Service · New system installation
Sprinkler system installation
We spend most of our week repairing other companies' installations — which is exactly why ours are built differently. Properly zoned, correctly pressured, code-compliant, and documented, by a Texas Licensed Irrigator who knows precisely which shortcuts become next decade's service calls.
Designed by the company that repairs them · free design quote · 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.
What a real install includes
Built to not need us later
Every line item here is something we routinely fix on systems installed without it. The install is the repair, done in advance.
Proper hydrozone design
Turf, beds, drip, and foundation grouped by water need — not crammed onto the fewest valves to cut the bid.
Right-sized supply & pressure
Flow and pressure measured, zones sized to them, regulators where needed — the math that prevents weak zones for good.
Code-compliant backflow
The right assembly, installed to protect your drinking water and pass its first test — and every test after.
Smart controller & sensors
A controller programmed to your city’s schedule, rain and freeze sensing built in from day one — required, not upsold.
Matched-precipitation heads
Head-to-head spacing, matched nozzles, set to grade — the difference between even turf and a checkerboard.
Drip & foundation from the start
Beds on drip and a foundation ring designed in, not bolted on after the clay starts moving.
Commercial-grade throughout — Rain Bird and Hunter valves and heads, pressure-regulated drip, Rachio or Hydrawise smart control — with unions at every valve and the whole system documented and labeled, because the install we’d want to inherit is the one we build.
Diagnosis guide
When a new system is the honest answer
We're a repair company first, so we say it plainly: most systems should be repaired, not replaced. Here's when new is genuinely right.
There’s no system at all
New construction, an older home that never had irrigation, a yard hand-watered for years. The clean-slate install, designed right the first time — the best-case scenario in this trade.
The pipe itself is failing everywhere
Not a valve or a head — the buried pipe, breaking at multiple points across multiple zones. When the skeleton is going, patching is throwing good money after bad.
Every season brings a new failure
A repair history that never ends usually means an install that was wrong from day one — undersized, under-zoned, never documented. Sometimes the reset is the economy.
The landscape was fully redesigned
A new layout, a pool, regrading — when the yard no longer resembles what the old system was built for, a redesign beats forcing the old geometry.
The system was never actually designed
Builder-grade systems jammed onto too few zones to hit a price point. Where repair is endless triage, a properly zoned replacement is the cure.
You want it done to a standard
Some owners simply want the system built right, documented, and warrantied — and are clear-eyed that it costs more than the cheapest bid because it should.
Flat-rate pricing
Installation pricing — how it works
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Design visit & flat quote | free | Lot measured, pressure and flow tested, zones designed, one written number. |
| New residential system | quoted per design | Priced by zone count, lot size, and head type — flat, itemized, no per-zone surprises. |
| System replacement | quoted per design | Old system removed where needed, new system designed to the current landscape. |
| Smart controller & sensors | included in design | Rain/freeze sensing and city-schedule programming are standard, not add-ons. |
| Backflow assembly | included in design | Correct, code-compliant, retest-ready — part of the system, not a line-item afterthought. |
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
Why our installs are different — we inherit everyone else’s
The case for hiring a repair company to install isn't a slogan. It's what daily repair work teaches that a pure install crew never learns.
The shortcuts we won’t take — because we fix them all week
We know exactly which corners get cut, because our repair calendar is the receipt: zones overloaded with too many heads to save a valve, no unions so every future repair needs a saw, wire splices left bare in wet boxes, backflow assemblies installed where the first freeze finds them, no documentation so the next tech excavates to learn the layout. The aging systems of Plano and the boom-era installs of Frisco are full of these — and they’re the failures we design out from the first valve.
An install crew optimizes for the lowest bid that passes a walkthrough. We optimize for the system we’d want to inherit on a service call in 2036 — which, in a town this small, we might.
Designed for the city it lives in — and the clay under it
A system designed in a vacuum ignores the two things that decide its life here: the watering ordinance and the soil. We build zones that water legally within McKinney’s, Allen’s, or Dallas’s specific schedules, with the rain and freeze sensing those cities require built in — and beds on drip and a foundation ring designed in from the start, because Blackland clay doesn’t wait for an upgrade.
That city-and-soil judgment is the same knowledge behind every inspection and repair we do. An install is just a repair we get to do before anything breaks.
The process
From design visit to a system you understand
A proper installation is a design project first and a digging project second. Here's the sequence.
The build — five stages
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Design visit (free) | Lot measured, pressure and flow tested, sun and soil read, zones drawn to your landscape and city rules |
| Flat written quote | Itemized by zone — no “we’ll see what we find”, because design is the point of the visit |
| Installation | Trenched clean, valves manifolded with unions, wire run properly, backflow set where the freeze won’t find it |
| Commissioning | Every zone run and adjusted head-to-head, controller programmed to your city’s schedule, sensors proven |
| Handoff & documentation | You get the zone map, the schedule in writing, and a system you can actually understand |
And the part that matters when something does eventually need attention: the same company that built it answers the repair call, with the documentation already in hand. No archaeology, no finger-pointing.
