Lawn Care Tips - Tulsa Irrigation System Maintenance

Irrigation systems are excellent for helping keep your lawn healthy and looking great all summer long by providing your lawn the right amount of watering. Lawns that are healthy tend to be less susceptible to disease, insects, weeds, and drought. Healthy lawns help to lessen soil erosion and surface water runoff. Thus, your Tulsa irrigation system plays a key role in maintaining a healthy, vibrant lawn, as well as helping with water conservation and reducing the time needed to maintain your lawn.

But, just as your lawn needs regular maintenance, your irrigation system also needs maintenance in order to function correctly. What can you do to make sure your irrigation system is working properly?


Your automatic irrigation system will need a thorough check-up and maintenance overlook both the start and end of the season. It’s often best to have a professional Tulsa irrigation company perform the spring start-up maintenance and then also winterize your irrigation system in the fall.
But throughout the season, regular inspection of your irrigation system will ensure it’s still functioning properly and help to prevent more expensive sprinkler repairs.

So, every month or so, it’s important to inspect your irrigation system for any broken components or leaks.

Make sure sprinkler heads and nozzles are not broken and are aligned correctly, watering the specific area of the lawn. Brown spots or constant damp spots in your lawn are both indications that your sprinkler system may have a damaged component or that the sprinkler heads are facing the wrong direction. You may need to adjust the sprinkler heads a little to ensure they are watering the lawn and not the sidewalk or home. Also check to see that the sprinkler’s spray is not blocked by plants or other things.

Replace any broken or damaged sprinkler heads. These components can often be damaged accidentally by lawn equipment, become clogged, or just wear out over time.

Inspect your entire irrigation system for any leaks and for the right amount of water pressure. When checking your automatic irrigation system for leaks or improper water pressure, it’s good to run the system one zone at a time so that you can easily pinpoint any problem spots. Low pressure can often indicate a line break.

Proper winterization of your Tulsa irrigation system is vital to ensure pipes do not break during the cold winter weather and that everything will work correctly again come springtime.

The Tulsa automatic irrigation system specialists at Oklahoma Landscape are skilled at designing, installing, checking, and maintaining your whole sprinkler system. We can handle all of the maintenance and regular system audits as well as winterization of your irrigation system to make sure it’s always working at the optimum level of performance. We service all brands of irrigation systems and sprinklers and can effectively diagnose problems so that you conserve water and your lawn continues to be, lush, vibrant and healthy.