What Most Sprinkler Companies Won’t Tell You About The Colony Systems
Here’s something most irrigation companies won’t admit when you call for The Colony sprinkler system repair, many of the problems homeowners experience here trace back to shortcuts taken during original installation.
Not every system, and not every contractor, but enough that we see patterns. Valves buried too shallow where they’re vulnerable to damage. Controller wiring that wasn’t properly protected. Sprinkler heads installed at incorrect spacing that leaves gaps in coverage.
These problems don’t appear until years later, when components start failing and you discover the repair is more complicated than it should be.
We’re not saying this to criticize other contractors but to explain why some Colony irrigation repairs cost more than homeowners expect.
When we diagnose a failing valve, we sometimes find it’s only partially accessible because it was installed in a location that made sense during construction but makes service difficult.
When we trace wiring problems, we often find connections that were never meant to last decades. When we evaluate coverage issues,
we occasionally need to relocate sprinkler heads because they were never positioned correctly in the first place.
After 70+ years of repairing irrigation systems throughout North Texas, including extensive work in The Colony, we’ve learned to be honest about what we find. Some repairs are straightforward—replacing a worn diaphragm, swapping a broken sprinkler head, fixing a pipe leak. Others reveal underlying issues that previous owners lived with or previous contractors created. You deserve to know the truth about your system’s condition, even when it’s more complicated than you hoped.
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Why The Colony Repairs Sometimes Cost More Than Expected
The Colony developed rapidly during certain boom periods when builders were racing to complete homes. That pace sometimes meant irrigation subcontractors were under pressure to install systems quickly rather than carefully. The result is a mix—some Colony homes have excellent irrigation systems installed by experienced contractors who did everything correctly. Others have systems that function adequately under ideal conditions but develop problems when anything stresses them.
Labor costs for The Colony sprinkler system repair depend on what’s required. Replacing an accessible sprinkler head is quick. Excavating rock to reach a buried valve takes longer. We price repairs based on real work, not flat rates.
Parts costs vary by brand and quality. Genuine components from Hunter, Rain Bird, Toro, and Weathermatic cost more than generic ones but last longer. We use quality parts because we stand behind our work and prefer not to see the same problem twice.
We also don’t upsell. If one valve fails, we fix that one. If your controller still works, we won’t push a replacement.
We repair what’s broken and give honest advice about what can wait.
What You Actually Need for Colony Irrigation
Most Colony sprinkler system repair needs fall into predictable categories: failed valves that need diaphragm replacement or complete valve swaps, broken sprinkler heads from lawn care damage, controller problems ranging from programming issues to component failures, pipe leaks from soil movement or previous damage, electrical wiring faults from corrosion or accidental cuts, and water pressure issues from various causes.
These are the real problems that affect Colony systems, and these are what we fix.
You don’t need a complete system overhaul if three sprinkler heads are broken. You don’t need every valve replaced if one is leaking. You don’t need the most expensive smart controller if your current one works fine. You need accurate diagnosis from experienced technicians, honest assessment of what’s wrong, fair pricing for quality repairs, and work that fixes the problem correctly so you’re not dealing with it again next season.