Dave's Sprinkler Repair & Winterization

Dave appeared earlier than planned (appointment for noon was pushed to be more like 10:45 am on day of), so punctuality is good (but keeping to appointment time would have been even better). Dave had trouble with the process, and quit on the spot. He handed me back my check, and told me he was leaving. He then made haste to vacate, not giving me precious few minutes to ask questions. He left me shocked and seriously in a bad predicament with few options to hire a shutdown service in early November. I think Dave has very-low to no problem-solving ability or interest. If he runs into a problem, he will personally run, and leave you in a lurch, with no looking back or support to make sure you're okay. I cannot recommend him or his service. PS After Dave abruptly left me, I hired Advanced Irrigation (612-599-8675) for the service, who found a way to come out the same day even though their schedule was tight, and fully complete the job, though it did take some problem-solving. I was so appreciative of the persistence and skill of the Advanced Irrigation personnel (Steve, in my case), and I would wholeheartedly recommend them for this type of service.

I hired Dave's Sprinkler Repair earlier this spring to replace a broken irrigation valve and repair a broken irrigation line. I found Dave to be a very nice guy and his fees were very reasonable, however, he is extremely unreliable. When he first showed up to repair my sprinkler system, he left part way through the job and told me that he would come back later in the day to complete the job. After he didn't return later in the day, I called him several times only to find out that he couldn't return to finish the job until later in the week. He eventually repaired the irrigation valve, but never repaired the broken irrigation line. I left him numerous voicemail messages, none of which returned and subsequently the irrigation line was never repaired. It's now October and the irrigation valve that he replaced has stopped working again. I called Dave and after 3 voicemail messages, he finally called me back. We scheduled an appointment, however, Dave never showed up. I've since left him multiple voicemail messages and I haven't heard back, so I've just given up. I would give Dave a resounding "F" if he wasn't so inexpensive, but I guess you get what you pay for. Dave is unreliable and flighty to say the least. I'd highly recommend looking elsewhere before hiring this guy.

Dave did a fine job. Gave me some other hints and was very quick.

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Dave has been maintaining my sprinkler system for years. He is very reasonable and does a great job every time.

Dave Lind/Owner of Dave's Sprinkler Repair was at my home for less than ten minutes; then left a hand written invoice for $65 in my mailbox without a return address. He wrote a note that said he needed to come back and I was looking at major repair on my irrigation system because it was old. He said the system would not stop recycling, would not shut off and he could come out again but it would be at least another $250.00 in repairs. I had already started up my irrigation system for the season and had not been experiencing the recycling problem he claimed I needed to repair. I was albe to repair the two broken sprinkler heads myself with parts I bought from Home Depot for less than $10.00 and have never experienced the recycling issue he claimed I needed to have repaired. When I spoke to Dave Lind about the $65 charge for basicically doing nothing but showiing up for under ten minutes he became verbally abusive. He has been leaving voicemail messages at all hour of the day and night with threatening profane language. Not only was I chaged for services not received by Dave Lind of Dave's Sprinkler Repair; he attempted to convince me I needed hundreds of dollars in unnecessary repair to my irrigation system that has beed operating perfectly since I replaced the sprinkler heads myself.

I got a card in the mail saying that it time to springler winterized so called him to make an appointment He did not show up so I called him the next day and his voice was full. So the day after that left a message He did return my call. So I find different company to do the work. I used him for many years and had no problems with him.

He knew what he was doing and the price was good. He understood my sprinklers without ever having been here before. I'll have them out in the spring. They will open up my sprinklers again.

As stated, we are new to the area from Texas - the sprinkler system is different than the ones used in Texas. We had two sprinkler heads leaking and when I called Dave's, Dave knew exactly what was wrong. When he arrived, he replaced the two heads and informed me that the valve may need to be replaced, but he didn't want to do it until he was sure. The valve ended up needing to be replaced but at least Dave tried to save us money and didn't just replace it not being sure. I really appreciate that from a true professional.

Excellent experience. I contacted several irrigation maintenance companies, but Dave's Sprinkler Repair returned my call within an hour. Dave came to my house the next day to diagnose the problems, which he did in less than an hour, giving me an estimate for the remaining work. The repair work included replacing a valve on a non functioning sprinkler zone and replacing the backflow prevention hardware, which had been leaking. He followed up with a return visit to make sure the repairs were working as expected. I would use this service again without hesitation.

I described that above. He called before coming to say he was on his way. He was polite, professional and friendly.

Good. We had hm last year as well.

Great

I've been very satisfied with the service from Dave. He makes it easy by being very flexible.