Reticulation Subiaco
From inner-Perth staples like controller work to full new installs, our technicians have completed 97 jobs across Subiaco. In 2025 we completed 13 of them here.
✓ 24,000+ jobs completed across Perth · 97 local jobs completed in Subiaco · ★ 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
Whether it's an older system that's started playing up or a new landscape that needs waterwise coverage from day one, we handle the lot — repairs, servicing, controllers, bores and full installations.
What do we actually fix in Subiaco? Looking at our completed jobs, it's mostly controller work, servicing & tune-ups and leak & pipe repairs — and with 34 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 Subiaco and the Town of Cambridge, 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 Subiaco about 17 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 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Our latest retic jobs here
Latest job here: September 2026. Since May 2026:
3 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. Yellow Spearwood sand over limestone drains freely, so splitting your watering-day run into two shorter cycles, with a wetting agent, beats one long soak. The shallow limestone also makes trenching for repairs harder than it looks.
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 718mm a year. Local average is ~718mm a year, about 79% of it in the May-September wet season (Perth Metro) — reprogram seasonally and switch sprinklers off for the mandatory June-August ban.
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 Subiaco job book
Retrofitting reticulation under Subiaco paving
A Subiaco strata common area needed reticulation run to planter pots that had no water to them, and the route ran under existing paving. Our team lifted the paving, cut grooves to take the new pipework and the new drain system, installed the reticulation to the relocated pot positions, then relaid the paving over the top.
The pots themselves were moved to new locations as requested, and four new grevilleas planted to replace dead shrubs in the large square planter. Retrofitting irrigation into a finished, paved common area is a different job from installing it in open ground: the cost sits in lifting and reinstating the surface, not in the pipe.
Planning the route so it crosses the fewest paved areas is where the money is saved, and it has to be done before the first paver comes up.
Setting a Subiaco controller to suit its sprinklers
Not every retic job is a dramatic repair. This one in Subiaco, in January 2026, was a straight service: our technician worked through the system and repaired or replaced nozzles, pop-ups and risers wherever they needed it, then fitted a new battery to the controller.
The step that ties it together was the controller program, which was adjusted to suit the type of nozzles and pop-ups on the system. Different sprinkler heads put water down at very different rates, so a program set up for one type can leave another overwatered or short, even when every head is working as it should.
What we actually find in Subiaco
We've completed 97 jobs in Subiaco. 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 controller and timer faults, against 14% across the 1,781 Perth jobs sampled the same way. It tells our technician what to check first. It is not Subiaco'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 Subiaco 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 Subiaco homes. Book a paid site assessment — credited in full to your install if you accept the quote within 30 days.
What Subiaco customers say
“Thanks to Thibault from Perth Reticulation for your friendly service today. Highly recommended. Fast response time and very efficient/thorough in both diagnosing and fixing the many issues in my reticulation so that my garden can recover and thrive over the coming warmer months. Thanks for a great job well done.”
“Very good service with timeliness, efficiency in locating the problem and the solution to the reticulation issues, plus respectful and genuinely helpful info and attitudes. Highly recommended”
Local reticulation questions
Nearby suburbs we service
Shenton Park · Jolimont · West Leederville · Daglish · Wembley · Leederville · Floreat and the wider Perth metro, from our Jandakot base. Read our pricing guide or call to get started.