What a properly designed sprinkler system does
A sprinkler system has one job: put the right amount of water on the right part of the yard without wasting it. Getting that right is mostly design, not hardware. Zones have to be grouped so every head in the zone has enough pressure to throw its full arc. Lawn, beds and trees need separating because they want completely different watering. And in Utah, the water source itself changes what you build.
We design and install custom systems for residential and commercial properties across the Tooele and Salt Lake valleys, and we repair and replace plenty of systems installed by other people. We also handle the seasonal work: fall blowouts before the freeze, spring startups when the water comes back on.
The Utah-specific piece that trips up out-of-area contractors is secondary water. Much of Tooele County and many valley communities supply untreated irrigation water on a separate line. It’s cheaper to run than culinary water, which is why it’s popular, but it carries sediment and often arrives at pressures that will destroy nozzles. A secondary system needs a properly sized filter, a pressure regulator ahead of the valves, and a disciplined seasonal shutoff. Skip any of those and you’ll be replacing heads every year.
If you already have a system and something is wrong, we diagnose before we quote. Brown patches get blamed on broken heads far more often than broken heads deserve: low pressure, a sunken head, a partially clogged nozzle, a stuck valve, or a zone that was over-loaded when it was built are all more common. Finding the real fault is cheaper for you than replacing parts hopefully.
What’s included
- Pressure testing and water-source confirmation
- Custom zone layout, head selection and nozzle sizing
- Mainline, valve manifold, wiring and controller
- Filtration and pressure regulation for secondary water
- Backflow prevention where the connection requires it
- Separate drip zones for beds and trees
- Full coverage test and arc adjustment before handover
- Controller programming and a seasonal watering plan
Common problems we solve
Dry patches next to soaked ones
Almost always a coverage problem: heads spaced for pressure the system doesn’t have, sunk below grade, or knocked out of alignment. We measure real pressure and fix the layout rather than turning up the run time and drowning the rest of the lawn.
A water bill that jumped for no reason
A stuck valve or a hidden mainline leak runs water continuously without anything obvious showing on the surface. It’s one of the fastest things we find and one of the most expensive to leave.
Clogged and blown heads on secondary water
Sediment in untreated water, or unregulated pressure, or both. The fix is a correctly sized filter and a pressure regulator, plus cleaning the filter through the season rather than once a decade.
Pipes that burst over winter
Manual draining leaves water sitting in low points and valve bodies. It freezes, expands and splits things. A compressed-air blowout done before the first hard freeze is the only reliable protection, and it costs a fraction of a repair.
What affects the price
- Zone count: driven by yard size, available pressure and head type
- Water source. Secondary systems need filtration and regulation
- Trenching distance and how far the mainline has to run
- Access and obstacles: mature trees, existing hardscape, tight side yards
- Controller choice. Basic timer versus smart weather-based unit
- Drip zones for beds and trees added to the design
Where we install and service
Irrigation is our highest-volume service across Grantsville, Tooele, Stansbury Park, Erda and Lake Point, with scheduled runs into Herriman, South Jordan, West Valley City and Kearns.
Our guides go deeper on how a residential sprinkler system works, secondary versus culinary water in Utah, when and why to winterize, and what a sprinkler system costs in Utah.