Sprinkler Leak Detection in Porter, TX

Sprinkler Leak Detection in Porter, Texas

Quiet leaks in Porter clay look like rain. We start at the water meter, then open only the wet spot.

Porter wells pack screens. New Grand Parkway pockets already have dry corners. We flush before we sell a pump, and we treat a 1314 acreage lateral differently than a 50-foot HOA parkway.

East of Spring / Kingwood. Same east-Montgomery day as New Caney.

Leak detection starts at the meter and the backflow. If the meter moves with every valve off, the leak is on the main or the house side. If it only moves when a zone is live, we walk that lateral.

We look for winter (rare here) and summer tells: mushrooms in a ring, ants abandoning a wet spot, a sidewalk that never dries, a hiss at a valve. Acoustic listening helps on long mains. A shovel still closes the file.

High bills in a Spring August are often a stuck valve watering from 2 a.m. until noon. That is a leak in effect. We treat it as one.

Why Porter lawns fail this way

Porter is pine, oak, and sandy loam over a clay contact. Forest lots drain downhill. Irrigation that treats a pine lot like an open Spring parkway drowns the shade and starves the sun. Duff clogs heads. We split sun and shade when we can.

Soil. east Montgomery sands and clays; wells common

Grass. St. Augustine, acreage Bermuda

Houses. acreage, New Caney ISD growth, older FM 1314 lots Typical failures: well grit in screens, long laterals, new Grand Parkway HOA pockets

We restore the parkway or yard when the trench is closed. If Porter has city sidewalk rules or an HOA standard, we follow it. Utility lines get marked before every cut.

How a visit works

1. Meter test All irrigation off. Watch the sweep.
2. Zone isolation Open one station at a time.
3. Walk the wet Probe, listen, mark.
4. Open only the mark Repair, test, restore.

Neighborhoods and zips

Neighborhoods in Porter: Porter Heights, Valley Ranch, FM 1314, Grand Parkway east, Community. Zip codes: 77365. County: Montgomery County.