Irrigation, so the water lands on the lawn
From a single broken head flooding one corner of the yard to a full new system, we install and repair irrigation across Seminole and north Orange County — and find the leak that has been quietly running up the bill.
- Covers
- New systems & repairs
- Diagnoses
- Zone by zone, on site
- Estimate
- Free system check
Repair first, replace only if it is worth it
Most calls are a repair, not a rebuild — a zone that stopped, a head spraying the sidewalk, a controller that lost its schedule. We run the system zone by zone, find what is actually failing, and price the fix.
When a system is old enough that repairs are stacking up faster than they hold, we will tell you that too — and quote a new one against the zones and layout the property actually needs, not a bigger system than the lot calls for.
What usually breaks
- Clogged heads
- Sand works into the nozzle and the spray goes lopsided or drops to a dribble. Common on older heads and after any line work.
- Heads clipped by a mower
- A head sitting proud of the grade gets caught and snapped. It keeps running — straight up, or into the fence.
- Failed valve solenoid
- The little electromagnet that opens a zone burns out or sticks. That whole zone stops coming on, or will not shut off.
- Controller knocked out by a surge
- A close lightning strike or a utility surge takes out the timer. Zones run at the wrong time, or the schedule is gone entirely.
- Leak at the backflow
- The backflow preventer at the supply seeps or splits — a wet spot that never dries near the meter, and pressure lost to every zone downstream.
- Pipe crushed by roots
- A tree root grows against a buried line until it cracks. Water goes into the ground instead of the lawn, and the bill is the first sign.
- Dead rain sensor
- The shutoff that Florida law requires has failed or been bypassed, so the system waters straight through a storm.
Required by Florida law
Florida Statute 373.62 requires every automatic irrigation system to have working technology that shuts it off when there has been enough rain — a rain sensor, a soil-moisture controller or a weather-based one. A failed or bypassed rain sensor is one of the most common things we find on a system that has gone a few years without service, and it is usually a small part to put right.
Before you call it a rebuild
Irrigation, the questions that come up
What days can I water my lawn in Seminole County?
Seminole County runs the year-round schedule: twice a week from March through November, once a week from November through March, and no watering between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on any day. Odd-numbered street addresses water Wednesday and Saturday; even-numbered addresses water Thursday and Sunday. Hand watering with a shut-off nozzle is allowed any time, and newly installed landscape gets a 60-day establishment exception. A few cities layer their own rules on top, so it is worth checking yours.
One zone stopped working — what is that, usually?
Most often a failed solenoid or a worn valve on that zone, so it never opens. Sometimes it is a break in the wire between the controller and that valve. Either way it is a contained repair, not a whole-system problem.
My water bill jumped — could it be the sprinklers?
Often, yes. A cracked buried line, a worn valve diaphragm that no longer seals, or a broken head will all waste water quietly until the bill spikes or a soggy patch shows up. Florida’s sandy soil and tree roots are hard on buried lines, so a system that was fine last year can be leaking this one.
Does my system have to have a rain sensor?
Yes. Florida law (Statute 373.62) requires every automatic irrigation system to have working technology that shuts it off when there has been enough rain — a rain sensor, a soil-moisture controller or a weather-based one. A dead or bypassed rain sensor is one of the most common things we find on a system that has not been serviced in a while.
What are the most common repairs?
Heads clogged with sand, heads clipped off by a mower, failed valve solenoids, controllers knocked out by a power surge, leaks at the backflow preventer, and pipe crushed by roots. Most are quick once the cause is found; finding the cause is the part that takes a system walk.
Tell us what the system is doing, or not doing.
A dead zone, a soft spot in the lawn, a water bill that climbed for no reason — call (407) 766-9085 or send the address and we will run it zone by zone and tell you what it needs.
Prepared by Lawncare 4U — Longwood, FL