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Choosing An Irrigation Contractor, Part 2

You Get What You Pay For

When choosing a irrigation contractor, you should be leery of those who offer to charge you significantly less than other contractors. Low bidders may not be licensed or insured and often use cost-cutting techniques that can jeopardize your lawn and shorten the life of your system.

Watch out for these commonly used tricks of the trade:

  • Installing sprinklers too far apart, which makes it impossible for certain areas to receive enough water and causes brown spots during the hot summer months.
  • Mixing sprinklers with different application rates on the same line, which causes one area to be over watered in order to sufficiently water another.
  • Not using special watertight connectors and a protective valve box to safeguard the electrical elements, guard against short circuits, and prevent corrosion.

Confidence Counts

flower2Above all, you should choose a contractor you can trust and with whom you feel comfortable. It’s important that he install professional series products such as those manufactured by Rain Bird, the world’s leading manufacturer of irrigation equipment. For more than seven decades, Rain Bird products and the professional irrigation contractor have worked together to provide the industry’s most cost-effective, reliable irrigation systems. Choosing an irrigation contractor who uses Rain Bird professional series products is the best way to ensure the job will be done right.

A sprinkler system is a complex network of pipes, valves, electrical connections and sprinkler heads. Because it serves as the circulation system for your yard, the design and installation of your sprinkler system are critical to its success. It’s a complicated process requiring a host of equipment, as well as a background in landscape design and hydraulics. This is why it’s so important to have a professional contractor design your system.

Call or email Love Irrigation today. We are a certified irrigation contractor, and will be happy to meet with you and and give you an estimate on installing your new irrigation system.

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