Irrigation systems

Your lawn.
Watered perfectly.

For the first two weeks, new sod wants water two or three times every day. Down here, one hot windy afternoon without it shows up fast. A zoned system takes that job off your plate for good.

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The Sod Squad character giving a thumbs up

Zoned sprinkler system watering a lawn at golden hour — Each zone runs at dawn, whether you are home or not

$2,850–$3,950

Most new systems

1–2 days

On site

2-year

Parts and labor covered

$125

Flat service visit

Protect what you paid for.

New sod costs real money. Keeping it alive with a sprinkler system costs much less than laying it twice.

Watering new sod by hand

Corners the hose never reaches go brown first
Midday watering burns off before it soaks in
Skip one hot July day and the damage shows
A weekend away from your shore house puts the lawn at risk

A zoned sprinkler system

Even water across each zone, with no dry or flooded spots
Starts on its own early in the morning, with the right amount
The rain sensor holds off when a storm already did the work
New sod takes root in about 10 days, not 21

The parts we put in.

Pro-grade gear, the kind golf courses run. Nothing from a big-box store shelf.

Toro pop-up heads — they drop out of sight when off and put down water evenly in each zone

Hunter Hydrawise Wi-Fi timer — runs from your phone, so a second-home owner can check it from anywhere

A rain sensor on every job — the system pauses itself when it rains

Backflow preventer to NJ code — keeps your drinking water safe and the install up to code

Pipe pulled with a vibratory plow — a thin 2-inch slit, not an open trench, that heals in days

Zones laid out on site — heads placed for your sun, shade, slope and fast-draining island sand, and quoted by zone

New systems, fixes and yearly care.

A new system

Planned around your yard, put in over 1 or 2 days and tuned before the crew leaves. Most land between $2,850 and $3,950 complete.

Fixes and upgrades

Broken heads, a zone that leaks, a timer acting up. It is a $125 flat service visit, fixed while we are there, and most repairs total under $200.

Season care

A spring turn-on with a pressure check and a fall blowout before the freeze. Or let the $449 Annual Irrigation Package cover the whole year for you.

Package members never pay a service visit fee during the year. see the plan ›Like to see the cost laid out first? What a sprinkler system costs in Cape May County ›

Questions we hear a lot.

What does a sprinkler system cost in Cape May County?

A typical new system comes in at $2,850 to $3,950 installed. That price covers the controller, a rain sensor, the backflow preventer and the labor. A small yard can start near $1,800, and big properties with many zones cost more. You get the number in writing, and it does not grow once work starts.

Do I put in sprinklers before or after the sod?

Best case, both go in together. One crew handles the job on one schedule, and the new grass gets water on day one. If you have to pick one, pick the sprinklers. New sod with no water is a big risk. Water on the lawn you already have still helps it.

How many days does the install take?

Most homes are done in one or two days. We pull pipe with a vibratory plow, which leaves a thin 2-inch slit in the ground instead of an open trench. The cut closes up within days and is hard to spot.

Which parts do you install?

Toro heads and Toro valves, the same kind of parts used on golf courses. The timer is a Hunter Hydrawise Wi-Fi controller you run from your phone. It can adjust watering for rain, heat and the time of year.

Can you fix, open and close my system each year?

Yes. We do spring turn-ons, fall blowouts, new heads, extra zones and timer upgrades. A service visit is a flat $125, which covers finding the problem and fixing it while we are there. Parts are extra. Members of the Annual Irrigation Package skip that fee.

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