Sprinkler Repair & Irrigation in Carrollton, TX

Irrigation and landscape work in Carrollton

Carrollton quadrupled in the 1970s and has barely grown since 2020, which makes it the most settled city on our map. The housing is largely 1970s through 1990s, the tree canopy is fully mature, and the irrigation systems are old enough that root intrusion, worn heads and controllers with no sensor are the everyday findings rather than the unusual ones.

Underfoot it is Eagle Ford clay — the same shrink-and-swell ground we work on east of Dallas, with the exception of the alluvial strip along the Elm Fork in the north-west. That means the familiar list: heads pushed out of alignment by seasonal soil movement, sheared laterals, water standing against slabs, and runoff on any zone that runs too long in one go.

Two local details are worth knowing. Carrollton’s twice-weekly schedule is explicitly voluntary — what is actually mandatory is the ban on watering between 10am and 6pm from 1 April to 31 October, plus a prohibition on runoff. And anyone doing irrigation work here for money must be registered as a contractor with the city, on top of holding a state licence. The city also offers free irrigation inspections, which is a fair place to start if you want an independent look first.

Water, soil and rules in Carrollton

Carrollton buys its treated water from Dallas Water Utilities. The twice-weekly schedule the city publishes is voluntary — commercial Tuesday and Friday, odd-numbered homes Wednesday and Saturday, even-numbered Thursday and Sunday. What is mandatory is that no watering takes place between 10am and 6pm from 1 April to 31 October, that systems are kept in working order, and that runoff does not leave the property. Rain and freeze sensors are required. Anyone working on irrigation here for payment must be registered as a contractor with the City of Carrollton in addition to holding a state licence.

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 Carrollton as anywhere else in Texas.

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City

Carrollton, Texas

County

Dallas, Denton and Collin Counties

Water supply

Dallas Water Utilities (wholesale)

Watering rules

City of Carrollton Watering Rules and Restrictions

Soil

Eagle Ford clay — shrinks in drought, swells after rain

We cover

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