McKinney, Texas · Collin County

Irrigation and landscape work in McKinney

McKinney is the county seat and it has the housing stock to prove it. Within a few miles of each other you will find a 1920s house near the square that has never had a system at all, and a 2019 build whose builder-grade system has just come out of warranty. Very few cities on our map ask for both kinds of work in the same week.

The rule that catches people out here is the watering schedule, because it is tied to your bin collection day rather than your house number. You water on your trash day, plus one more day three days later if the lawn needs it, and between 1 April and 31 October nothing runs between 10am and 6pm. Neighbours on different collection routes water on different days, which is why comparing notes over the fence tends to confuse rather than help.

The other local specific is worth money to you. McKinney requires ET controllers and working rain and freeze sensors on new irrigation systems by ordinance — so there is no rebate for putting one on a new install, because you had no choice. The rebate exists for retrofitting a system you already own. If your controller predates the requirement, upgrading it is the one piece of irrigation work in this city the utility will help pay for.

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Common irrigation problems in McKinney

McKinney is two cities at once — a genuine nineteenth-century core around the square, and an enormous ring of post-2000 subdivision around it.

Controllers that predate the sensor ordinance

Plenty of McKinney systems were installed before rain and freeze sensors were required. Retrofitting one is straightforward, it stops the system running in a storm, and it is the upgrade the city's rebate is aimed at.

Systems programmed for the wrong collection day

Because the schedule follows your bin day, a controller set up by a previous owner — or copied from a neighbour — is frequently watering on days you are not allowed to. We set the programme to your actual days.

Builder systems reaching the end of warranty

The post-2000 subdivisions are now far enough along that head spacing, pressure and coverage all need correcting once the landscape has filled in. We take over service on systems we did not install.

Older properties with no system at all

Around the historic core we do a lot of first-time installs on lots that have been hand-watered for decades. Mature trees and established beds change how those are zoned.

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Water, soil and rules in McKinney

McKinney is a member city of the North Texas Municipal Water District, and the city sets the watering rules. The schedule follows your rubbish collection day rather than your address number, and no sprinkler may run between 10am and 6pm from 1 April to 31 October. New systems must carry ET controllers and working rain and freeze sensors under city ordinance; retrofits to existing systems may qualify for a rebate. Check the city page before you reset a controller — rules and any drought stage change with conditions.

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 McKinney as anywhere else in Texas.

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City: McKinney, Texas
County: Collin County
Water supply: North Texas Municipal Water District
Watering rules: City of McKinney Outdoor Water Use
Soil: Blackland Prairie clay — shrinks in drought, swells after rain
We cover: Sprinkler repair, irrigation installation, winterization, drainage, landscaping, sod, grounds maintenance

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Sprinkler Repair & Irrigation in McKinney, TX

Irrigation and landscape work in McKinney

Common irrigation problems in McKinney

Controllers that predate the sensor ordinance

Systems programmed for the wrong collection day

Builder systems reaching the end of warranty

Older properties with no system at all

Water, soil and rules in McKinney

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