Broken Sprinkler?
Landon Can Fix It.

Watauga is small and tight-knit, and the irrigation systems here mostly date to 1985–2005 — old enough to need real maintenance, not so old that full replacement is common. The two problems I see most: rotor heads that have lost their internal gears (they still spray, they just don't turn), and controllers that took a lightning hit in a storm and never got properly diagnosed by whoever looked at them last — usually it's one failed module, not the whole unit. One genuinely useful local fact: Watauga's water department turns permits around faster than most of the surrounding cities, often same-day or next-day if I submit before noon.

I work regularly in Woodland Park, the Whitley Road area, Big Diamond, and Park Vista. Watauga Presbyterian Church, with its state historical marker, is about as close to a landmark as this small city gets — if that's a familiar corner to you, you're right in my service area.

Most Watauga systems date from 1985 to 2005, and two failures make up a lot of my calls here. The first is a rotor head whose internal gears have worn out. It still throws water, so from the street it looks fine, but it has stopped turning. One strip of lawn gets everything and the rest goes dry.

The second is a controller that took a lightning hit and was never properly diagnosed by whoever looked at it last. Usually one module failed and the rest of the unit is fine, which is a far smaller repair than a new controller. When a job needs a permit, Watauga's water department is quick about it.

The full repair guide lives on one page: six things to check before you call, every common sprinkler problem, and how the pricing compares.