Sprinkler Repair & Irrigation in Plano, TX

Irrigation and landscape work in Plano

Plano grew from under eighteen thousand people in 1970 to over a hundred and twenty-five thousand by 1990, and where a house sits in that timeline tells you most of what you need to know about its irrigation. East Plano systems are commonly thirty-five to fifty years old: early PVC or galvanised, controllers long out of production, no rain or freeze sensor because none was required when they went in. West Plano is a different job entirely.

The city’s published guidelines run on odd and even house numbers — even addresses on Mondays and Thursdays, odd on Tuesdays and Fridays, twice a week at most, dropping to once a week from November through March, and sprinklers off between 10am and 6pm. Note that Richardson next door uses the same odd/even idea but assigns completely different days, which is a reliable way to get it wrong if you have just moved across the border.

For a house of a certain age, the honest conversation is usually about whether to keep repairing or to renovate the system. We will tell you when a zone is worth another valve and when you are better off replacing the heads on that zone properly. Plano also runs a rebate aimed at maintaining older homes, which is worth a look if the system is part of a wider project.

Water, soil and rules in Plano

Plano is a member city of the North Texas Municipal Water District. The city’s published guidelines call for watering twice a week at most on an odd/even schedule — even-numbered addresses on Mondays and Thursdays, odd-numbered on Tuesdays and Fridays — with sprinklers off between 10am and 6pm, and once weekly from November through March. HOA and common areas follow the even schedule. Check the city page for the current position before you programme a controller.

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 Plano as anywhere else in Texas.

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City

Plano, Texas

County

Collin and Denton Counties

Water supply

North Texas Municipal Water District

Watering rules

City of Plano Watering Guidelines

Soil

Blackland Prairie clay — shrinks in drought, swells after rain

We cover

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