Dry spots on the lawn? Water bill creeping up? Our $75–$145 sprinkler tune-up finds what your system is wasting — every head checked and adjusted, every zone tested, and your controller set right for Albuquerque's watering rules.
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A working system and a well-tuned system are not the same thing. We go zone by zone and put every part of it back to spec.
Most Albuquerque systems overwater some zones and starve others. A tune-up rebalances the system so the water goes where the landscape needs it.
"Mike Ayala was prompt, thorough, and informative — he fixed the leak and got the whole system working better. The cost was exceptionally reasonable."
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A professional sprinkler tune-up takes about 45–60 minutes, and it exists because high-desert systems drift out of tune fast: hard water clogs nozzles, wind and foot traffic knock heads out of line, and a controller programmed in April is wrong by July. Here is exactly what we do at your home:
We start at the controller, because that's where most water is wasted. We check the schedule against the season and against Albuquerque's watering rules — the city asks residents not to water between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. from April through October, and at 5,300 feet a midday cycle can lose a third of its water to evaporation before it reaches the roots. If the schedule doesn't match your landscape, we fix it and show you why.
We cycle each zone from the controller and walk the yard while it runs — the only honest way to inspect a sprinkler system. Dry spots, soggy patches, heads that mist instead of spray, zones that barely reach: they all show themselves in the first minutes of a zone-by-zone run-through.
Albuquerque's hard water leaves mineral deposits that slowly choke nozzles, and one clogged head is usually the whole story behind a brown patch. We clear or replace clogged nozzles, straighten tilted heads, raise sunken ones, and adjust each spray pattern so the water lands on the landscape — not the sidewalk, the wall or the windows.
With the system running we check every valve box, look for pressure problems (misting heads mean pressure too high; weak arcs mean too low or a leak upstream), and inspect drip lines and filters. A slow underground leak can run for a season unnoticed — the water bill is usually the only symptom.
You get a written rundown: what we adjusted, what we cleaned, anything that needs a real repair — with a firm quote before any extra work. And your controller leaves programmed for the season, so the system runs right the day we drive away.
Once a season keeps most systems healthy; twice (early summer and after the monsoon) is ideal for larger landscapes. The monsoon matters: July and August rains mean your controller should be doing far less work, and storms knock heads around. Many of our customers simply fold it into the Sprinkler Care Pro Plan — $20 a month covers your fall winterization and spring startup, plus priority scheduling and 10% off every repair. A standalone tune-up runs $75–$145 depending on system size, quoted firm before any work.
Our sprinkler tune-up runs $75–$145 depending on system size, quoted firm before any work. It's also effectively included in the Sprinkler Care Pro Plan — $20 a month covers your seasonal visits plus 10% off repairs.
A tune-up is preventive maintenance on a working system: cleaning, adjusting, rebalancing and inspecting every zone. A repair fixes something broken — a cracked pipe, a dead valve, a zone that won't run. Tune-ups exist to catch those problems while they're still small; if we find one, you get a firm repair quote before any extra work.
Usually, yes. The most common problems we correct — misting heads from high pressure, overwatered zones, midday schedules losing water to evaporation, slow leaks — all show up on your bill. A system tuned to Albuquerque's watering rules puts the water in the soil instead of the air.
At least once a season, ideally twice: early summer before peak heat, and after the monsoon. Albuquerque's hard water steadily clogs nozzles and drip emitters, and summer storms knock heads out of alignment, so even a system that looks fine drifts out of tune every year.
Nine times out of ten it's coverage, not runtime: a clogged nozzle, a tilted or sunken head, or two heads no longer overlapping. Adding minutes to the schedule just waters the healthy areas more. A tune-up fixes the coverage problem, which is cheaper than the extra water.
For $20 a month your winterization is included, your spring start-up is included, you get priority on the schedule, and everything else we do is 10% off.
See the planStop paying for water your lawn never sees — a one-visit tune-up puts the whole system back to spec.