Repair-first honesty — the quote you can trust
Because installation isn’t our primary business, our incentive on the design visit is different: we have no reason to talk you into a new system when a repair would serve you for years, and every reason to protect a reputation built on repair. If your existing system is sound, we’ll quote the repair instead and tell you to keep your money.
When new genuinely is right, the quote is flat, itemized by zone, and built on a design you can see — not a round number defending a vague scope. The license is LI0026061; the standard is the system we’d want to find on a service call a decade from now.
Your specialist
Meet Jonathan, your irrigation specialist
Eldorado installs the way it repairs — which is the whole pitch. Jonathan has spent since 2013 fixing what other companies installed, holds Texas irrigator license LI0026061, and builds new systems out of the east Plano shop to the standard those repair calls taught him.
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 situation — new construction, no system, or one that’s finally past repair. The design visit is free and honest about which.
Zone-by-zone diagnosis
We measure the lot, test pressure and flow, read sun and soil, and design zones to your landscape and your city’s watering rules.
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 build it to inherit-it standard, commission every zone with you watching, and hand you the map, the schedule, and a system you understand.
Field record
Recent installation 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
System installation, asked & answered
How much does a new sprinkler system cost?
New residential systems are quoted per design — the price tracks zone count, lot size, and head type, so an honest number requires measuring your specific lot. That's what the free design visit is for: we test pressure and flow, draw the zones, and hand you a flat, itemized written quote rather than a round number over the phone.
Should I repair my old system or replace it?
Repair, usually — and we say that as the company that profits either way. Most North Texas systems have sound buried pipe even at 30–50 years; what fails are components, which is cheaper to fix than to replace wholesale. Replacement is honest when the pipe itself is failing in multiple places, the layout no longer fits the yard, or the repair history simply never ends. A full inspection settles it with a flat answer.
Why hire a repair company to install a new system?
Because we know exactly which shortcuts become service calls — we fix them every week. Overloaded zones, missing unions, bare wire splices, freeze-exposed backflow, no documentation: a pure install crew optimizes for the lowest bid that passes a walkthrough; we build the system we'd want to inherit on a repair call in ten years.
How long does a sprinkler system installation take?
Most residential installs are one to a few days depending on zone count and lot size, plus the earlier design visit. We'll give you the real timeline with the flat quote — and we don't start until the design is settled, because changing zones mid-dig is how budgets break.
Will my new system be compliant with my city’s watering rules?
By design — that's a feature of hiring the licensed company. We build zones that water legally within your city's specific schedule (Plano's assigned days, McKinney's trash-day system, Allen's neighborhood map, Frisco's seasons, Dallas's permanent twice-weekly cap) with the rain and freeze sensing those cities require built in from day one.
Are smart controllers and sensors included?
Standard, not upsold. Rain/freeze sensing is required on new Texas systems anyway, and a smart controller programmed to your city's schedule is part of a proper design — in McKinney a registered one even earns a schedule exemption. We set it up and program it; you don't get handed a manual and a shrug.
What makes a system “properly designed”?
Zones grouped by water need (turf, beds, drip, foundation — never mixed), each sized to your actual measured pressure and flow, heads matched and spaced head-to-head, backflow placed and protected, and the whole thing documented. The opposite — heads crammed onto the fewest valves to hit a price — is most of what we repair.
Does my new system include drip and foundation watering?
It should, and ours designs them in rather than bolting them on later: beds on their own drip zones, and a foundation ring where the slab and clay call for one. Designing them from the start is far cleaner than retrofitting after the clay has already started moving. See drip & foundation watering.
Do you install systems for new construction?
Yes — the clean-slate install is the best-case scenario in this trade: design it right before anything's in the ground, sized to the finished landscape and the city's rules. We coordinate with the build timeline so the system goes in at the right stage.
Does system installation require a licensed irrigator in Texas?
Absolutely — installing an irrigation system for compensation requires a TCEQ irrigator license, and the install must meet state design and backflow standards. Eldorado is owned and operated by a Texas Licensed Irrigator, LI0026061. Ask any installer for their number before they break ground.
Do you warranty new installations?
Yes — and the warranty means more from the company that also does the repairs: if something needs attention, the people who built it answer the call with the documentation already in hand. We'll put the warranty terms in writing with the design quote.
What if I only need part of the yard done?
Then that's what we'll quote — and often what felt like a whole-system need is really a zone addition or a repair. We'll tell you so at the design visit rather than selling you coverage you don't need. See new sprinkler zone installation.
What areas do you cover for system installation?
Everything within about 30 minutes of our east Plano shop: Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Richardson, Dallas, and North Dallas.
Service area
System installation available across North DFW
Licensed repair within about 30 minutes of our east Plano shop:
Searching “sprinkler system installation near me” or “irrigation system installation” in Collin County or North Dallas? Our east Plano shop puts a licensed irrigator — one who designs systems to repair-it-later standard — within about 30 minutes of you, with a free design visit.
Not sure you need a whole system? Start honest: a full inspection tells you whether repair will serve you, and adding a zone often solves what felt like a whole-system problem.
Building new, or finally past repair?
The design visit is free and the advice is repair-first — call and we’ll tell you straight which you need.