Your irrigation system is essential, providing the necessary water to keep your grass and plants hydrated throughout the growing season. Because of this, you will want to ensure it stays in working order year after year. To do this, you need to winterize it! Winterizing your irrigation system involves shutting it down and either draining or blowing out the lines to remove any remaining water in preparation for the winter season here in Colorado. However, if you skip this vital task, you will risk it becoming damaged due to freezing temperatures, leading to costly repairs come spring. The best time to winterize your irrigation system is before the first frost, between October and mid-November.

Winterizing Your Irrigation System Prepares It for the Winter Season

Winterization is a process that prepares your irrigation system for the winter season. It involves turning off the water supply and either draining or blowing out the pipes zone-by-zone to remove any remaining water; here in Colorado, it's common to do the latter. After that, the pump is drained and disconnected, and the above-ground components are removed or insulated to protect them from the cold.

What happens if you don't winterize your irrigation system?

The importance of winterizing your irrigation system is evident in the risks you'd take if you skipped it. When you don't properly prepare it for the winter, the remaining water in the pipes can freeze over, which can cause them to crack and break or even burst. Similarly, any water trapped in the sprinkler heads could expand due to freezing and damage them. As a result, you would have to deal with costly repairs in the spring and leave your grass and plants without hydration until it's up and running again. Rather than risking your irrigation system suffering extensive damage and leading to problems come spring, it's crucial to winterize it!

When should you winterize your irrigation system?

To ensure your irrigation system is ready for the winter months, you should winterize it before the first frost hits. Ideally, it should get done between October and mid-November so it's winterized ahead of time but doesn't leave your vegetation too long without water before going dormant. However, it's best to do it sooner rather than later to avoid any issues or it not being done by the time the temperatures drop below freezing.

You can bring your irrigation system back online in the spring so it starts delivering much-needed water to your vegetation with an irrigation startup service.

Call Us Today to Sign Up for Our Irrigation Winterization Service

At Mesa Turf Masters, we offer our irrigation winterization service to help prepare your system for the upcoming winter months, which is available starting October 1st for those with city water. If your supply comes from a ditch, it's available starting October 15th and runs until mid-November. With this service, our techs will follow a meticulous process to ensure we do it right, which involves shutting off the water supply and blowing out the water from the lines zone by zone. We believe in the quality of our work so much that we guarantee no breaks or issues during this process, or we will make any necessary repairs. With our 33 years of experience and dedication to providing only the best results, you can rest assured that your irrigation system will be properly winterized and ready for the winter.

We offer our irrigation winterization service to property owners in Grand Junction, CO, and throughout the nearby areas, such as Fruita and Palisade. Call us today at (970) 434-5440 to sign up and protect your irrigation system from any freeze-related damages!