Reticulation Claremont
Ask around Claremont: with 34 local jobs completed, there's a fair chance we've already fixed a system in your street. 4 of them in 2025.
✓ 24,000+ jobs completed across Perth · 34 local jobs completed in Claremont · ★ 4.7 from 230 Google reviews
Call (08) 6263 4644 to book a repair, or book a site assessment for a new system.
Your local Claremont reticulation team
Repairs aren't quoted — you book a repair and our technician diagnoses and fixes on site, with the parts already on the van. New systems are quoted after a paid site assessment, credited in full to your install if you accept the quote within 30 days.
Verge planting and reticulation rules sit with the Town of Claremont, while watering days come from the Water Corporation sprinkler roster, not the council — worth checking both before any verge retic work. Our depot in Jandakot puts Claremont about 15 km away, comfortably inside our everyday coverage.
We’re a Water Corporation Waterwise Garden Irrigator and an Irrigation Australia member, every job is backed by our workmanship warranty, and we’re rated 4.7 from 230 Google reviews.
Reticulation help in Claremont & nearby
We also look after Swanbourne, Dalkeith, Karrakatta, Mount Claremont, Peppermint Grove, Nedlands, Cottesloe and the wider Perth metro. Read our pricing guide or call to get started.
Nearby: Swanbourne · Dalkeith · Karrakatta · Mount Claremont · Peppermint Grove · Nedlands · Cottesloe
What does Claremont’s soil and water mean for your retic?
Soil — Spearwood sands. Well-drained yellow sands over Tamala limestone: water moves through fast, so a properly scheduled controller and soil wetters do the heavy lifting.
Groundwater & bores. This is favourable ground for garden bores — sand all the way to the water table in most streets. Bore-fed retic avoids scheme water charges, though the same 2-day roster and winter switch-off govern when it can run.
Rainfall — about 727mm a year. Annual rain near 727mm and strongly seasonal (~78% May-Sep at Swanbourne); the practical schedule is full summer duty, tapering shoulder seasons, sprinklers off 1 June - 31 August.
Sources: DPIRD-064 Soil Landscape Systems (SLIP) · DWER Perth Groundwater Map / Water Corp groundwater areas (band-level) · BOM station 009215 Swanbourne climate averages · Water Corporation watering roster (verified Jul 2026)
What kind of retic work do we do in Claremont?
What do we actually fix in Claremont? Looking at our completed jobs, it's mostly controller work, leak & pipe repairs and servicing & tune-ups — and with 10 jobs here in the last 24 months alone, we're in the suburb all the time.
From our Claremont job book
Adding a station in Claremont without a spare wire
A Claremont system had very low pressure, with pop-ups failing to rise — the classic symptom of too much demand on one station, or of a leak taking the pressure before the heads get it. There was a leak on the verge, which our technician repaired.
A new solenoid (the electrically-operated valve that feeds one station) was added to split the load, and the existing lawn solenoid replaced, as it had to be cut out. The wiring is where it got interesting.
There was a spare wire at the controller, the obvious way to drive the new valve — but testing showed it was open, meaning broken somewhere along its run and useless. Rather than trench a new wire, an add-a-station (a device that runs a second valve off an existing wire) device was fitted so the new solenoid shares an existing station wire.
Testing a spare before relying on it saves discovering the problem after the trench is dug.
What we actually find in Claremont
We've completed 34 jobs in Claremont. For this pattern check we read the 6 with the fullest, most recent technician notes — a capped sample, deliberately small and not random. 5 involved mainline leaks and split poly (33% across the 1,781 Perth jobs sampled the same way) and 3 involved broken pop-ups and blocked nozzles (29%). Counts overlap, because one job can carry both. It is not Claremont's fault rate, and we don't publish it as one.
Need the same kind of help? Book a repair or arrange a site assessment.
Reticulation Repairs in Claremont
Broken pop-ups, a leaking solenoid, dry patches or a controller that’s lost the plot? Our fully-equipped technicians diagnose and fix most Claremontfaults on the spot. Repairs aren’t quoted – call us and we’ll book the visit.
New Systems in Claremont
Putting in a new lawn or upgrading a tired system? We design and install fully automated, waterwise reticulation for Claremonthomes. Book a paid site assessment — credited in full to your install if you accept the quote within 30 days.
What Claremont customers say
“John and the team at Perth Retic experts were a pleasure to deal with. The quality of the install and the service that was given before, during and after the install was fantastic. One of the best contractors that I have dealt with.”