Sprinkler & Irrigation Repair in Sugar Land, TX

Our service call is $67 and includes a 5-point inspection of the whole system — backflow, valves, heads, controller, and zone coverage. Simple fixes like a broken head or nozzle usually land well under $150 all-in. Bigger items are quoted from a set price book before we start: a backflow repair kit runs $157 installed, a new isolation valve $252, and a full backflow preventer replacement $585. Because the pricing is fixed rather than hourly, you know the number before we dig. If your yard has a non-stop leak that can't wait, an emergency same-day visit is $135.

Nine times out of ten it's one of three things: a failed valve solenoid, a cut or corroded wire between the controller and the valve, or a controller station that's died. In Fort Bend's gumbo clay, shifting soil also crushes or separates lateral lines over time, which shows up as a zone that runs but barely sprays. On a service call we locate the valve box, test the solenoid electrically, and trace the wiring before replacing anything — so you don't pay for a new valve when a $5 wire splice was the real problem.

Absolutely, and it's one of the most common reasons Sugar Land homeowners call us. A single stuck zone valve can silently run water all night; a cracked lateral line under the lawn leaks every time the system runs; and a failed backflow or freeze relief valve can seep continuously. The tell-tales are a spinning water meter with everything off, unusually green or soggy strips of turf, and water in the valve boxes. Our 5-point inspection is designed to catch exactly these — we isolate the system at the backflow, watch the meter, then walk zones until we find the loss.

Usually repaired. Most failures — a dribbling relief valve, a failed check — are fixed with a repair kit ($157 installed) rather than a new unit. We replace the whole assembly ($585) when the body is cracked, which around here almost always traces back to a hard freeze: water trapped in the brass expands and splits it. That's why we install freeze relief valves ($270) and insulated backflow bags ($112), and offer an $81 winterization that disassembles and drains the PVB before a freeze. After the February 2021 freeze, cracked backflows were the single most common irrigation repair in Fort Bend County.