Houston Sprinkler System Installation and Repair
An irrigation system is only as good as its zoning: turf, beds, and pots want different amounts of water at different times, and one zone covering all three drowns something. Installed and set correctly it uses less water than hand watering and keeps planting alive through August.
What’s included in the work.
Every project has the same core scope, adapted to the specific property and program.
- 01
Design & Zoning
Heads, nozzles, and zones laid out by hydrozone so turf, shrub beds, and containers each run on their own schedule.
- 02
Water Supply & Backflow
Supply tapped, pressure and flow checked, and backflow prevention installed to code.
- 03
Sprinkler Installation
Mains and laterals trenched, with rotors and sprays set at the spacing and height that give even coverage.
- 04
Drip & Bubblers
Drip lines and bubblers run through beds and to trees, where spray heads waste most of what they throw.
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Controller & Sensors
Smart controller, rain and freeze sensors, and seasonal programming set up and explained.
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Repairs & Audits
Existing systems audited head by head, with leaks, broken heads, valve faults, and coverage gaps corrected.
Everything you see.
Everything you don’t.
What separates a landscape that lasts from one that fails in two summers is the work you never see — grade, drainage, soil preparation, and compacted base. On Houston clay, that is most of the job.
And what you do see — the joint lines, the bed edges, the level of a terrace against the house — we hold to the same standard.
Roughly what it costs.
The range below is what work of this kind typically runs in Houston, so you can place yourself in it before you call. It is a starting point, not a quote — every project is scoped to the specific property, program, and material selections.
We confirm a clear investment range in the initial consultation and issue a detailed proposal after the design phase.
- Property size, and the number of zones the planting actually needs
- Spray and rotor heads against drip run through beds and to trees
- A new system, a retrofit, or repairs to what is already there
- The controller and sensors specified
- Supply tap, pressure and flow, and backflow prevention to code
$3,500 – $15,000
Most projects of this type
- At the lower end
- Repairs and a retune of an existing system, or a few new zones covering a front lawn.
- At the upper end
- A whole-property system zoned by hydrozone, with drip through every bed, a smart controller, rain and freeze sensors, and backflow prevention to code.
A range, not a quote. Your figure depends on square footage, materials, how much grading and drainage the site needs, and equipment access.
Work that goes with this.
Most projects combine several of these, and doing them together costs less than doing them one at a time.
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Houston Sod Installation, Graded, Amended and Watered In
New lawns installed on prepared, graded soil — with the variety matched to how much sun the yard actually gets.
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Xeriscape Landscape Design for Low Water Houston Yards
Low-water planting with gravel, boulders, and adapted species — often searched as zeroscaping, and the answer to a lawn that cannot survive a watering restriction.
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Houston Landscape Lighting, Low Voltage and Built to Last
Low-voltage exterior lighting designed so the yard is usable after dark and the house still looks good from the street.
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Written about this work.
What we have published on it — what it costs, what it is like to live with, and how it is put together.
- Plants & Planting · 6 min read · By Chris GosselinNative Texas Plants That Handle DroughtNative plants that survive a Houston summer without constant irrigation — and why “drought tolerant” still means watering through the first year.
- Plants & Planting · 5 min read · By Chris GosselinWhy Boxwoods Fail in Houston, and What We Plant InsteadBoxwoods look right and die anyway. Why they struggle in Gulf Coast heat and clay, and why Dwarf Yaupon Holly is the swap we now specify in Houston beds.
- Landscape Design · 5 min read · By Chris GosselinSigns Your Yard Has a Drainage ProblemStanding water, mosquitoes, mulch that washes out, cracks at the slab — the early signs your yard’s drainage is failing, and what each one is telling you.
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