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Reticulation Salter Point
We've completed 39 jobs in Salter Point and counting — repairs, servicing and new waterwise systems, backed by 230 Google reviews averaging 4.7 stars. 18 of them in 2025.
✓ 24,000+ jobs completed across Perth · 39 local jobs completed in Salter Point · ★ 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.
What do we actually fix in Salter Point? Looking at our completed jobs, it's mostly controller work, servicing & tune-ups and sprinkler & pop-up repairs — and with 30 jobs here in the last 24 months alone, we're in the suburb all the time.
Verge planting and reticulation rules sit with the City of South Perth, while watering days come from the Water Corporation sprinkler roster, not the council — worth checking both before any verge retic work. Salter Point is roughly 8 km from our Jandakot depot — same-week bookings are the norm, not the exception.
Our retic work here, year by year
- Homeowners & businesses
- Housing & facility maintenance programs
Show the numbers
| Year | Homeowners & businesses | Maintenance programs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
Our latest retic jobs here
Latest job here: September 2026. Since May 2026:
1 other homeowner and business job and 13 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. 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. Shallow sandy geology means bores in this area usually deliver reliable garden water; pairing one with well-tuned reticulation keeps large lawns affordable. The 2-day roster and winter ban apply to bore watering too.
Rainfall — about 808mm a year. Roughly 808mm a year here (Jandakot Aero), with about 79% of it falling May-September — the long dry rest of the year is why controller programming and coverage checks pay for themselves.
Sources: DPIRD-064 Soil Landscape Systems (SLIP) · DWER Perth Groundwater Map / Water Corp groundwater areas (band-level) · BOM station 009172 Jandakot Aero climate averages · Water Corporation watering roster (verified Jul 2026)
From our Salter Point job book
Locating what could be located in Salter Point
A Salter Point job had two halves, and only one of them succeeded on the day. Our technician used a valve locator to find the solenoids (the electrically-operated valve that feeds one station), replaced a faulty one and repaired a leak in the station line, after which the system was tested and pressure was back to normal.
The part that did not resolve was the pipe feed running to the back yard. After a considerable amount of exploratory digging alongside the owner it could not be traced — buried pipe with no locating wire and no surface evidence is genuinely difficult to find, and there is a point where continuing to dig costs more than it can return.
The owner planned to keep looking and to establish which direction pressure was arriving from, which is the most useful clue for narrowing the search.
What we actually find in Salter Point
We've completed 39 jobs in Salter Point. For this pattern check we read the 6 with the fullest, most recent technician notes — a capped sample, deliberately small and not random. 3 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 Salter Point'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.
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 Salter Point 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 Salter Point 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...
"Seamless!! My very old(20+ years)retic nightmare became manageable and serviceable once again. Thankyou Dylan"
"Kevin was very professional, explained the issues clearly and the options. Tested and retested until all the settings were correct. Recommend"
"Matt did an outstanding job... he was polite ,friendly and helpful in all aspects of the job.... thanks and if you need some reticulation to do....Perth Reticulation is the company to go with... and ask for Matt .. 👍👍"
"Very happy with the work Perth Reticulation did recently for my mum. I would 100% recommend them. Thank you Michelle"
"The retic guys were on time, listened to what I had to say and were dedicated to finding a solution."
Local reticulation questions
Yes, no approval needed. Salter Point is in the City of South Perth. Reticulation should be designed to avoid waste — minimise spray drift outside the verge area and don't spray onto footpaths or roads. The sprinkler roster is a Water Corporation matter, so it doesn't change at the council boundary.
Generally yes — Salter Point sits over accessible groundwater, which is why garden bores are common here. Iron staining and yield are the two things worth establishing before you drill, and both are local to your block. We handle bores, pumps and the reticulation they feed.
Salter Point 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 Salter Point is controller work, so that's where the technician starts. Run times get set to put down roughly 10mm per rostered day, delivered in one or two cycles inside the same watering window, depending on how fast it soaks.
Salter Point is about 8 km from our Jandakot depot and sits on a run our vehicles work weekly, so most repairs here are booked within days, not weeks. Repairs aren't quoted — you book a repair and the technician diagnoses and fixes on site, most faults in the same visit, with the parts already on the van.
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 Salter Point.
Nearby suburbs we service
Manning · Waterford · Karawara · Shelley · Rossmoyne · Mount Pleasant · Riverton and the wider Perth metro, from our Jandakot base. Read our pricing guide or call to get started.