What does a professionally installed lawn sprinkler system usually cost in the West Texas area (1900 sq ft)?

Answer 1

It will cost a lot less if you do it yourself!

I dont know if you have "pex tubing" in your area, (it seems in Ohio, they frown on it, and only install it in trailers...what a bummer).
But, you can get a ditch witch, and dig all your trenches to where you want to put the pop-ups, and run them back to your house, where they will be installed on a manifold, or a series of pipes with valves, for manual useage, or solenoides for automatic timers.

If you do this yourself, you will save about 2/3s of the cost.

Mark your spots in the yard with a can of florescent paint, and mark the trail back to where you want to install your manifold.

I would put it inside the house, in the basement if your in a cold climate, by digging just outside the basement, at the location, and then using a ditch witch from the "hole" to where you want to put them at.

Its not a hard job to do, by using machines, as it does all the work. (I would get a couple of neighborhood boys, (pay them a wage an hour or negotiate a good salary for them and it will "still" save you thousands, instead of having it Professionally installed), and have them fill in the holes, after you have dug the trenches, and laid the lines in for the sprinkler heads.

Have the pex going back to the manifold, after you put a small hole in the wall to bring all your tubings in, (I would also, see about sloping the lines, so that they will drain out, or put a valve in each one of them, and get an air compressor and go to each 'head' and blow the water out, when you approach winter time. Pex is not "supposed" to expand and bust, but, why take a chance, eh? Also, the three feet, that the ditch witch will dig, should be below frost level so, even if you dont get all the water out, it shouldnt freeze).

Ok, its just a long and hard job, if you dont have help. Have enough, and it will go fast.

As for cost, I dont know, what the materials list is, around your area, so I couldnt even beging to give you an estimate...sorry.

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 2

I am in Dallas. I had one installed about 6 years ago for $1500. make sure you get three bids and determine what brand of sprinkler heads they will use. There are some on the market that are "very" cheap. They last about a year and then need to be replaced because the spring mechanism that retracts the heads goes bad. Make sure they use a reputable brand i. e. Bluebird, Rainmaker etc. The price will also be effected if you use pop-up or rotating heads. Pop-ups are better. My neighbor had rotating heads installed because it was cheaper. Now she regrets it and says she should have had pop-ups.