Marco Bros / Lawn irrigation that still answers
Lawn irrigation that still answers.
Somebody put the sprinklers in years ago and moved on. Dave and John have picked up since 1999, in Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville, and the rest of the DMV.
A zone that will not open, a controller that blinks, a spring start-up you keep putting off. That is the work. Marco Bros installs new systems, expands old ones, and keeps Hunter and Rain Bird parts on the truck because those are the parts you can still get hold of on a Saturday in August.
What we do on a lawn
- New sprinkler installs and expansions
- Head, valve, and pipe repair
- Controller upgrades
- Spring start-up
- Fall blow-out / winterization
- Drip conversion and backflow work
Silver Spring, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Rockville, Potomac, Takoma Park, College Park, Bowie, White Plains, and Waldorf, and into Arlington, Alexandria, McLean, Falls Church, Vienna, and Fairfax and the District. One crew. The estimate is free.
The service year
Most of the failures we get called out for on a July afternoon were preventable in April. This is the rhythm we keep our customers on.
- Spring start-up, March to May. Charge the mainline slowly, walk every zone, adjust arcs and nozzles, reprogram the controller for spring rainfall.
- Pressure check, June to August. Pressure read at the furthest head, clogged nozzles cleared, runtimes bumped for the six weeks that actually burn a lawn out.
- Fall look, September and October. Clogged nozzles, sunken heads, and dry corners caught while the lawn can still recover. Runtimes trimmed as the days shorten.
- Blow-out, November to February. Compressed air through every zone before the first hard freeze. The cheapest way to avoid a cracked mainline in February.
Every zone, only the water it needs
Rotors on the open lawn, sprays at the curb strip, drip in the beds. Converting a planted bed to drip stops the overspray on the siding and the sidewalk. A backflow device on the mainline keeps the house water where it belongs. When a controller is old enough to blink, replacing it ends the guessing.
How it goes
- Tell them the job. A dead zone, a start-up, a blow-out, or a new lawn. A sentence on the form is enough.
- Leave a number. One form, both brothers.
- They call you. Dave or John reads it and calls the number you leave.
- Free estimate on site. They walk the job with you. If you do not need the work, they say so.
Irrigation work
Questions we get on the first request
How often should a sprinkler system be serviced?
Four visits a year keep a system alive: a spring start-up, a pressure check in the July heat, a look at the zones in early fall, and a blow-out before the first hard freeze. If you only call when the lawn is brown, we still come.
Do you work on a system you did not install?
Most of the systems we touch were put in by someone else. We start by walking the zones. We do not start by selling you a replacement.
Do you winterize lawn sprinklers?
Yes. A compressed-air blow-out of every zone before the first hard freeze is the cheapest way to avoid a cracked mainline in February. Spring start-up is the other half of the year.
What sprinkler brands do you install and repair?
We build mostly on Hunter and Rain Bird because those are the parts you can still get hold of on a Saturday in August. We repair other brands when the parts exist.
What does an irrigation estimate cost?
Nothing. Describe the lawn or the dead zone on the form and Dave or John will call you back. If you do not need the work, they will say so.