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Smart Irrigation System Upgrades in Rochester and Finger Lakes, NY

Expansions, Major Repairs & Upgrades

Irrigation system upgrades are the right solution when your property needs better coverage, smarter control, or a system that matches how your landscape is used today.

If your current setup leaves dry spots, wastes water, misses new planting areas, or relies on outdated components, an upgrade can make a real difference. From expanded zones and smarter controls to upgrading irrigation accessories, we help Rochester and Finger Lakes property owners get more reliable watering, easier control, and a system that fits the property the right way.

What to Expect

If you’re interested in having an irrigation system installed or expanded it’s a good idea to plan ahead because our installation crews schedule can be booked through mid-summer by early January and because the permitting process for backflow preventers in most Finger Lakes counties (i.e., Cayuga, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates) can take up to six months.

The Installation Process

New Construction

If you’re building a new home or commercial property, we will meet with you and your designer/builder/contractor to develop a Proposal that includes an irrigation plan and to make sure that we understand what is planned for the site and that the plumbing and electrical work, conduits, sleeves, and permits are put in place to support the system installation when the site is ready (usually after landscaping and hard surfaces are installed).

Existing Properties

After you have accepted our proposal, we will place you in our work schedule, apply for all necessary permits, and give you a tentative start date that is subject to change due to timely permit issuance, UDIG-NY contractors' timely performance of stakeouts and the rain, roots, rocks, and rock-hard soil we encounter on the jobs we have scheduled before yours.

If you’re installing an irrigation system on an existing property we'll contact you to learn what you want to do, and then use our mapping software to create an aerial view of your property showing your property boundaries and existing conditions (landscaping and hard surfaces, buried utilities, water supply, etc.), develop a written Proposal with a plan and scope of work, and identify an area for staging materials and equipment. We'll share the proposal with you, and make adjustments as needed to fit your budget or to accommodate additional sprinkler- or drip-irrigated areas.

After you have accepted our proposal and paid a deposit, we will place you in our work schedule, apply for all necessary permits, and give you a tentative start date that is subject to change due to timely permit issuance, UDIG-NY contractors' timely performance of stakeouts and the rain, roots, rocks, and rock-hard soil we encounter on the jobs we have scheduled before yours.

Also Existing systems may also need upgraded irrigation accessories such as WiFi controllers, efficient sprinkler heads, drip lines, sensors, supply lines, valves, or controller improvements. Irrigation Tech explains that WiFi irrigation controllers allow remote operation and better scheduling control, while drip irrigation systems deliver water directly to planting beds, shrubs, trees, and gardens.

After you've accepted our Proposal...

Proposal acceptance moves the project into scheduling, permit coordination, and installation preparation. After the customer signs the proposal and pays the deposit, Irrigation Tech places the job in the current year’s schedule or the next year’s schedule based on timing and availability.

The customer receives a tentative start date, often by week. Irrigation Tech contacts the customer as the date approaches to confirm the schedule or explain any adjustment caused by weather, permit timing, UDIG-NY stakeouts, unexpected conditions, or delays on earlier jobs.

Backflow requirements can affect scheduling. Properties connected to a public water supply require a backflow prevention device, and Irrigation Tech provides backflow testing in Rochester, NY for annual compliance and related irrigation service needs.

When it’s nearing the time for your system installation, modification, major repair, or expansion to begin we’ll…

Let you know we’re on schedule or that an adjustment is needed…
Call UDIG NY to flag underground utilities (often up to three weeks before we start your work)…
Work weekdays, generally 8am-5pm, and sometimes on Saturdays…
Park 2-3 vans on the street or in your driveway…
Place signs in your yard while installation is in progress…
Mark buried wires, piping, etc. not flagged by UDIG-NY and lay out your system using flags…
Leave a trailer at your house while work is in progress and store materials in your garage or yard…
Be respectful and polite, wear shoe coverings in your house & not smoke or vape in your yard…
Bore under sidewalks – if required to place supply lines…
Use a vibratory plow to carefully insert underground piping with minimal disruption to your lawn…
Hand dig areas that cannot be accessed with a vibratory plow…
Tamp your yard to level where it was disturbed by our work…

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Bottom Line: Why Choose irrigation Tech?

Because One Call to 1-877-8-IRRIGATE Does It All!

DPOAEs are responses generated when the cochlea is stimulated simultaneously by two pure tones.
Initial newborn hearing screenings use DPOAE testing to determine if a child needs further hearing evaluations.
To perform a DPOAE test, the audiologist with place a probe in the patient’s ear. The probe will emit a series of tones. The results will be either: pass or fail.
The test will take 2-3 minutes. The more quiet the patient is, the faster the test can be completed.

VRA is a behavioral test for evaluating hearing in toddlers and children too young for normal hearing evaluations.
Lighted toys are placed 90-degrees to each side of the child to “train” the child to look toward the direction of the sound that is presented by the audiologist. The audiologist reduces the intensity of both the sound and visual stimuli until she determines your child’s minimum hearing threshold. She will continue using different pitches in both ears until the audiogram is complete for your child.
This test is best used with children 6 months- 3 years old.

During a Tympanometry test, an audiologist inserts a pressurized probe into your child’s ear. It measures the ear drum’s response to changes in pressure.
Tympanometry is often used to detect the presence of otitis media.
A normal result means there is normal middle ear mobility. Meaning, measurements are normal and the eardrum is moving normally.
An abnormal tympanogram may reveal the presence of fluid in the middle ear or a perforation in the tympanic membrane (ear drum). It can also show such things as an excessive wax build up or scarring from frequent ear infections.

Central auditory processing is how your brain responds to what your ears hear. Children who have difficulty with auditory processing usually have normal hearing, but often have difficulty hearing in background noise, difficulty remembering instructions, and difficulty understanding people when they speak quickly.
CAPD can be performed on children 6 years and older.
If your child is diagnosed with ADD/ADHD please keep them on their medications for this testing.

Learn more about CAPD here