Sprinkler Repair in Menifee, CA

Sprinkler repair

The Leak You Cannot See Is the One You Pay For

What We Fix On a Repair Call

Most of it is the same short list:

• Broken, sunken, tilted or blocked heads
• Split and cracked lines, and leaks at the fittings
• Valves that will not open, or will not shut off
• Zones that come on wrong, or not at all
• Controllers, wiring and run times
• Pressure problems that fog water into mist
• Backfilling so you cannot see where we were

EMWD requires leaks fixed within 48 hours, so a leak is not something to leave. Repair sits alongside the regular visits inside our lawn care service.

How to Spot a Problem You Never See Running

Since the system runs in the dark, you have to read the signs it leaves behind:

• A water bill that jumps for no reason
• A patch that is always soggy or slow to dry
• Brown or dying spots in a zone that is supposedly running
• Water in the gutter in the morning
• Moss, algae or a green stripe along a hard edge
• A meter dial that keeps moving with every tap off

Any one of those is worth a call. We run each zone in daylight and find the actual fault instead of guessing.

Overspray Is Not Just Waste, It Is Against the Rules

Water that lands on the driveway, path or street is water you paid for and the plants never got. It is also prohibited. EMWD's rules ban excessive flow and runoff, and Menifee's landscape standards say overhead irrigation is not allowed within 24 inches of a non-permeable surface, limit it to 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., and require drip on slopes over 25 percent and strips under eight feet wide.

Fixing overspray is usually the right nozzle, the right arc, moving a head back, or replacing the last row of spray with drip. It is cheap work with an immediate effect on the bill, and it is exactly what a landscape maintenance visit catches before the bill does.

Converting Old Spray Zones To Drip

Most older yards here were built around spray heads because everything was lawn. Once beds and shrubs take over, spray is the wrong tool. It throws water over the leaves and the path, and a lot evaporates in the heat.

Drip puts water at the root, slowly, where it soaks in instead of running off. On the heavy clay soils common to the Inland valleys of Riverside County, that slow soak matters, because clay only takes water so fast.

EMWD's ban on unattended irrigation running more than 15 minutes a day per station exempts low flow drip at 2 gallons per hour or less. In Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District's area, the district pays up to $0.25 per square foot for a sprinkler to drip conversion, on up to 2,000 square feet, first come, first served.

Do you actually do sprinkler repair, or only new systems?

Both. Repair is a real service here, not an afterthought. Broken heads, split lines, leaking fittings, stuck valves, dead zones, controller and wiring faults, and overspray all get fixed by the same licensed crew.

How do I know I have a leak if the system runs at night?

You read the clues. A water bill that jumps for no reason, a patch that stays soggy, water in the gutter in the morning, or a meter dial that keeps turning with every tap in the house shut off. EMWD requires leaks repaired within 48 hours once you know.

My sprinklers soak the driveway. Is that a problem?

Yes, and not only because you are paying for it. Runoff and water leaving the landscaped area are prohibited under EMWD's permanent rules, and the City of Menifee's landscape standards do not permit overhead irrigation within 24 inches of a non-permeable surface.

Can you change my spray zones over to drip?

Yes, and on planted beds it is usually the right move. Drip puts water at the root instead of over the leaves and the path, which matters on the heavy clay soils common across the Inland valleys of Riverside County.

Is there a rebate for switching to drip?

In Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District's area there is, up to $0.25 per square foot on as much as 2,000 square feet for a sprinkler to drip conversion. Check your own district, because the adders differ. It is first come, first served and subject to funding.

What hours am I allowed to water?

Under EMWD's permanent rules, irrigate only between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and not during rain or within 48 hours after measurable rain. The City of Menifee's landscape standards limit overhead irrigation to 8:00 p.m. through 9:00 a.m.