Service · Inspections & tune-ups
Sprinkler system inspections & tune-ups
An hour with a licensed irrigator finds the $[XX] problems before they become $[XXX] ones: every zone run, every head read, valves and wiring tested, sensors verified, and the controller checked against your city's actual rules. You get it all in writing, with photos.
Every zone run · written report with photos · You approve the flat price before any work begins
Texas Licensed Irrigator — LI0026061Required by Texas law for sprinkler repair. Ask any company for theirs.
Request sprinkler service
Describe the problem — we'll call back with an arrival window, usually same day.
Inspection services
One visit, the whole system
Six versions of the same discipline: run everything, test everything, write it down.
Full-system inspection
Zone by zone — pressure, coverage, valves, wiring, sensors, schedule. The punch list comes with flat prices, not mysteries.
Seasonal tune-up
Inspection plus the small fixes done on the spot: heads to grade, arcs off the pavement, nozzles cleared, schedule set.
Pre-purchase inspection
Buying or selling? The irrigation system is the one mechanical the home inspector barely touches. We document its real condition.
Compliance check
Sensors live, days legal, no spray on pavement — verified against your specific city’s ordinance, in writing.
Post-freeze check
After a hard freeze: backflow inspected for splits, valves cycled, every zone proven before the spring bill surprises you.
Commercial walkthroughs
Recurring inspections for HOAs and property managers — the cheapest line in an irrigation budget.
Every inspection ends the same way regardless of brand — a written punch list with photos and flat repair prices, your controller set to your city’s exact schedule, and an honest verdict: what needs fixing now, what can wait, and what’s fine.
Diagnosis guide
When an inspection earns its fee
Six moments where an hour of licensed eyes pays for itself several times over.
You’re buying or selling the house
Home inspectors run one zone and move on. A 20-year-old system with a failing manifold is a four-figure surprise — better discovered before closing, whichever side of the table you’re on.
The first big summer water bill landed
Before assuming the rates went up: a slow leak, a stuck valve, or a schedule running double are all findable in one inspection pass — and all cheaper than a summer of that bill.
A city notice showed up on the door
Wrong days, spray on the sidewalk, a visible leak — every city we serve enforces something. We fix the cited items and verify the rest, with the documentation that closes the file.
Nobody’s opened the controller in years
Inherited the previous owner’s programming? Odds are it’s watering the wrong days at the wrong runtimes with a dead sensor. One visit resets all of it to your city’s actual rules.
A hard freeze just ended
February’s split backflows and cracked manifolds announce themselves in March. A post-freeze check catches them while they’re still small.
The system “works fine” but the lawn disagrees
Brown patches with green surroundings, stripes, soggy corners — the turf is documenting problems the controller can’t see. We read it zone by zone.
Flat-rate pricing
Flat-rate inspection pricing
Every repair is a flat rate quoted before work begins — never hourly, never a running meter while someone digs. The service call covers a full zone-by-zone diagnosis and applies to your repair, so diagnosis is effectively free when we do the work.
| Repair | Flat rate | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Full-system inspection | $[XX] | Every zone run and tested, written punch list with photos and flat prices. Applied to any repair we make. |
| Seasonal tune-up | from $[XX] | Inspection plus on-the-spot adjustments — heads to grade, arcs aimed, nozzles cleared, schedule set. |
| Pre-purchase inspection | $[XX] | Written condition report for buyers, sellers, or agents — the irrigation page the home inspection is missing. |
| Post-freeze check | $[XX] | Backflow, valves, and every zone proven after a hard freeze. |
| Commercial walkthrough | quoted per property | Recurring schedule, punch list and photo report per visit. |
Your flat rate depends on depth, access, and parts — but once quoted, it does not move. You approve the number before a shovel touches dirt. Full breakdown with examples on our sprinkler repair cost guide.
Local knowledge
What we actually check — the list, in the open
An inspection is only worth what it covers. Here's ours, the same sequence every time.
