Oviedo Irrigation
Michael Geist's Yard Works designs and installs new irrigation systems, repairs and tunes existing ones, and converts spray zones to Hunter MP Rotators across Oviedo 32765 and 32766.
Every job starts the same way: we watch every zone run. Most Central Florida lawn problems are coverage problems, not run-time problems, and you can only see them with the water on.
What We Do
Real photos from our irrigation work. Every service starts with a run test of the whole system.
For new sod, landscape renovations and homes that have outgrown an old system.
Fix what is broken before anything is tuned.
Even coverage, water on the lawn, not the sidewalk.
Real schedules, not random minutes.
New Installations
A new system is planned around the yard you actually have, not a stock layout. Installing new sod or a new landscape? Plan the irrigation with it, so heads land where the new turf and beds need them.
Turf type, beds, shade from oaks, slopes, sandy spots and where water already pools.
Sun lawn, shade lawn and beds on separate zones so each gets what it needs.
MP Rotators or rotors for turf, sprays only where they belong, drip for beds and hedges.
Smart controller, rain sensor, every zone run and adjusted, then a walkthrough with you.
New systems are quoted on site after a walkthrough. See Oviedo sod installation and Oviedo landscaping.
Upgrades
Standard spray heads put water down faster than most Oviedo soils can take it in, so it runs off while the next zone over stays dry. The Hunter MP Rotator applies about 0.4 inches per hour in slow, rotating streams, which gives more even coverage and less runoff. Hunter rates it at up to 30% water savings.
Seminole County Rules
Oviedo follows St. Johns River Water Management District rules for Seminole County. Since the clocks changed on November 1, homes water one day a week until the second Sunday in March.
No watering between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Apply no more than 3/4 inch per zone and no more than one hour per zone. Rules tighten during a declared water shortage, so confirm on the District's watering restrictions page before you change a controller.
Diagnosis
Florida lawns rarely fail because nobody waters them. They fail because the watering is uneven. These are the problems we correct most often:
Blocked nozzles, poor spacing or wrong arcs leave wedges that never get wet.
Shaded areas watered like full sun stay wet and invite disease.
Too much water, too fast, on soil that cannot take it in.
Both thrive where soil stays wet. They are a water problem first.
Misting and overspray wash mulch and soil out of beds.
Heads spraying the driveway, the sidewalk and the street.
How We Work
Watch the Work
Short field videos on dry spots, watering new sod, coverage and cycle-and-soak. Each video loads only when you press play.
Dry Spots That Are Not a Disease: Irrigation Check, Oviedo FL
How to Water New Sod in Central Florida
Flawless Irrigation Coverage, Central Florida
Cycle and Soak: How Florida Pros Water Lawns
Questions
Yes. We design and install complete new irrigation systems in Oviedo 32765 and 32766, most often with new sod, a landscape renovation or a home that has outgrown its original system. Turf, beds and shade get their own zones, turf zones are laid out for head-to-head coverage, beds get drip, and every system finishes with a smart controller and a rain sensor. New systems are quoted on site after a walkthrough: (407) 687-3322.
The Hunter MP Rotator is a retrofit nozzle that applies water at about 0.4 inches per hour in slow-rotating streams, far slower than standard spray heads. That gives more even coverage, less runoff and fewer dry spots, and Hunter rates it at up to 30% water savings. It threads onto most existing spray bodies, so no new pipe is needed.
Hydrawise is Hunter's WiFi smart controller. It adjusts run times to the weather, pauses for rain, can be programmed to your allowed watering days, and alerts you to zone faults. Florida law requires a working rain sensor or similar shutoff on automatic sprinkler systems, and Hydrawise can be paired with one.
Oviedo is in Seminole County, under St. Johns River Water Management District rules. During eastern standard time (first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March) homes water one day a week: Saturday for odd-numbered or no addresses, Sunday for even-numbered addresses. During daylight saving time it is Wednesday and Saturday for odd addresses and Thursday and Sunday for even addresses. Never water between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and apply no more than 3/4 inch per zone and no more than one hour per zone. Rules can change during a water shortage, so check the District's watering restrictions page before setting a controller.
Dry spots despite regular watering are almost always a coverage or precipitation-rate problem, not a run-time problem. Common causes are gaps between heads, mixed nozzle types applying different rates, broken or tilted heads, low pressure shortening the throw, and runoff pooling in low areas while nearby turf stays dry. Watching every zone run finds the cause, and adding minutes usually makes it worse.
Long enough to apply 1/2 to 3/4 inch, which UF/IFAS recommends per watering, and only when the lawn shows signs of wilt. On spray heads that is often 30 to 45 minutes per zone, and longer on rotors and MP Rotators because they apply water more slowly. The only accurate number comes from measuring your own zones, which we do on every system check.
Twice a year: in spring before heavy growth, and in fall when the schedule drops to one day a week. A check covers every zone running, broken or tilted heads, overspray, leaks, the rain sensor and the controller schedule.
Oviedo 32765 & 32766
We run every zone, show you what is wrong and give you a clear plan: repair, tune, upgrade or a new system.
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