Fall is when Texas irrigation should get quieter, not when people leave July minutes on because the clock is in the garage. Shorter days, leftover thunderstorms, and the first cold front are a fungus-and-waste combination if you do not touch seasonal adjust.
What to change in September and October
- Drop seasonal adjust 20–40% depending on rain
- Confirm rain sensor is not in bypass after summer
- Walk for leaks you ignored while “everything was supposed to be wet”
- Note heads the mowing crew scalped all summer
What not to do
Do not winterize in Houston in September. Do not leave DFW systems on full summer programs until the night of the ice storm.
See winterization when the real freeze window opens for your metro.
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Related: Sprinkler Zone Not Turning On, Emergency Repairs in Houston, TX, Storm Damage to Sprinkler Systems in Texas. Services: all services. Areas: service areas. Cities in this piece: Richardson, Cedar Park, Missouri City.
Parent service page: System Tune-Ups.
How we actually run this job
On the truck this is still isolation before dirt, a written option before extra parts, and a legal watering window after the hardware works. Texas clay, caliche, and city mains punish skipped steps. If a national checklist contradicts your utility, the utility wins.
If you are comparing cities, use the local page rather than this article alone — soil and freeze risk change at the county line. The service menu is here and the area list is here.
Need it fixed, not diagnosed over email? Call 888-427-5022 or use the contact page.
Texas context we will not skip
Gulf clay, Blackland prairie, and Edwards rock do not share a repair script. A wet spot in Houston is not a freeze crack in Dallas, and a SAWS stage day is not a MUD watering window in Katy. We write those constraints because they change the parts on the truck and the program we leave on the clock.
If this article is about a part, still run isolation before you buy a case of that part. If it is about a city, still open the valve box before you trench the first damp patch. If it is about a clock, still measure the solenoid. That order is the whole business.
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