Everything else we build – sod, hydroseed, beds, trees – lives or dies on water in its first seasons. An irrigation system is the insurance policy: zones tuned to lawn and beds, run times matched to Ottawa’s real summers, and a rain sensor so it skips the storms. Set it once, and the watering stops being your job.
Zoned in-ground systems for lawns, beds, and hedges, with efficient heads and drip lines.
Broken heads, cut lines, stuck valves, and controller faults diagnosed and fixed.
System pressurized, heads checked and adjusted, controller programmed for the season.
Lines blown out with compressed air before freeze-up – the service that prevents burst pipes.
Low-water drip zones for beds, planters, and vegetable gardens.
An Ottawa irrigation system lives a hard life: pressurized in May, worked all summer, and emptied before the freeze. We design for that cycle – quality heads and valves that tolerate our water, zones separated by what they water (turf drinks differently than beds), rain sensors so the system is not running mid-storm, and controllers simple enough that you will actually adjust them.
Irrigation ownership is two appointments a year: a spring start-up where we pressurize, inspect, and program, and a fall blow-out where compressed air clears every line before winter. Clients on our seasonal list get both booked automatically – the blow-out especially is not optional in this climate, and forgetting it is the most expensive mistake a system owner can make.
We push irrigation hardest on properties where we just installed sod, hydroseed, beds, or trees – because scheduled establishment watering is the difference between a landscape that thrives and one that merely survives. Pair the system with regular lawn care and the property largely runs itself.
Most residential in-ground systems land in the $3,000-$8,000 range depending on lot size, zone count, and whether beds get drip lines. Repairs, start-ups, and blow-outs are priced per visit. The free quote maps your zones and gives you the written number.
In Ottawa, yes – water left in the lines freezes, and frozen lines split pipes, valves, and backflow preventers. The blow-out costs a fraction of one burst-line repair. We book existing clients automatically every fall.
Yes – most of our repair calls are on systems we did not install. Broken heads, leaking zones, and dead controllers are usually same-visit fixes.
It is the natural companion to new sod or hydroseeding: establishment watering happens on schedule without you touching a hose, and the lawn repays it in thickness. If a full system is not in the budget, we can zone just the lawn now and add beds later.