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Old 08-21-2024, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Personally, I think you need an irrigation maintenance arrangement with a company who can check your system on a regular basis and will be available to make any repairs as needed to keep the system operating. I have Massey for this, they check the system 4 times per year for $40 per visit, and I don't pay them in advance. When I have a leak, they fix it for a very low fee or no fee. Too many people think that they should just ignore the system, and when it fails, they want to hire a one time contractor to fix the immediate issue. Often, they have trouble finding an available contractor and they get ripped off. This is not a good plan, especially for a snowbird. Find a permanent irrigation maintenance contractor who will agree to provide regular maintenance and repair.
Be careful with Massey. We are happy with their pesticide guy but irrigation was a disaster. Over a year they came 5 times, 5 different guys doing it 5 different ways. Kept asking them to make appt so I could watch and they never did.

Eventually hired a neighbor who knows these systems very well and he does a much better job.