Sprinkler Repair and Installation | Irrigation System Services North Jingle Pot

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Irrigation service & repair rates

Our irrigation service calls charged at $100 per hour, plus parts, this includes mobilization, office & travel time, and upto 60 minutes at your property

Irrigation repairs are charged at time plus materials, as we are unable to provide estimates for any sprinkler repairs/work due to the amount of troubleshooting and excavating

When time scheduling service appointments for clients, we may require more than one visit to complete the repairs. The majority of irrigation issues can be fixed without anyone being home, as long as water is available and the system is running, with exception of needing access for controller adjustments, if its located in the house or garage. We do ask that clients are home for initial visit.

Appointments

You can reach us via phone or email when looking to schedule an appointment. Our office will take details (name, address phone number and email) and discuss appointment scheduling with you. Invoices are due on date its issued and late fee of 2% interest after every month it is over due.

Warranties

We provide a 1 year warranty for all parts and labour, and some products have longer warranties from the supplier. We do install Wi-Fi smart controllers, but due to communication complications with 2.4g and 5g ISP’s, we do charge extra for smart setups on home computers and phones.

Emergencies

Emergency service rates are $325 for the first hour, and $225 for each additional hour thereafter

Spring startups

We love to start up systems and make sure you have the perfect irrigation coverage, while maintaining efficiency as well as healthy lawn and plants. Irrigation spring startups are charged at $120 plus parts and this will include pressurizing the system and checking head coverage, valve functionality, and check all zones for any damage/ repairs or adjustments. This covers 1 hour on site and travel time to 15 minutes outside of the city.

If we unable to complete all repairs within this visit, then an additional service appointment will be scheduled to complete the work, as well as separate invoice detailing work carried out on second visit.

Winterization

Winterization is a key part of every irrigation system, as just turning off and leaving it until spring often can cause expensive repairs. The winterization process involves an industrial compressor to purge the system of all water to prevent damage from pipes freezing. Our residential blowout services are charged at $15 per zone. Our scheduled visit will require a 50ft minimum parking spot for truck and compressor and covers up to 100ft hose connection, if additional air hoses are required, then they will be invoiced separately at $25 per additional 50ft hose required.

When providing our winterization service, we are unable to provide repair work, but our technician does make notes ready for the spring, when repairs can be completed

We are unable to offer commercial system blowouts at this time.

We do ask that irrigation blowouts are booked prior to September 30th, and paid promptly upon blowout completion. Our blowout technician will reach out to let you know when they will be in your area, and to confirm that the irrigation supply has been turned off inside the house.

Compare us to other local contractors

When looking for an irrigation installation and repair company in North Jingle pot, reliability, reputation, insurance, certification and price should be your main focus. Irrigation services are a very specialized market. We do provide competitive contractor quotes however our prices are based on years of experience, certification and insurance, which we feel translates into fair value and good service.

We also pride ourselves in staying up to date on local irrigation information and best install techniques provided by Rainbird and IIABC. This allows us to deal with problems efficiently and keep providing quality work and products.

How much does an irrigation system cost?

Our irrigation zones cost start at $1350 each, and this includes the controller, heads, pipe, wire, labour etc.

A small basic system installed at a new home front yard, without landscaping usually starts at $5400, providing 4 zones for a basic lawn and garden bed setup. Larger systems with more complicated systems 8-10 zones usually $10-14,000.  

There are numerous factors to take into account when it comes to cost. A few elements that will influence the cost are as follows:

Dimensions

The quantity of lawn space, vegetable and garden beds

The gardens layout and slope soil circumstances

Tree species, sizes, and quantities

When we install new irrigation systems in a landscape, it is done with conduits under all hardscapes, to save the client money in future upgrades and repairs.

All irrigation systems require a point of connection either from the street or from the house. A point of connection can only be provided by a licensed plumber to meet local codes and bylaws.  We install mandatory safety shutoffs and blowout connections on every system, as well as master valves and check valves on any properties with slopes and retaining walls. All drip systems are fitted with PRV’s and relevant filtration for system longevity.

Any property with heavy clay, poor access and rocky terrain may be adjusted from fixed zone price to time plus materials if the landscape requires trenching with heavy machine or jack hammering. All installations will require an onsite appointment to discuss system requirements, Point of Connection (P.o.C), clock location, number of areas (lawn, beds, veggie gardens, trees etc) and perform a ‘gallons per minute’ pressure test.

If the P.o.C is not available at time of the appointment, then we can book an additional visit to get this information at no extra cost, after the plumber has provided the irrigation connection.

Controller

We will need a standard 110v electrical outlet for the controller, as well as a space close by, to mount it. The location needs to have direct access to the landscape/ground, so the irrigation wiring can be run to the valves and valve box. While we are able to drill through the foundations, concrete walkways attached to foundations make some wiring routes inaccessible

Irrigation insurance

Due to our irrigation insurance coverage & warranty policy, we only use local supplier bought materials and are unable to use client bought materials or reuse old parts.

How do we calculate gallons per minute for your irrigation zones

To calculate number of zones, we usually use our Toro flow gauge, which will be connected to the main sprinkler source, or we can use a 5 gallon bucket. The flow gauge will give standing pressure of water in the pipe without movement, as well as gallons per minute at controlled PSI levels, once the tap is open.

A 5 gallon bucket method, is where you use a timer and run the tap into the bucket for 1 minute or 30 seconds depending how fast the flow is, and then once the time is finished see how many gallons you have in the bucket, this is less accurate than when we use out Toro flow gauge.

The number of zones required is based on the following;

An irrigation system design is done using valves, zones, heads and nozzles. The number of gallons per minute and PSI that you have at your home or from the street, determines the number of heads we can have on zone ( example; 10gpm in your home = a maximum of 10 x 1gpm or 20 x 0.5gpm heads etc). Heads are joined by pipe and spaced according to nozzle size to dictate coverage area. Each zone runs on a valve. The valves are all controlled by a clock. The clock controls when the watering will take place and for how long.