Hit $2,300 in irrigation repairs this spring and had to take a step back

I bought my house in the Northeast Heights back in 2018 and the drip system always seemed fine. This March I noticed a wet spot near the front flower bed and figured it was a minor leak. Called a plumber out and he found three separate breaks in the underground PVC lines from old tree roots. Then the main shutoff valve started sticking two weeks later, which cost another $400 to replace. By the time May rolled around I had paid for four service calls and a partial repipe under the driveway. My wife finally asked me to run the numbers and I was shocked to see $2,300 gone in just two and a half months. Has anyone else in Albuquerque dealt with old irrigation systems that just keep failing one piece at a time?

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campbell.robin4d ago

My neighbor in Rio Rancho told me his system did the same thing last year, and he found out the old poly pipe just gets brittle after about 15 years in our sun and soil. Sounds like you're hitting that same wall with the underground PVC.

spencer6644d ago

Doesn't it feel like once one thing goes, everything else in the system gets ready to fail too? I've seen this with so many houses around here, it's like the whole setup just decides to fall apart in one season after years of being fine.