The system — mechanical and electrical
Every zone runs while we walk it: pressure read, coverage read against head-to-head spacing, every head checked for grade, clog, and aim. Valves get cycled open and closed; the electrical path gets verified at the controller — and anything suspicious gets the meter, the same ohm-map method we use on repair calls. The backflow assembly is inspected for weeping and freeze history.
Small fixes happen on the spot on a tune-up — a head raised, an arc pulled off the sidewalk, a nozzle cleared. Bigger findings go on the punch list with a flat price each, and the rule that built this company applies: fix only what’s broken.
The rules — your city, specifically
The controller gets checked against your city’s actual ordinance, not a generic schedule: Plano and Richardson’s assigned days, Frisco’s four-season schedule, McKinney’s trash-day system, Allen’s neighborhood map, Dallas’s permanent twice-weekly cap. Sensor requirements get verified live — the sensor has to actually interrupt the system, not just hang on the fence.
You leave with the schedule legal, the sensors proven, and a written record that says so — which, in the cities that enforce with photographs, is worth keeping.
Compliance map
What your city checks for — and what we check first
Every city in our territory enforces something different. The inspection verifies your system against the one that can actually fine you.
The checklist — by city
| City | What gets verified |
|---|---|
| Frisco | No unrepaired leaks or broken heads, no spray on pavement, seasonal schedule current — their photo enforcement is year-round |
| Dallas & McKinney | Working rain/freeze sensors on every system, regardless of age — plus Dallas’s repaired-heads rule |
| Richardson | The whole system — their ordinance prohibits operating a poorly maintained one |
| Plano & Allen | Assigned days and time-of-day windows correct on the controller |
One Frisco-specific note worth money: a first violation fee there can be waived after the city’s free sprinkler checkup. Ours is the comprehensive paid version that finds why the violation happened — many customers do both, in that order.
The report — what you keep
Every inspection produces a written punch list: what we found, photographed; what it costs to fix, flat per item; and what’s honestly fine. No bundle pricing, no mystery line items, no “while we’re here” — the report is designed to be checkable by a second opinion, because confident work invites one.
For sellers and buyers it doubles as the irrigation condition report the home inspection never includes. For HOAs and managers, the same report arrives per recurring commercial walkthrough, board-packet ready.
Your specialist
Meet Jonathan, your irrigation specialist
Eldorado isn't a call center dispatching whoever's available — when you call, you're talking to the licensed irrigator who shows up. Jonathan has been inspecting North Texas systems since 2013, holds Texas irrigator license LI0026061, and works out of east Plano — and the company rule customers quote in reviews started here: fix only what's broken.
His rule on every job is the one customers keep repeating in reviews: fix only what's broken. You get a zone-by-zone diagnosis, a flat price before work starts, and an honest answer when something doesn't need replacing.
The visit
How a repair visit works
No mystery invoices. The price is on the table before a shovel touches dirt.
Call & describe
Tell us the occasion — pre-purchase, post-freeze, a city notice, or just the first big bill. The inspection is the same; the report emphasis follows your reason.
Zone-by-zone diagnosis
We run every zone and walk it — pressure, coverage, heads, valves, wiring, sensors, backflow — photographing as we go.
Flat quote, your call
You get the exact price before any work begins. The service call fee is applied to the repair.
Repair & prove it
We hand you the punch list with flat prices, set the controller to your city’s schedule, and fix anything you approve on the spot or by schedule.
Field record
Recent inspection work
Real jobs, our own photos — valve boxes, manifolds, trench lines, and the lawns after.
Reviews
What our customers say
"Many charge outrageous fees and try and upsell. Eldorado doesn't do that. Pleasant, responsive and most importantly, honest... 5 star and will be my go-to sprinkler guys."
"Came out same day and took care of business at an unbelievable price. Took about 30 minutes to diagnose and repair. Would absolutely utilize again."
"They gave me options and fixed only what needed to be fixed. They are honest good people that do good work."
Questions
Inspections, asked & answered
What does a sprinkler inspection include?
Every zone run while we walk it: pressure and coverage read, every head checked for grade, clog, and aim; valves cycled; the electrical path verified at the controller; the rain/freeze sensor tested live; the backflow assembly inspected; and the controller checked against your specific city's watering ordinance. It ends in a written punch list with photos and a flat price per finding.
