Install pricing

[lawnmaster2]

What do you guys get for installing underground sprinkler systems in your area. Cost per Zone. Here where i am at we get between 400 to 500 per zone. Just curious what everybody else gets.. Thanks..

[DanaMac]

When I was still installing, it ranged from about $450-$650 per zone. Usually around the $500 mark. But you shouldn't figure $xxx per zone when bidding. Each job is going to have it's own quirks and variables - different soil conditions, sidewalks and driveways to go under, PVB or RP, 10' of copper or 40' copper for stub out, additional PRV, new or existing lawn, etc. But I haven't installed anything new in 4 years, so don't necessarily go by my numbers.

Now there is one instance where bidding by zone is fairly close from job to job. Here in a growing area with tract homes almost stacked on top of each other, 5'-10' in between them, same soil conditions throughout the neighborhood, each lot is about the same size, - you know what you're going to run into from one house to the next. So for ease and speed of bidding, you can sometimes bid per zone.

[Dirty Water]

We don't bid by zone, as Dana highlighted, its a pretty worthless number.

[jerryrwm]

If I were to bid by the zone it would average in the $1000 - $1200 range for upscale residential lots. If I were to bid by the head it would average $150 - $175 per head. But don't go by those prices because each and every job is different and is not priced that way.

Materials, Equipment, Labor, incidentals, overhead, insurance, etc. plus a healthy mark-up.

[ICS]

I agree. Zones are relative. Though I understand what you are trying to get at.

[DanaMac]

I agree. Zones are relative.
Good point. Here zones are designed at 10-12 GPM. other areas may be at 15-20 or more. Usually 4-5 rotors, 6-8 sprays per zone depending on what they are - Q, H, F, etc