Head replacement is the line item people google hoping for a poster price. In Texas the can is cheap; the riser, the swing joint, the sunken hole, and the lateral beside it are why quotes vary. Anyone who quotes 50 heads without looking is guessing.
What a simple swap includes
Body, nozzle match, flush, and a test cycle. That is the cheap version in open turf.
See sprinkler repairs for the service definition.
What turns it into a real repair
- Cracked swing joint
- Leak beside the can
- Sunken crater that needs a rebuild
- Wrong nozzle chart across the zone
- A valve that is also weeping
How we quote
On site, after water-on. We do not bait-and-switch a head price into a mainline. If we see a mainline, we say mainline.
Keep reading (internal links)
Related: Underground Sprinkler Leak Detection in Texas Clay, Leak Detection & Repair in Dallas, TX, Sprinkler Valve Replacement Cost in Texas. Services: all services. Areas: service areas. Cities in this piece: Houston, Dallas, Katy.
Parent service page: Sprinkler Repairs.
Questions we get on this
Can you price it from a photo?
A photo tells us it is broken. It does not tell us if the leak is the body or the pipe.
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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