Plenty of Miami Gardens properties either have no irrigation at all or have a system that stopped working years ago and got written off. Both are worth a look before you spend anything.
Most of this city's housing went up between the 1950s and the 1970s, and where irrigation exists it is often well past its original service life. But buried PVC routinely outlives everything attached to it. The valves fail, the controller dies, the heads crumble — and the mainline in the ground is still perfectly sound.
That distinction is worth real money. A rebuild on a sound mainline costs a fraction of a new install. So we pressure-test the mainline first. If it holds, you are looking at valves, a controller and heads. If it will not hold, we say so plainly and quote the replacement instead.
On properties with no system at all, the advantage is that nothing constrains the design. We lay out zones around the lot you actually have — sun, shade, the shape of the beds, where the hose bibs and the electrical are — rather than inheriting somebody's 1968 decisions. New installs get trenched, pressure-tested and tuned before we leave, and the controller gets set to the Miami-Dade schedule on the day.
Whichever of the two you own, the first visit ends the same way: a written, zone-by-zone list of what works, what leaks, and what is finished, with a number against each. You can hand that to anyone for a second opinion. We would rather you do that than take our word for it.
The test that decides whether a dormant Miami Gardens system needs a rebuild or a replacement. Done before any quote.
New valves, controller and heads on a mainline that still holds pressure — a fraction of the cost of starting over.
Zones designed around your actual lot, trenched, pressure-tested and tuned, with the controller set to the local schedule before we leave.
Isolated by zone and pressure rather than by digging, on properties where nobody is sure what is still connected.
Not necessarily. Buried PVC usually outlives the valves, controller and heads attached to it. We pressure-test the mainline first; if it holds, you need a rebuild rather than a new install, which costs a great deal less.
With the lot. Sun, shade, bed layout, where the water and power are. Starting from nothing is actually the easier job because nothing constrains the zone design.
A written, zone-by-zone list of what works, what leaks and what is finished, with a price against each item. Take it for a second opinion if you want one.
Miami-Dade runs a year-round two-day-a-week schedule: odd-numbered addresses Wednesday and Saturday, even-numbered Thursday and Sunday, and never between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Tell us what it is doing and we will tell you what it is likely to be before we come out.