Reticulation Kensington
We've finished 59 reticulation jobs in Kensington, from quick solenoid swaps to full system installs — local enough to know the streets, big enough to turn up this week. In 2025 we completed 15 of them here.
✓ 24,000+ jobs completed across Perth · 59 local jobs completed in Kensington · ★ 4.7 from 236 Google reviews
Call (08) 6263 4644 to book a repair, or book a site assessment for a new system.
A regular stop for our reticulation crews
One call covers everything watering-related: mains reticulation, controllers, solenoids, wiring faults.
Our Kensington history runs 59 jobs deep, and the pattern is clear: controller work, servicing & tune-ups and sprinkler & pop-up repairs lead the list. 33 of those jobs are from the last two years.
Verge planting and reticulation rules sit with the City of South Perth and the Town of Victoria Park, 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 Kensington about 13 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 236 Google reviews.
Our retic work here, year by year
- Homeowners & businesses
- Housing & facility maintenance programs
Show the numbers
| Year | Homeowners & businesses | Maintenance programs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
Our latest retic jobs here
Latest job here: September 2026. The most recent homeowner and business jobs, by the fault we fixed:
- September 2026 · low pressure and poor flow
- September 2026 · mainline leaks and split poly
Plus 1 other homeowner and business job and 3 housing and facility maintenance jobs since May 2026.
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. 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. 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. The Perth Metro gauge averages ~718mm a year, ~79% of it May through September — dial summer cycles for zero rainfall help and let the winter switch-off do its job.
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 Kensington job book
A Kensington valve being crushed by a jacaranda
A Kensington verge had two station valves sitting at the base of a jacaranda, and the tree was winning. One valve was being physically crushed by root growth, and the wiring to both had been damaged by the root system.
Digging out a mature jacaranda's roots to re-run wire is not a reasonable answer, so our technician ran a new wire between the front lawn station valve and this one so the two come on together, and terminated the other valve's wiring at the controller. Once the system was operational again, most of the nozzles and seven sprinklers at the front were replaced, micro sprays renewed, spectrum emitters added to pot plants and unneeded micro sprays plugged.
A disintegrated valve on a drip line, spraying into the air, was also repaired. Trees and valve boxes are a long-term conflict, and the tree usually outlasts the valve.
What we actually find in Kensington
We've completed 59 jobs in Kensington. For this pattern check we read the 6 with the fullest, most recent technician notes — a capped sample, deliberately small and not random. 4 of them involved mainline leaks and split poly, against 33% across the 1,781 Perth jobs sampled the same way. It tells our technician what to check first. It is not Kensington's fault rate, and we don't publish it as one.
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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 Kensington 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 Kensington homes. Book a paid site assessment — credited in full to your install if you accept the quote within 30 days.
What Kensington customers say
“Tom and the PRE team did a terrific job fixing our complicated system. Everyone we interacted with was affable and highly competent. We will use them again as and when necessary. Highly recommend!”
Local reticulation questions
Nearby suburbs we service
South Perth · Como · Victoria Park · East Victoria Park · East Perth · Burswood · Karawara and the wider Perth metro, from our Jandakot base. Read our pricing guide or call to get started.