. Short daily sprays mostly run off the driveway.

Yes — plus Cypress, Pearland, the Heights, Memorial, Clear Lake, Conroe, Galveston, and the other cities on our service-area list.

Turn off the two valves on the backflow device at the house, then call. We treat flooding and stuck valves as urgent.

Call 713-555-1212 or send the form. We come to your home.

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No. We come to your lawn across Greater Houston.

Yes. Most of our work is repair and tune-up on systems that are already in the ground — Rain Bird, Hunter, Toro, Irritrol, Weathermatic, and mixed HOA installs.

Call. Same-day emergency shutoff and repair is how we treat a pipe that is flooding the yard or the street.

Front-yard HOA irrigation is common in Katy, Sienna, Bridgeland, and Cinco Ranch. We repair what we can access. Common-area controllers belong to the association.

Often yes. If the pipe is also cracked below the head, we say so before we bury it.

Pressure is too high or the nozzle is too small. Houston city pressure varies by street. We add a regulator or change the nozzle.

Hunter, Rain Bird, Toro, and compatible bodies. We match what is in the ground when we can.

No. A stuck valve, a missing head, and a grade that dumps AC condensate can look the same. We diagnose first.

Yes. St. Augustine plugs or sod match on HOA parkways. We do not leave a mud patch for the committee photo.

Yes. Houston Black and Bernard clays heave fittings. We see it every summer on the west side.

A weep, a high water table, or a missing drain. Coastal lots in League City and Clear Lake do this. We fix the weep first.

Yes. That is the usual job.

If both failed. We will not sell a controller for a dead valve.

Yes. A lot of “broken” systems are bad start times and a rain sensor bypass.

Yes, when the Wi-Fi reaches the garage wall. We will not pretend a dead spot is a feature.

Only if the old program was the problem. Heads and pressure still have to work.

It is almost always one zone — one valve, one lateral. We start there.

Yes, if the main and controller have capacity. That is installation, not a ten-minute repair.

Chinch bugs mimic irrigation failure on St. Augustine. We will tell you if the system is actually watering.

Yes, plus the water meter. Gadgets without a meter reading waste a trench.

Sometimes. We tell you before we talk about boring or a reroute.

If the meter still moves with the irrigation shutoff closed, that is plumbing. We say so.

Many cities and HOAs do. We install to the controller that is already there.

If the system currently waters in the rain, yes. It will not fix a leak.

Hardwired is simpler. Wireless if the wire pull is ugly. We will say which.

We repair the assembly. Official testing is a licensed tester — we can coordinate.

A closed backflow shutoff is the first thing we look at. It is also the cheapest fix.

Insulate it before a freeze warning. A towel that stays wet is not a plan.

Yes. That is a small design job, not a head swap.

No. Drip is for beds. Lawn wants heads.

Longer, fewer times — we set it to the plants, not the lawn program.

A standard lot is often two to three days after design. Large Memorial lots take longer.

Both. We choose what fits the pressure and the parts you can buy locally in five years.

Yes, with a pump and filtration conversation first.

Tune-ups and on-call repair. We are not a mow crew.

Blowouts are for real winters. Here we insulate the backflow before a rare freeze and drain what the city tells us to.

At least twice a year. After a freeze warning, add a look at the brass.

Yes. Say so when you book.

Yes. One vendor, labeled controllers.

Commons are commercial. Lot irrigation is residential. We do both; the invoice says which.

Close the two shutoffs on the backflow. If you cannot, close the house irrigation stop if you have one.

Urgent after-hours visits are priced as urgent. We say the number before we come.

Runoff notices happen. Shutting it off fast is the move.

After a point, yes. We will show you the math.

If they are current and matched. Cracked bodies go in the bucket.

Often a week on a standard lot, longer with HOA restoration rules.

Yes, until the stem is sanded stuck. Then call.

The original layout never covered them. That is a head-add, not a twist.

If you were watering the street, yes.