Anybody can show up in a truck with a company name on it and say they’re an Orlando irrigation contractor.
Some things are great to buy from a truck. Like ice cream. Or tacos.
But when it comes to irrigation contractors, you want a business that’s expert, stable, and dependable.
How long should sprinklers run in Florida?
Seems like a simple enough question, right?
Well, it isn’t.
Ask most any irrigation expert and you better have a pen and paper handy, plus a thermometer, a wind gauge, a calendar, a slide rule, and maybe your high school algebra book.
Or, stick with us. We’ll give you two ways to make your irrigation watering schedule pretty easy.
Let’s face it, your lawn sprinkler system isn’t the least complicated thing at your house.
Half of it is underground, for Pete’s sake. Valves, heads, backflows are all working away just fine — until suddenly, they aren’t. And don’t get us started on the instructions for your controller.
Here’s a great tip: don’t wait until your irrigation system springs a leak and you’re drenched in sprinkler spray before you start looking for a quality irrigation company.
So, you need a dependable sprinkler system company.
Shouldn’t be too hard, right? This is Florida, after all. Orlando must be crawling with companies.
Actually, that makes this task harder. How do you choose?
Do you speak sprinkler system, or is it a foreign language?
If you call any irrigation system part “that thingy,” you should probably brush up on your sprinkler system vocabulary.
Not only will it help you intelligently communicate with your irrigation technician, but it also makes you look super brainy during chats with your neighbor.
Technically, there are a lot of things that can ruin your new sod.
A bison stampede. A pro football team practicing on your lawn. A groundhog convention.
Those would all be big new sod problems.
But let’s stick to the scenarios more likely to happen as you embark on new sod lawn care.
If you’re getting ready for a whole bunch of new landscaping plants at your house, you’re really excited.
You can’t wait to have your plants installed.
But please wait, just a minute. A bunch of new plants is a big deal. You should ask landscapers some questions before you sign that contract.
Sprinkler systems are mysterious contraptions.
On one hand, it seems simple: turn it on, it sprays water.
But there’s a lot going on, from your controller (which can be confusing enough on its own) to parts underground you can’t even see.
When you shell out $3,000+ for a sprinkler system, what do you get in return?
Besides water spraying out all over your lawn and garden, we mean. That’s a given.
How much does a sprinkler system actually cost? And what value do you get in return?
Let’s take a look.