The contractor gave me a quote for replacing a lot of my old above-ground sprinkler heads with new “spring-loaded, pop-up type heads”. Whats this all about?
A. In a word, safety. The pop-up type heads retract below ground when the sprinklers are off to reduce the trip, fall, and gore hazard. These pop-up style sprinklers are now the industry standard for safety. Simply stated, the old above-ground style sprinklers are unsafe, do not comply with current industry standards, and are a liability hazard. Lawsuits are becoming an American hobby, this isn’t the place to cut corners! It’s not a bad idea to find several, local landscape contractors and ask them to give you proposals for the corrective work. You may get a better deal from a licensed landscape contractor who specializes in irrigation installation rather than maintenance. They can often buy irrigation parts cheaper than maintenance contractors can.
