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justbeachy
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Changing sprinkler company?
This is all new to me..
We bought the house and were told that company X does the sprinklers.
But now, looking at what everyone on here is being charged, I think we're getting ripped off!
Can you simply change sprinkler companies? Does this company have any 'rights' to our system since they were the ones who put it in 15+ years ago??
Message edited 9/17/2014 8:42:52 AM.
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blu6385
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Changing sprinkler company?
No unless you signed a contract you can use anyone you want to open them and close them
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| Posted 9/17/14 8:47 AM |
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Paramount
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Changing sprinkler company?
Um...yes you can hire who you damn well please.
I use RPM sprinklers. They charge $65 for open and $65 for close. They are a smidge more expensive than other services but they have been doing me for years and I am happy with the service.
How much are you paying?
And you can call them and say "thank you I don't need your services anymore". There is no WAY you are under contract unless YOU specifically signed one. And then they usually only yearly anyway.
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| Posted 9/17/14 11:59 AM |
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justbeachy
So close....
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Re: Changing sprinkler company?
Posted by Paramount
Um...yes you can hire who you damn well please.
I hope this wasn't meant in a rude way...? This is all new to me (as I was renting in a NYC apartment for 10 years)..
They are charging me $170 for open and close. I have 11 zones.
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| Posted 9/17/14 5:04 PM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: Changing sprinkler company?
Posted by justbeachy
Posted by Paramount
Um...yes you can hire who you damn well please.
I hope this wasn't meant in a rude way...? This is all new to me (as I was renting in a NYC apartment for 10 years)..
They are charging me $170 for open and close. I have 11 zones.
They usually charge by the zone. I think we used to pay over $300 every time we needed to open or close our system (17 zones) and this was well over 5 years ago. My DH eventually got tired of paying for it knowing he could do it himself with our compressor. 
ETA: the company we were using had been servicing our home for years (they serviced the prior homeowners), but we just told them we would no longer be needing their services.
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JDubs
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Re: Changing sprinkler company?
If you haven't signed a contract I can't see why not. I would just tell the current company that you no longer need their services.
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| Posted 9/18/14 10:30 AM |
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skew
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Re: Changing sprinkler company?
$170 for open and close? That's INSANE.
Several of the girls on the site and I use McCormack Irrigation 631 744 1500. They are located in Miller Place but travel all over the island. I have 14 zones and pay $50 for open and close ($100 total).
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