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Sprinkler Winterization in Montgomery County

Protect your sprinkler system from costly freeze damage. We blow out each zone, protect the backflow, and drain the valves.

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In Conroe and across Montgomery County, the first hard freeze usually lands somewhere between mid-November and mid-December. If your sprinkler system isn't winterized before that night, you're rolling the dice on a cracked backflow, split lateral lines, or popped valve bodies — all of which cost a lot more to fix in February than they cost to prevent in November. What winterization actually involves: we shut the water off at the main, then use compressed air to blow each zone out station by station until no more water comes through the heads. We protect the backflow — the most expensive piece on the system and the one that fails first when this gets skipped — drain the valves, and shut the controller down for the season. Done right, the whole system rides out winter dry. Done wrong (or skipped) you find out what went wrong when your spring start-up turns into a repair list. We've been winterizing sprinklers in Conroe, Spring, The Woodlands, Magnolia, and the rest of Montgomery County since 2004. The crew already knows your layout, which valves are buried where, and which heads are easy to miss on a system somebody else installed. Get on the schedule before the freeze rush. Once a 24-hour freeze warning hits the forecast, every irrigator in the county is booked solid for a week — and the systems that didn't get winterized are the ones that don't make it. Call or text Joe at 281-960-4994 to get on the winterization schedule. Veteran-owned, first-responder-led, TCEQ Licensed Irrigator LI0015631.

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Common problems we fix

Brown spots in your lawn

usually means a broken or clogged sprinkler head

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Head won't pop up

often a clogged nozzle, broken riser, or low pressure zone

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One zone won't turn on

could be a failed solenoid, wiring break, or stuck valve

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Water flows when system is off

usually a stuck or leaking zone valve that won't seat

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Water bill suddenly spiked

often an underground line break or multiple misfiring zones

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How it works

Our process

01

Full system diagnosis

We run every zone, check every head, and test the controller. You get a clear picture of what's wrong — not a guess.

02

Straight quote

Before any work starts, you get a written quote. No surprises. No work done without your approval.

03

Repair — usually same visit

We arrive stocked with the most common repair parts. Most jobs are completed the day we diagnose — not a callback situation.

04

Test & walk-through

Every zone is re-tested after repair. We walk you through what was fixed and what to watch for before we leave.

Questions

Frequently asked

Water expands when it freezes, and that expansion will crack pipes, split valve bodies, and destroy sprinkler heads. What's usually going on is folks think our winters aren't cold enough to worry about, but we get enough freezing nights to cause serious damage. Nine times out of ten, the repairs from one freeze will cost more than winterizing for three or four years. We blow all the water out with compressed air so there's nothing left to freeze.

Before the freeze rush hits, which is usually mid to late November around here. First thing we'd do is check the long-range forecast, but we typically start scheduling winterizations in early November. You want to get it done after your grass stops growing but before that first hard freeze. Folks who wait until December often find themselves on a waiting list, and that's when the damage happens.

We shut off the water supply, drain the backflow preventer, and blow out every zone with compressed air until no water comes out. What's usually going on is there are pockets of water hiding in low spots and valve boxes that gravity won't drain. We run each zone individually and keep the air flowing until we're sure it's completely dry. Takes about 30-45 minutes depending on how many zones you've got.

You're rolling the dice every night the temperature drops below freezing. Nine times out of ten, something's going to crack - could be the backflow preventer, the main line, or just a few sprinkler heads. We've seen backflow preventers split right down the middle, and that's a $300-500 repair right there. Valve boxes fill with ice and crack the valve bodies. It's not a matter of if, it's when.

Most residential systems take us 30 to 45 minutes once we're set up. What's usually going on is we need time to run each zone thoroughly and make sure all the water's out. Larger properties with more zones might take an hour. We'll get there as quick as we can, but we don't rush the actual blowout - better to spend the extra ten minutes now than deal with freeze damage in January.

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Same-week diagnostics for irrigation issues in Montgomery County. Call now and we will pencil you in.

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