Scheduled visit
Irrigation running at the wrong times
Sprinklers come on in the middle of the day, run twice in one night, or water on days they should not. Sometimes a zone starts as you are walking through the garden or when guests are outside.
Irrigation & Landscape
A valve stuck open is treated as urgent because of the water it wastes.
Call nowRequest controller setup on WhatsApp01LIKELY CAUSES
What usually sits behind this symptom, and what tells one cause from another.
Overlapping programmes or start times
Controller shows several programmes with start times on the same zones.
Clock or date wrong
Controller time differs from actual time.
Smart controller schedule lost or changed
App schedule differs from what is expected.
02BEFORE ANYONE VISITS
What you can safely check.
- Check the controller’s clock and date.
- Review every programme and start time.
- Note exactly when the unexpected runs happen.
- Pause the system if watering at midday is wasting water.
03WHAT WE MEASURE
We read every programme on the controller, check the clock and backup battery, and for smart controllers the app and connectivity. Schedules are then rebuilt around the garden’s zones and the season.
04IN A VILLA
Villa controllers often run many zones with programmes added by different gardeners over the years. Extra start times are common and easy to miss, and power interruptions reset clocks on older units.
05THE FIX
Which repair, and when.
Watering at midday wastes water to evaporation, and double runs overwater beds and raise bills.
Clean up programmes
Start times overlap.
Set the clock and replace the backup battery
Time resets after outages.
Reconfigure or replace the smart controller
Schedules keep changing.
06Typical villa irrigation callout
AED 180 – 900 depending on the fault
Controller, battery and single-solenoid faults sit at the lower end. Buried line location and repair sits higher and depends on where the fault turns out to be.
07QUESTIONS
- Why does it run at midday?
- A start time or programme is set for that time, or the clock is wrong.
- How many programmes do I need?
- Usually fewer than are set; zones are grouped by plant type.
- Do smart controllers help?
- They can adjust to weather, if set up correctly.
- Should times change with the seasons?
- Yes, summer and winter schedules differ.