Dry patches, a head that will not shut off, a bill that jumped. Diagnosed properly before anything gets replaced.
We diagnose and repair existing sprinkler systems — heads, nozzles, valves, lateral leaks, coverage problems and controllers. We do not advertise irrigation installation, because that is licensed trade work in Texas and we are not going to imply otherwise. If your project needs a licensed irrigator, we will say so and help you find one.
The fastest way to spend money on irrigation without fixing anything is to replace components before understanding the fault. A dry patch gets a new head; the patch stays dry, because the actual problem was a partly closed valve two zones upstream or a nozzle throwing the wrong arc into a shrub that has grown four feet since the system went in.
So the first visit is diagnostic. Every zone gets run manually and watched, start to finish. That is genuinely the only way to see a valve that fails to close, a head that sinks below grade under pressure, or an overlap gap that only appears when the neighbouring zone is off.
Broken, sunken or blocked heads. The obvious category. Mower damage, settled soil, and heads that were correct at installation and are now behind a mature shrub.
Valves that will not close. Debris in the diaphragm or a failed solenoid. Symptom is a zone that keeps running or weeps continuously, and it is one of the most common causes of an unexplained bill increase, because the cycle usually runs while everyone is asleep.
Lateral line leaks. Frequently created by somebody else’s trenching — drainage work, fencing, and landscape installation all cut irrigation lines regularly. Shows up as a soft patch, or grass that is suspiciously greener in one spot.
Coverage that was never right, or is no longer right. Especially on the larger lots around Double Oak and Argyle, where a system scaled for the original planted area now has to cover considerably more ground.
Controllers. Power interruptions reset programmes to defaults, and defaults are often several start times per day. Plenty of “my system is broken” calls turn out to be a controller quietly running a schedule nobody chose.
Backflow assemblies. Freeze damage, and the annual testing requirement most people are unaware of.
There is little point tuning a system without knowing what it is legally allowed to do.
Most of this service area is under mandatory outdoor watering restrictions, and — unusually — they do not all come from city government:
Stages change with conditions, so confirm yours directly with your provider. But the practical point stands: a controller programmed for a schedule you are not allowed to run is a violation waiting to happen, and a system that has to deliver a week’s water in two permitted windows needs to be efficient in a way that a system watering daily never did.
Texas requires annual testing of irrigation backflow prevention devices. Cross Timbers Water Supply Corporation reported that more than thirty-five percent of its members had not completed the required testing — which is to say, this is not an obscure technicality that a handful of people miss.
If you have never been asked about yours, it is worth finding out where you stand.
Highland Village is worth a note because its irrigation problems cluster in a way most towns’ do not. Highland Shores alone was more than eighteen hundred homes developed from a single build wave starting in the mid-1980s, which means a large number of systems installed within a few years of each other. Valves, solenoids and controllers therefore reach end of life in waves rather than spread evenly — and if your neighbours are suddenly all having sprinkler trouble, that is why.
Usually one of three things. A stuck valve that keeps a zone running after the controller has moved on, which you will never see if the cycle runs before dawn. An underground lateral leak, which shows as a soft or unusually green patch long before it surfaces. Or a controller that reset itself after a power blip and reverted to a default programme — often several start times a day. Running each zone manually and watching is how we tell which.
Most often coverage rather than pressure. Sprinkler layouts are designed for head-to-head coverage, and when one head is blocked, sunk below grade, tilted, or the wrong nozzle for its arc, the overlap breaks down and you get a dry wedge. Shrubs that have grown since installation are a very common culprit. On larger lots the other cause is a system originally scaled for a smaller planted area than the property now has.
Texas requires annual testing of the backflow prevention device on an irrigation system — it stops irrigation water being drawn back into the drinking supply. It is a genuine public health requirement rather than paperwork. It is also widely ignored: Cross Timbers Water Supply Corporation reported that over thirty-five percent of its members had not completed the required testing. If you have never had yours tested, you are in that group.
We stay in the repair and troubleshooting lane, and we would rather say that plainly than blur it. Irrigation installation in Texas is licensed trade work with its own rules, and we are not going to make claims we are not cleared to make. What we do is diagnose problems, repair and replace failed components on existing systems, correct coverage, and adjust controllers. If your project genuinely requires a licensed irrigator, we will tell you and point you at one rather than taking the job.
North Texas gets hard freezes that catch people out because the season is short. Exposed backflow assemblies and above-ground components are the vulnerable parts. Insulating them before the first hard freeze is a small job compared with replacing a cracked assembly.
By finding out who actually supplies your water, which is less obvious here than it should be. Double Oak, Bartonville and Copper Canyon are on Cross Timbers Water Supply Corporation. Argyle is on Argyle Water Supply Corporation, and the town states plainly that it is not associated with it. Flower Mound and much of southern Denton County fall under Upper Trinity. Four authorities, four sets of rules, none of them necessarily on your city website.
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Every town here sits on the same Blackland Prairie clay, and every one of them creates a slightly different version of the problem. Pick yours:
Home base. Large-lot properties, half-acre and up, where drainage has further to travel and irrigation has more ground to cover.
Double Oak landscaping →
Bridlewood, Wellington, Canyon Falls and the lake-adjacent neighborhoods — where 1990s-era irrigation is hitting the age when it starts failing.
Flower Mound landscaping →
Highland Shores and the south shore of Lewisville Lake — 1,800-plus homes built in one wave, and their sprinkler systems are aging in one wave too.
Highland Village landscaping →
The widest range of housing age in the service area — 1950s core to new build — which means no two yards here need quite the same thing.
Lewisville landscaping →
The county seat, and the namesake of the Denton soil series — clay over limestone, which changes how water moves and how deep roots can go.
Denton landscaping →
Acreage country. Bigger lots, longer runs, and watering rules that make an efficient system worth more here than almost anywhere else nearby.
Argyle landscaping →Standing water, soggy spots, washouts — graded, piped and fixed before the next big rain, not after it.
Learn more →New turf laid over properly prepped soil — the part most crews skip, and the reason sod fails.
Learn more →Mowing, edging, weed control and seasonal work on a schedule you can actually set your week by.
Learn more →Beds, plantings and layouts designed on your property, in person — not pulled from a catalog.
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