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Reticulation Highgate
PRE crews are in Highgate constantly — 63 of our 73 jobs here run under commercial facilities and housing maintenance programs, alongside repairs and installs for local homeowners. 8 of them in 2025.
✓ 24,000+ jobs completed across Perth · 67+ maintenance visits completed in Highgate · ★ 4.7 from 236 Google reviews
Call (08) 6263 4644 to book a repair, or book a site assessment for a new system.
Mostly housing and facility irrigation maintenance
Every visit is backed by our workmanship warranty. We're a Water Corporation Waterwise Garden Irrigator and an Irrigation Australia member, with 230 Google reviews averaging 4.7 stars.
Between 63+ commercial maintenance visits and our residential call-outs, Highgate is one of our busiest suburbs. On the tools, that mostly means controller work, servicing & tune-ups and sprinkler & pop-up repairs.
Verge planting and reticulation rules sit with the City of Vincent, 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 Highgate about 18 km away, comfortably inside our everyday coverage.
Our retic work here, year by year
- Homeowners & businesses
- Housing & facility maintenance programs
Show the numbers
| Year | Homeowners & businesses | Maintenance programs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 2024 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Our latest retic jobs here
Latest job here: September 2026. Since May 2026:
4 housing and facility maintenance jobs.
Updated monthly from our job records. We publish the month and the fault type only, never customer details.
Sand over limestone: what it means for your retic
Soil — Spearwood sands. Quick-draining yellow sand where moisture rarely lingers; frequent short cycles and periodic coverage checks keep growth even across the limestone country.
Groundwater & bores. Good bore country: the superficial aquifer is within practical drilling reach under these sands. Watering from a bore costs pumping power rather than scheme rates — with the same 2-day roster and winter ban as everyone else.
Rainfall — about 718mm a year. Expect ~718mm annually per the Perth Metro gauge, heavily winter-weighted (~79% May-Sep): summer is effectively rain-free, so summer run times carry the garden.
Sources: DPIRD-064 Soil Landscape Systems (SLIP) · DWER Perth Groundwater Map / Water Corp groundwater areas (band-level) · BOM station 009225 Perth Metro climate averages · Water Corporation watering roster (verified Jul 2026)
From our Highgate job book
Extensive wire damage on a Highgate system
A Highgate system came in with problems on both sides of the valve: extensive damage to the field wiring, and faulty solenoids (the electrically-operated valve that feeds one station) at the end of it. Our technician repaired the field wire, replaced the failed valves, repaired the poly pipe, then flushed the system and adjusted and replaced fittings across it before setting the controller.
Wire damage and solenoid failure often appear together, and it is worth understanding why. A damaged wire can leave a coil energised intermittently, and repeated partial energising is hard on a solenoid.
Equally, a failing coil draws current abnormally, which stresses the circuit. Repairing one and not the other tends to bring the system back for a second visit, so where both are present it is usually right to deal with both at once.
Need the same kind of help? Book a repair or arrange a site assessment.
Retic & sprinkler repairs
Broken pop-ups, a leaking solenoid, dry patches or a controller that’s lost the plot? Our fully-equipped technicians diagnose and fix most Highgate faults on the spot. Repairs aren’t quoted – call us and we’ll book the visit.
Not sure what’s wrong? Try our 5 checks before you call.
New irrigation systems
Putting in a new lawn or upgrading a tired system? We design and install fully automated, waterwise reticulation for Highgate homes. Book a paid site assessment — credited in full to your install if you accept the quote within 30 days.
Hear From Our Happy Customers...
"Jacob was very efficient."
"I was kept informed of when and who was coming to do my Retic for me and when Justin arrived, he was friendly and helpful and kept me in the loop about what he was doing and how long it would take. He liaised with me during the process and when he left he tidied up where he had been working. I was super impressed."
"Dylan was great and highly knowledgeable. Had identified the problem in a couple of minutes and my system was up and running within 30mins"
"Very professional service from the moment I booked a appointment was notified through emails and text messages, also the servicemen was brilliant and explained all the faults as he was going very professional company 👏"
"My difficult reticulation job was handled efficiently with all problems solved. I would happily recommend this company."
Local reticulation questions
Only with an approved Landscape and Reticulation Plan. Highgate is in the City of Vincent. A detailed Landscape and Reticulation Plan for the road verge must be submitted to the City for assessment and approval by the Parks and Property Services Section, drawn to a scale of 1:100.
Generally yes — Highgate sits over accessible groundwater, which is why garden bores are common here. What varies is depth, yield and how much iron comes up with the water — all worth checking on your block before committing. We install, service and repair bores and pumps.
Highgate sits on Spearwood sands. Water moves through it fast, and the sand can turn water-repellent once it dries out. The most common thing we get booked for in Highgate is controller work, so that's where the technician starts. We aim for around 10mm on each of your two watering days, and decide on site whether that wants one run or two cycles inside the same window.
Water Corporation sets Highgate's sprinkler days: check yours with your street number and postcode. In Perth and Mandurah that's two days a week, once before 9am or after 6pm, bores included; elsewhere the roster can differ. The winter switch-off runs from 1 June to 31 August. After it, the Bureau of Meteorology's Perth Metro station averages about 80 mm of rain in September and 40 mm in October.
A controller repair isn't quoted: book the visit and it's diagnosed and fixed on site. An upgrade, say to Wi-Fi, can be quoted without a visit: tell us if your controller is hardwired or plugs into a power point (a photo helps). If it needs an electrician, we arrange one. Controller work is one of the jobs we do most in Highgate.
Nearby suburbs we service
Mount Lawley · Perth · Northbridge · West Perth · Menora · North Perth · East Perth and the wider Perth metro, from our Jandakot base. Read our pricing guide or call to get started.