How much does a sprinkler inspection cost?
The full-system inspection is $[XX], and it's applied to any repair we make — so if the punch list turns into work, the inspection effectively cost nothing. Tune-ups, pre-purchase reports, and post-freeze checks are each flat-priced; commercial walkthroughs are quoted per property. Full breakdown on our sprinkler repair cost guide.
How long does an inspection take?
Most residential systems take 45–90 minutes depending on zone count; large multi-controller properties run longer. The written report follows the same day.
Should I get the irrigation system inspected before buying a house?
Strongly, yes — it's the one mechanical system the home inspector barely touches. A standard home inspection runs a zone or two and notes “operational”; a 20-year-old system with a failing manifold, pre-sensor controller, and a backflow that won't pass its next test is a four-figure surprise hiding behind that word. Our pre-purchase report documents the real condition, whichever side of the closing you're on.
What’s the difference between your inspection and Frisco’s free sprinkler checkup?
Frisco's free checkup is real and worth taking — completing it can waive a first violation fee. It's also brief by design. Ours is the comprehensive paid version: every zone, the electrical path, the backflow, and a priced punch list that finds why the violation happened in the first place. Many Frisco customers do both, in that order.
How often should a sprinkler system be inspected?
Once a year is the honest baseline for most systems — early spring, before peak season, is the high-value slot. Systems past 20 years, properties with prior freeze damage, and anything commercial earn twice a year. More than that is selling you visits.
Do you fix things during the inspection or just report them?
Small items get fixed on the spot during a tune-up — a head raised to grade, an arc pulled off the sidewalk, a nozzle cleared. Anything bigger goes on the punch list with a flat price, and nothing proceeds without your approval. The inspection is not a sales funnel; the report is built to survive a second opinion.
Will the inspection turn into an upsell?
No — and that's the company rule customers quote in reviews: fix only what's broken. The punch list explicitly separates fix-now, can-wait, and perfectly-fine, with a flat price on each. If the honest answer is that your system is healthy, that's the report.
Can the inspection get my watering schedule legal?
Yes — that's a standard part of every visit. The controller leaves set to your city's actual rules: Plano and Richardson's assigned days, McKinney's trash-day schedule, Allen's neighborhood map, Frisco's four-season program, Dallas's permanent twice-weekly cap. Wrong-day watering is a violation everywhere we work; it's also the easiest one to fix.
Do you check rain and freeze sensors?
Tested live, not glanced at — the sensor has to actually interrupt the system to count. McKinney and Dallas require working sensors on every system regardless of age, and a dead freeze sensor is how February splits backflows. If yours is missing or dead, adding a wireless one usually fits in the same visit.
Does an inspection require a licensed irrigator?
Paid inspection and servicing of an irrigation system falls under the same Texas TCEQ license as repair. Eldorado is owned and operated by a Texas Licensed Irrigator, LI0026061 — and on an inspection, the license is the difference between a walkthrough and a diagnosis.
Do you inspect commercial properties on a recurring schedule?
Yes — recurring walkthroughs for HOAs and property managers are the cheapest line in an irrigation budget: small failures caught before they become brown common areas and citation letters, documented per visit. See commercial irrigation repair.
Can I get an inspection this week?
Usually, yes — inspections schedule more flexibly than emergency repairs. Call (469) 970-2715 and tell us the occasion; pre-closing deadlines get priority.
What areas do you cover for inspections?
Everything within about 30 minutes of our east Plano shop: Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Richardson, Dallas, and North Dallas.
Service area
Inspections available across North DFW
Licensed repair within about 30 minutes of our east Plano shop:
Searching “sprinkler inspection near me” before a closing, after a freeze, or holding a city notice? Our east Plano shop puts a licensed irrigator within about 30 minutes of all of Collin County and North Dallas.
Inspection found something? Every punch-list item maps to a service: valves, heads, leaks, wiring, and backflow — each flat-priced on the report.
Closing soon? Bill spiked? Notice on the door?
One visit, the whole system, in writing — call for this week’s schedule.