Irrigation services
Irrigation companies do five distinct things: design and install new systems, audit and tune existing ones, repair broken heads, valves and wiring, install and program controllers, and open and close systems seasonally. Installation is priced by zone - LatestCost puts a typical zone at about $350, with a range of roughly $200 to $700 including heads, valve, wiring and basic trenching. An audit is the cheapest service and often the highest value, because EPA WaterSense estimates about 50 percent of the water used for residential outdoor irrigation is wasted through overwatering and inefficiency.
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What irrigation services actually cover
The most common mistake is buying installation when you needed an audit. A system that waters unevenly, floods one corner and browns another usually has fixable problems - tilted heads, mismatched nozzles in one zone, a stuck valve, a controller programmed by someone who has since moved away. Replacing it is enormously more expensive than correcting it.
There is a real certification you can look for. EPA WaterSense maintains a directory of professionals who have completed a WaterSense labeled certification program in irrigation system audit, installation and maintenance, or design, searchable by ZIP code. It isn't a guarantee, but it's a verifiable credential rather than a logo a company printed itself.
Repairs are where costs quietly accumulate. LatestCost puts ongoing upkeep at roughly $50 to $150 per zone per year and labor at about $60 to $120 an hour. A broken head is worth fixing immediately for its own sake: EPA WaterSense estimates a single broken sprinkler head can waste up to 25,000 gallons of water and $280 over a six-month irrigation season.
Ask any company how they'll verify their own work. A good irrigation contractor runs each zone in front of you at the end of the job, shows head-to-head coverage, and hands over a zone map and the controller program in writing. If nobody walks the yard with the system running, nothing has been verified.
All irrigation services
Each one covers what the job involves, what moves the price, and when it is the wrong call.
Sprinkler Installation
Sprinkler Repair
Sprinkler Maintenance
Smart Irrigation Installation
Drip Irrigation Installation
Lawn Irrigation Installation
Garden Irrigation Installation
Irrigation Controller Installation
Sprinkler Head Replacement
Irrigation Valve Repair
Backflow Prevention Installation
Irrigation Leak Detection
Irrigation Winterization
Irrigation Spring Startup
Irrigation Audit
Rain Sensor Installation
Soil Moisture Sensor Installation
Water Conservation Irrigation Upgrade
Commercial Irrigation Installation
Irrigation System Redesign
Pressure Regulation Irrigation
Zone Expansion Irrigation
Picking the right irrigation job
The judgement calls that decide the bill, before anyone quotes you.
Get an audit before you get a redesign
Uneven watering is far more often a tuning problem than a system-replacement problem. An audit costs a fraction of an install.
Check the WaterSense professional directory
EPA's directory lists pros who completed a WaterSense labeled certification, searchable by ZIP and by certification type.
Ask for a zone map
A drawing of what each zone covers, plus the programmed schedule, should be part of every install and audit. Without it, the next contractor starts from scratch.
Price by zone, not by lump sum
Zones are the unit of irrigation work. Per-zone pricing makes two bids comparable and makes scope changes honest.
Fix broken heads immediately
WaterSense estimates a single broken head can waste up to 25,000 gallons and $280 across a six-month season. Repairs pay for themselves fast.
The wrong service call is the expensive one
Most people booking irrigation work are buying a diagnosis, not a job - and the trade you pick decides what diagnosis you get. Book the wrong specialist and you pay a call-out fee to be told it is somebody else's problem.
- Describe the symptom What you can observe, and when it started. Not what you think it is.
- Ask what the visit includes Whether the diagnostic fee is credited against the work is a question with a real answer.
- Get the scope in writing A number with no line items cannot be compared to a second number.
Where these figures come from
Sources last checked
- EPA WaterSense - Irrigation Controllers · retrieved 2026-07-26
- EPA WaterSense - Sprinkler Spruce-Up · retrieved 2026-07-26
- EPA WaterSense - Find a Certified Professional · retrieved 2026-07-26
- LatestCost - Sprinkler System Cost Per Zone (2026) · retrieved 2026-07-26
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