Mid-Summer Irrigation Audit in MetroWest, MA

By July, a system that was dialed in at the spring startup rarely still is. Heat climbs, rainfall drops, and turf and plantings need more water than the schedule you set in April was ever built to deliver. Meanwhile the system itself has had a full season of mowing, foot traffic, and settling soil working against it — heads knocked out of alignment, drip lines pinched, a rain sensor that quietly stopped reporting.

A mid-summer irrigation audit catches all of that while there's still season left to save. Lynch Landscape & Tree Service has been providing irrigation services in MetroWest for more than 30 years, and our technicians handle summer checkups for homeowners in Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, Wellesley, Lincoln, Concord and Natick.

Watering restrictions are the other half of the job

Most MetroWest towns limit outdoor watering during the summer — often to specific days, specific hours, or both, with restrictions tightening as drought conditions worsen. Fines follow quickly for systems still running on a spring schedule.

Part of every audit is reprogramming your controller to stay compliant with your town's current restrictions while still giving turf and beds the water they need inside that narrower window. If your system runs on a WiFi-enabled Hunter or RainBird controller, we can make those adjustments as conditions change through the season.

What's included in a summer checkup

Our technicians cover the following on every mid-summer audit:

  • Check the controller to confirm date, time, and schedules are correct
  • Increase watering frequency or volume for turf and plantings
  • Create special watering programs to comply with town water bans as needed
  • Create cool-down cycles to lower soil temperatures and reduce turf burnout during extended heat
  • Check the orientation of all rotary and spray heads for proper coverage
  • Check the functionality of all drip lines and spray heads serving plantings
  • Check the functionality of the rain sensor, if applicable
  • Report any necessary repairs along with estimated costs

Repairs are billed hourly plus parts. See our irrigation repair and installation page for the work we handle beyond the audit itself.

Serving MetroWest and the surrounding towns

We perform mid-summer irrigation audits throughout Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, Wellesley, Lincoln, Concord, Natick, Framingham, Dover, and Sherborn. Our shop is at 80 Union Ave in Sudbury, which keeps crews close to every town we serve.

Once the season winds down, the next step is irrigation winterization — blowing out the lines before the first hard freeze.

Schedule a mid-summer irrigation audit or call (978) 443-2626.