Sprinkler repair in North Dallas

Our service call in North Dallas is $[XX] and includes a full zone-by-zone diagnosis — and it's applied to your repair if you proceed. Typical North Dallas repairs: sprinkler head replacement from $[XX], valve replacement $[XXX]–$[XXX], wiring and controller repairs quoted flat after diagnosis. You approve the exact price before any work begins. Full breakdown on our sprinkler repair cost guide.

Yes. Texas law requires anyone who installs, alters, repairs, or services an irrigation system for compensation to hold a TCEQ irrigator or irrigation technician license. Eldorado Sprinkler Repair & Irrigation is owned and operated by a Texas Licensed Irrigator, LI0026061 — ask any company for their LI number before they touch your system.

Yes. Much of our North Dallas work is on systems installed decades ago by companies that no longer exist. We service all major brands — Rain Bird, Hunter, Toro, Irritrol, Weathermatic — and can match or retrofit parts on older systems.

Yes. We repair and replace double check valve assemblies and other backflow preventers that fail the City of Dallas's required annual test. We're not a testing company; we're the licensed irrigator who fixes what the testers flag, usually within a day or two — and we coordinate the retest with your tester so you close out compliance in one cycle. Details on our backflow repair & replacement page.

Yes — Dallas requires both rain and freeze sensors on irrigation systems. Many Lake Highlands and Prestonwood controllers predate sensors entirely. We can add a wireless rain/freeze sensor to most controllers in a single visit and set it up alongside your twice-weekly schedule.

We offer same-day or next-day service for most North Dallas calls — our shop is in east Plano, 20 to 30 minutes out depending on where you are along the Central and 635 corridors. Call (469) 970-2715 and describe the problem; we'll give you an honest arrival window.

Dallas limits sprinkler watering to a maximum of twice a week year-round — it's a permanent ordinance, not a drought stage. Even-numbered addresses water Sundays and Thursdays, odd-numbered addresses water Saturdays and Wednesdays, and no sprinkler use is allowed between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. April 1 through October 31. The same ordinance requires broken, missing, or misdirected heads to be repaired. We set your controller to your correct days on every visit.

A single dead zone usually means a failed solenoid, a cut or corroded field wire, or a bad controller station — the valve itself is often fine. We test the wiring path with a multimeter before replacing anything, which is how we keep repairs to the part that actually failed. See sprinkler wiring & controller repair.

A zone that runs until you kill the water at the backflow valve is a stuck valve — debris lodged in the diaphragm or a diaphragm worn through. On Lake Highlands' 1950s–70s ranch systems we often find the whole manifold at end of life, and we'll tell you honestly whether one valve or a rebuild is the cheaper path over five years. See sprinkler valve repair & replacement.

Same-day or next-day for most North Dallas calls — figure 20 to 30 minutes from our east Plano shop depending on traffic and where you sit between Preston Hollow and Lake Highlands. In peak summer season the schedule fills by early afternoon, so call in the morning if you can. Either way, you get an honest arrival window when you call, not a four-hour maybe.

The service call fee covers a full system diagnosis and is applied to your repair — so if we do the work, the diagnosis effectively costs nothing. We quote a flat price after diagnosis and you approve it before any work begins. What we do not do: free estimates that turn into pressure to sign on the spot.

Most single repairs are finished the same visit — a head replacement or solenoid swap takes 30–90 minutes after diagnosis. Bigger jobs like a manifold rebuild or a deep lateral-line repair usually take a half day. We tell you the time along with the flat rate before we start.

Usually not. If we can reach the controller (or it is a smart controller we can access with your permission) and the gates are open, most repairs happen without you. We send photos of the finished work, and you are welcome to a walkthrough by phone after the system test.

Not the full blowouts northern states need — DFW systems stay charged year-round. What matters here is protecting the above-ground backflow assembly before hard freezes and having a working freeze sensor. Every February we repair the split backflows and burst manifolds of homeowners who skipped both; an insulated cover costs almost nothing by comparison.

Repair, in most cases — even 1950s Lake Highlands systems usually have sound pipe, and replacing components as they fail costs far less than a new system. We recommend full replacement only when the pipe itself is failing in multiple places or the layout no longer fits the landscape. If that is your situation, we will say so plainly. See sprinkler system installation.

Yes. Decades of mulch, sod, and landscaping bury valve boxes on older North Dallas properties — and under Preston Hollow's layered estate landscaping, finding the boxes can be half the job. We locate them electronically by tracing the valve wiring — no exploratory digging across your lawn — then raise the boxes to grade so the next repair does not require a search party.

Yes — Dallas's twice-weekly maximum is permanent, so a programming mistake doesn't expire with a drought stage. A Rachio or Hunter Hydrawise holds your Sunday/Thursday or Saturday/Wednesday days, skips watering when rain is coming, and covers the city's mandatory rain-and-freeze sensor requirement in one device. We install and program them to your address's schedule.

Everything within about 30 minutes of our east Plano shop: sprinkler repair in Plano, Richardson, Allen, McKinney, Frisco, plus Addison, Highland Park, and University Park.