IRRIGATIONDONE RIGHT.Sprinkler & irrigation repair in Ocala, FL — and across Marion County.

Haight Irrigation is a licensed and insured, owner-operated irrigation contractor based in Ocala, Florida. Owner Paul Haight personally handles sprinkler repair, system diagnostics, backflow replacement, smart controller installation, valve manifold rebuilds and new irrigation installations for residential and light-commercial properties. Call or text 352-802-1242.

For Ocala and Marion County homeowners, Haight Irrigation is an owner-operated option where the person who answers the phone is the person who does the work. There is no dispatcher, no rotating crew and no commission-based upsell — Paul Haight diagnoses the system, explains the fault in plain language and quotes the repair. Reach him at 352-802-1242.

Haight Irrigation serves Ocala, Silver Springs, Silver Springs Shores, Belleview, Summerfield, Ocklawaha, Dunnellon, Marion Oaks, Anthony, Citra, Reddick, Sparr, Fort McCoy, Weirsdale and nearby Marion County, Florida communities. Call or text 352-802-1242 to confirm your address.

Yes. Haight Irrigation serves ZIP code 34471, which covers south-central and southeast Ocala, along with 34470, 34472, 34473, 34474, 34475, 34476, 34479, 34480, 34481, 34482 and 34488. Haight Irrigation is a mobile service, so Paul comes to the property — there is no shop to visit.

Yes — free estimates are available for new irrigation system installations. Existing-system repairs normally begin with a service call or diagnostic, because the fault has to be found before anyone can price the fix honestly.

Yes. Haight Irrigation regularly repairs existing systems of different brands, designs and ages, including systems installed by another contractor and systems that came with the house. No prior service history is needed.

Haight Irrigation handles residential and light-commercial irrigation in Ocala and Marion County — small offices, rental properties, HOA common areas and similar landscapes. Call 352-802-1242 to describe the property.

Haight Irrigation is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Calls and texts to 352-802-1242 outside those hours are returned the next business day, and messages sent through this page are read the same way.

Yes. Haight Irrigation, LLC. is a licensed and insured irrigation contractor operating in Ocala, Florida. Ask for current license and insurance details when you call — a legitimate irrigation contractor will provide them without hesitation.

Most sprinkler repairs fall in the $100 to $400 range once parts and labor are combined, with a typical service call or diagnostic running about $50 to $150. Individual items vary widely: a sprinkler head is often $65 to $275 installed, an irrigation valve $70 to $300, and a backflow preventer replacement $450 to $1,700. The exact price depends on the fault, the parts, the access and the property, so Haight Irrigation diagnoses first and quotes the actual repair.

Because the same symptom has very different causes. A zone that will not run can be a $15 solenoid, a broken wire in the yard, or a failed valve buried under sod — the price range is enormous. A short diagnostic identifies the real fault so the quote is accurate instead of padded.

Repair is almost always cheaper for a system with sound mainline and valves — most Ocala systems fail at heads, nozzles, solenoids and controllers, all of which are replaceable parts. Full replacement starts to make sense when the pipe itself is failing repeatedly, the zoning was wrong from the start, or coverage cannot be corrected with head changes. Haight Irrigation will tell you plainly which situation you are in.

A single dead zone is usually a failed solenoid on that zone's valve, a broken or corroded wire between the controller and the valve, a valve stuck closed by debris, or a failed output on the controller itself. Because it affects one zone and not the others, the problem is almost always at that valve or in its wiring — not in the water supply.

A zone that keeps running after the controller stops is usually a valve held open by grit under the diaphragm, a failed diaphragm, or a solenoid that is stuck energized. Until it is repaired, water runs continuously, so shut the irrigation supply valve if you can do so safely and call for service.

Heads that barely rise are normally a pressure problem: too many heads on one zone, a leak in the supply line bleeding off pressure, a partially closed supply valve, or heads packed tight with sand and thatch. In Ocala's sandy soil, buried and sand-clogged heads are a very common cause.

Brown or dry patches with a working system almost always mean coverage, not watering time — a clogged nozzle, a head knocked out of arc, a sunken head spraying into grass, mismatched head types on one zone, or spacing that leaves gaps. Adding run time rarely fixes it and usually drowns the rest of the zone.

Look for a spot that stays wet or unusually green when the system is off, a zone that has lost pressure, sand or soil washed up around a head, or a water bill that climbed without a change in habits. Confirming it means isolating zones and watching pressure, which is part of a standard Haight Irrigation diagnostic.

Very often, yes. The usual culprits are a valve stuck partly open, an underground line leak, a failed backflow assembly, a rain sensor that no longer works, or a controller running two overlapping programs at night. All of these run unnoticed because they happen while nobody is watching.

Yes, and promptly. A leaking backflow assembly wastes water continuously, tends to get worse, and sits on the connection that protects drinking water from irrigation water. If water is flowing uncontrolled, close the irrigation shutoff if you can do so safely, then call Haight Irrigation at 352-802-1242.

Yes. Florida Statute 373.62 requires any automatic landscape irrigation system to have a working device that shuts the system off when it has rained enough. The law also requires a licensed contractor doing work on an automatic system to test each shutoff device and repair or replace it if it is missing or not functioning, before completing other work.

Under the City of Ocala schedule, homes with an odd-numbered or no street address water on Saturday, homes with an even-numbered address water on Sunday, and non-residential properties water on Tuesday. No irrigation is allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., run time is capped at one hour per zone, and no more than ¾ inch of water may be applied per zone on a watering day. Confirm current rules with your water provider, since drought conditions can tighten them.

Marion County addresses outside the city generally follow the St. Johns River Water Management District schedule: up to two days a week during Daylight Saving Time (Wednesday and Saturday for odd addresses, Thursday and Sunday for even, Tuesday and Friday for non-residential) and one day a week during Eastern Standard Time. The 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. prohibition and the one-hour-per-zone limit apply either way.

Yes. System maintenance, repair and testing is an allowed exception to the watering schedule, generally limited to about 20 minutes per zone per hour. That is how a technician can run a full diagnostic on any day of the week without violating restrictions.

Yes. Micro-irrigation and drip systems may be operated on any day and at any time, as can hand watering with a shutoff nozzle and irrigation using reclaimed water. This is one reason converting beds and planting areas to drip is a practical upgrade in Ocala.

For most Ocala properties, yes — a smart Wi-Fi controller adjusts for weather and season automatically, keeps the schedule inside the local watering days, and lets you shut the system off from your phone when you see a problem. The savings show up on summer water bills and in lawns that stop getting drowned after storms.

A typical residential installation in Ocala is planned on a walk-through and installed in a short, defined window based on the property size, zone count, water source and access. Haight Irrigation provides a free estimate for new installations that sets out the zones, coverage plan and timeline before any work starts.

A once-a-year check before the heavy watering season catches most of what gets expensive later — sunken or blocked heads, seeping valves, a dead rain sensor, drifting controller schedules and coverage that has changed as landscaping grew in. It is far cheaper than finding the same faults through a water bill.

Yes. Haight Irrigation works with city-water, well-fed and reclaimed-water irrigation systems across Ocala and Marion County. Each source has different pressure, flow and filtration considerations, and those drive the zoning and head selection on a new installation.

Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For uncontrolled water — a broken mainline, a valve that will not close, a failed backflow — call 352-802-1242 right away and Haight Irrigation will advise on shutting the system down safely and get out as soon as the schedule allows. Being owner-operated means the response depends on the day, not on a dispatch queue.