Drip Irrigation Conversion in the Fairfield Area
We convert planting-bed spray irrigation to drip tubing and emitters placed for the shrubs, trees and other plants. The work includes checking the zone layout, filtration, pressure control and watering schedule. The bed can change while the lawn and its sprinkler zone stay in place.
What changes when a bed goes from spray to drip?
Where the water lands.
A spray head throws water through the air, over the leaves and onto whatever sits next to the bed. A fixed spray head puts down 1 to 4 inches of water an hour, faster than the soil takes it in, and the afternoon wind takes its share.
Drip lets the water out at the soil, a measured amount at each plant, under the mulch, and EPA WaterSense puts it at 20 to 50 percent less water than sprinklers.
- ASpray, A. Water on the wall
Each head throws past the bed and onto the stucco.
- BSpray, B. Mist on the walk
Afternoon wind carries the spray off the bed.
- CSpray, C. Heads right at the walk
The bed gets more water than the soil can take in.
- ADrip, A. Dry wall
Nothing is thrown, so nothing lands on the stucco.
- BDrip, B. Dry walk
The water leaves the tubing at the soil, not through the air.
- CDrip, C. Water at the roots
A measured amount at each plant, under 3 inches of mulch.
Each part has its own page: Valve replacement · Controller replacement · Mulch installation
A proper drip conversion: what’s in it?
Water needs to reach the ROOTS
His post was about a job where the drip was already in and the plants were still dying: the tubing sat too far from them, and the emitters were the wrong size.
Its own valve
A bed and a lawn need different run times.
- Its own valve
- A bed and a lawn need different run times.
- A filter and a pressure regulator
- Drip runs on clean water at low pressure.
- Spray heads capped
- Every one on that valve.
- Tubing run to the plants
- Emitters at the roots, sized to each plant.
- Three inches of mulch
- Keeps the water in the soil and the weeds down.
- A drip schedule
- Longer, slower runs on the drip valve alone.
The 3-year warranty on qualifying irrigation and lighting systems: ask which parts of your conversion qualify.
They did an excellent job installing a landscape lighting system and a drip irrigation system for my property.
PICHIN PLATA, Google review, Jul 2026 (opens in a new tab)Replaced my sprinkler valves, drip line timer, and drip line wiring
Luke Vera, Google review, Sep 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Sprinkler & drip repair and installation · Irrigation · Drip vs sprinklers
Which water rebates pay for drip?
Through a qualifying lawn swap: lawn comes out, low-water planting goes in, and drip waters it. Each program is your water provider’s, and each wants to see the lawn first.
back for swapping 800 sq ft of lawn for drip-watered beds
$1.50 per sq ft, up to $1,500.
Checked Sep 2026
- Solano County Water Agency (Eligible water accounts in Fairfield, Vacaville and Vallejo): $1.50 a square foot, up to $1,500 for a home. Checked Sep 2026.
- City of Napa · Cash for Grass (Napa city water customers): $2 a square foot, up to $2,000 for a single-family home. Checked Sep 2026.
We design and install the drip to each program’s terms and set the controller for it. You apply to your provider.
Planning a lawn swap? Call before anything comes out.
Call for a quote(707) 329-8391Every provider’s rules and rebates: Watering rules by city · Lawn and irrigation rebates by city · Solano County · Napa · Service areas
Planning a drip conversion
Different watering needs usually call for separate zones.
Everything on one valve runs for the same time, while sprinkler and drip watering rates can differ. We check the layout before converting a bed. It may need its own valve, or the existing zone may be converted completely so remaining sprays do not share an unsuitable schedule.
Sprinkler valve and manifold workWhy plants stay dry when drip irrigation runs
No, the bed can be a separate project.
Drip suits targeted watering in planting beds and around shrubs or trees. An existing lawn can keep suitable sprinklers on its own zone. We plan tubing and emitters for the plants, with filtration and pressure control matched to the selected components.
Sprinkler and drip system installationPremium lawn care and maintenance
Confirm the exact project with your water provider.
The lawn-replacement programs described above pay for eligible lawn conversion, so a bed that was never lawn is a different project. Rules and funding can change. Check the provider on your bill and obtain any required approval before removing lawn or buying parts.
Where we take new bookings.
All our services are available in the neighborhoods below. Our workday starts in Fairfield. We aim to keep routes within about 15 miles, serving the neighborhoods listed here rather than every address in the surrounding cities or counties. Call with your neighborhood and location before arranging a visit.
- Fairfield
- Cordelia, Rockville, Green Valley, Rancho Solano, Mankas Corner
- Vacaville
- Elmira, Browns Valley
- Vallejo
- Hiddenbrooke
- Suisun Valley
- Suisun Valley
- Napa
- Silverado Country Club, Browns Valley, Alta Heights, East Napa
- American Canyon
- All of American Canyon
Tell us your neighborhood and the work you need when you call. We confirm the property is on our service route before arranging a visit. Check our service area.
Water the plants, not the walk.
Call to discuss converting the beds from spray to drip.
Call for a quote(707) 329-8391
