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Old 08-22-2024, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
I called American Irrigation. I don't know what you consider reasonable pricing, but their minimum cost is way higher than Massey. Massey charges $40 per quarter for a regular check and adjustment of the system. If I have a leak or broken nozzle, they will respond within a day or so, and most of the time, they will replace a nozzle or riser for free. If the repair is more extensive, I have never been charged more than $50 for the repair. A few years ago, they raised 5 pop-up sprinklers by 6 inches, and the charge was only $15 each.

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Massey irrigation has been hit or miss with us. Their last miss cost them my business... at least for now.

Had a head break off resulting in a geyser. Called three times over the course of a week and heard they would be out soon each time. Finally fixed it myself.

Had another issue where the heads weren't coming up correctly. Something that should have been picked up during the quarterly maintenance, but wasn't. Called about this too and was given the date they would show up for my quarterly work. When that day came and went I checked the online schedule and found it was now two weeks out. Finally fixed it myself.

Decided if I could fix it myself I didn't need to keep writing checks. (larger checks than you are writing)

I like Massey in general and might wind up going back to them for irrigation work but not right now.
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