Landon's job notes
Problem1 head added with a 10 foot trench and 1 head moved over 10 feet, 2 broken lines, multiple heads needing to be changed from a pop up to a shrub fixed head, nozzles replaced.
Solution5 and a half hours and all problems mentioned above fixed.
Price$536.21
As Landon wrote them after the job, spelling tidied.
Why a pop-up head gets swapped for a shrub head
A pop-up spray head rises a few inches when the zone comes on. In open lawn that is enough. In a bed of mature shrubs it is not: the spray hits the first leaves it meets and the bed behind stays dry. A fixed shrub head sits on a riser above the plants and sprays over them. Converting a head is a small job next to living with a bed that never gets watered.
What was done
One head was added and fed by a new 10-foot trench. One head was moved more than 10 feet. Two broken lines were repaired. Several pop-ups were changed to fixed shrub heads, and nozzles were replaced. The dig photo shows what the trench work looks like in this ground: a bucket of heavy clay and the roots pulled out to reach the line.
Grapevine is outside the six cities Landon lists for regular service. This job is here because the work is real, not to suggest a wider service area. If you are nearby, call and ask.
When should a pop-up sprinkler head be replaced with a shrub head?
When it sits in a planting bed and the plants have grown taller than its spray. A fixed shrub head on a riser sprays over the plants instead of into them.
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