A Colorado-style blow-out is not the default in Houston. A foam cover is not enough on an exposed Denton riser if you still run a 4 a.m. program into a 22°F night. Match the method to the metro.
Cover-first metros
Gulf Coast: cover, shutoff on freeze nights, inspect after. See the winterize guide.
Blow-out-more-common metros
North DFW and some Hill Country: draining exposed pipe is reasonable. Still cover the brass. Still inspect after.
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Related: Sprinkler Wire Troubleshooting, Timer & Controller Repairs in Dallas, TX, How to Read a Sprinkler Controller Program in Texas. Services: all services. Areas: service areas. Cities in this piece: Denton, Houston, Boerne.
Parent service page: Winterization & Spring Start-up.
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.
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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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