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Sprinkler Repair & Winterization Cost Calculator

Price an irrigation job in seconds. Pick the service — spring startup, winterization blowout, a head or valve repair, a controller install — scale it by zone count, and see your real profit after parts.

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That's the hard part done. SideWRK runs the rest from your phone: text the estimate, your customer taps approve, and the money hits — card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle, no merchant account, no three-percent bite. It keeps a line on who still owes you, logs every material and cost so your real profit and your tax write-offs tally themselves, and stands up a free website with reviews that feeds you the next job. A free estimate today, or your whole operation in one app. Built for sprinkler repair and every trade.

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Two visits a year, priced right

Irrigation money comes in two waves — spring startups when everything wakes up, fall blowouts before the first hard freeze — so price the visit for the zone count and let the repairs ride on their own lines. A startup or blowout is quick money, but the real value is what you catch while you are there: the cracked head on zone 3, the valve that will not close, the controller nobody has reprogrammed since it was installed. Charge the parts at your cost so you can see the real profit, hold a job minimum so the little four-zone yard still pays for the trip, and put every customer on a spring-and-fall reminder. Two guaranteed visits a year, booked before the season starts, is how a route turns into a business.

Questions

How much does sprinkler winterization cost?
A blowout typically runs $60 to $125, with the average near $90 and small systems as low as $40. Most pros price a base for up to about eight zones, then add roughly $5 to $10 per zone beyond that — a big 12-zone system takes more air, more time, and more care not to over-pressurize. Skipping it is the expensive option: a cracked backflow assembly or a split mainline from a hard freeze costs the homeowner far more than the blowout.
What should I charge for a spring startup?
A spring startup and system test also lands around $60 to $125 — you charge the system slowly, walk every zone, and adjust or straighten heads. The money is in what you find: a startup is the audition for the head, valve, and controller repairs the winter left behind, so quote those as their own lines instead of folding them into the visit.
Should I sell a twice-a-year maintenance plan?
Yes — it is the whole business. Irrigation has two peaks, spring startups and fall blowouts, so every customer on a plan is two guaranteed visits a year plus the repairs in between. Yearly maintenance agreements commonly run $150 to $400. Set the reminder, lock the route before the season hits, and pair it with snow removal or gutter cleaning to fill the calendar.
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