Sprinkler Repair & Irrigation in Allen, TX

Irrigation and landscape work in Allen

Allen went from nineteen thousand people in 1990 to eighty-four thousand by 2010, and the irrigation systems went in with the houses. That makes most of what we service here eighteen to thirty years old — past the life of a controller, past the life of a valve diaphragm, and installed before rain and freeze sensors were routine. It is the classic first-generation replacement city.

Allen assigns watering days differently from its neighbours. Rather than an odd/even rule, the city assigns your days geographically and publishes a lookup tool, so you genuinely have to check your own address rather than assume. Twice a week is the maximum, sprinklers are off between 10am and 6pm from 1 April to 31 October, and it drops to once a week on your primary day from November through March.

Most Allen calls start as a single symptom — one zone not coming on, a wet patch, a bill that jumped. On a system of this age it is worth having someone look at the whole thing rather than the one head, because the failure you noticed is usually the first of several. The city also offers free sprinkler evaluations, which is a reasonable place to start if you want a second opinion before spending anything.

Water, soil and rules in Allen

Allen is a member city of the North Texas Municipal Water District. The city assigns watering days by area rather than by odd or even house number, and publishes an address lookup — so check yours rather than copying a neighbour. Twice weekly is the maximum, sprinklers are prohibited between 10am and 6pm from 1 April to 31 October, and the schedule drops to once weekly on your primary day from November through March. Allen offers free sprinkler evaluations to residents.

Under Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rules, selling, designing, installing, altering, repairing or servicing an irrigation system requires a TCEQ licence. Ask any contractor for their license number before work begins — in Allen as anywhere else in Texas.

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City

Allen, Texas

County

Collin County

Water supply

North Texas Municipal Water District

Watering rules

City of Allen “Find My Watering Day”

Soil

Blackland Prairie clay — shrinks in drought, swells after rain

We cover

Sprinkler repair, irrigation installation, winterization, drainage, landscaping, sod, grounds maintenance