Water right where it is needed
Automatic irrigation
We design, install and service automatic irrigation systems for new and established gardens. We divide automatic garden watering into separate zones so lawn, beds and drip irrigation receive the right amount of water without needless waste.
How the install works
How an irrigation system is designed and installed
Installing an irrigation system takes five steps. The first is the design — without it the zones are guesswork, and both the lawn and the water bill pay for it.
- Zoning. We divide the garden into irrigation zones by sun exposure, slope and planting type. Lawn, shrubs and beds each need a different dose and a different watering time.
- Choosing the kit. Zone by zone we pick drip or spray irrigation, or a combination, along with the controller and its connection to a rain or moisture sensor.
- Installation. We lay the pipework in trenches, fit sprinklers and drip lines and connect the system to the water source. The lawn closes over the trenches within a few weeks.
- Setup and handover. We test the system, tune run times and schedules for the season, and show you how to adjust them yourself.
- Service and winterising. Before the first frosts we drain the pipework and prepare it for winter. In spring we check the system over and retune it according to how the winter went.
What to prepare
- Your water source — mains or a well, and its pressure if you know it.
- A layout or sketch of the garden showing lawn, beds and paths.
- The stage you're at — is irrigation being handled alongside design and planting, or added to a finished garden?
- Power near the controller — where the nearest socket or supply is.
Why irrigation design in Medzibodrožie is different
Summers here are long and dry and less rain falls than in most of Slovakia, so the demand for watering through the main season is higher. The soil complicates it: near the watercourses the heavier alluvial soils prevail, holding water for a long time but taking it in slowly.
On soil like that, watering has to run in longer intervals at lower intensity, otherwise the water runs off the surface before it reaches the roots. On light sandy soil the opposite applies: shorter, more frequent cycles.
This is why we avoid a single blanket setting for the whole plot. Zones and watering times are matched to the soil we check during the site visit, and we recommend a rain or moisture sensor. With dry spells alternating with downpours, as they typically do here, it saves water even in years that don’t count as dry.
Where we install irrigation systems
We check the water source and its pressure at the site visit, so travel is planned around the scale of the system, not the name of the village.
Automatic irrigation in Kráľovský Chlmec and Medzibodrožie
We install most of our systems here — in Kráľovský Chlmec, Streda nad Bodrogom, Veľké Kapušany, Somotor, Boťany and Čierna nad Tisou. Wells are the usual source in Medzibodrožie, but yield and pressure differ even between neighbouring streets, so we measure them on site. Servicing and winterising fit into a single round.
Irrigation systems in Trebišov and the Trebišov district
We go to Trebišov, Sečovce, Slovenské Nové Mesto and the surrounding villages for installs and for servicing. Most jobs here are retrofits into finished gardens, which adds trenching between mature trees and making good the lawn over the trenches — that has to be allowed for in the timing and the price.
Irrigation in Michalovce and the Michalovce district
Plots in Michalovce and the surrounding villages tend to be larger, and that feeds straight into the design: more zones, more branches and a pump that can carry them. The system is split across several circuits so each has the pressure it needs — one circuit for a whole plot rarely works here.
Automatic garden watering in Košice and the Košice area
We come to Košice and the surrounding district for larger systems or as part of a full garden build. Sloping plots here bring two problems at once: pressure loss with height and water running off the surface. We answer both with pressure-compensating sprinklers and shorter, repeated watering cycles.
Frequently asked questions about irrigation
Cost, existing gardens, water sources and winter servicing.
- How much does automatic garden irrigation cost?
- The price rises with the number of zones, the length of the pipework and whether the system runs off the mains or off a well with a pump. It also matters a great deal whether the irrigation goes into a garden being built or is retrofitted into a finished one — the latter adds trenching and making good the lawn. We quote after the site visit, once we know the water source and its pressure.
- What is the difference between drip and spray irrigation?
- Spray covers a continuous area, which makes it the answer for lawn. Drip irrigation takes water straight to the root and leaves the foliage dry, so it belongs in beds, along hedges and around mature trees — it saves water and lowers the risk of fungal disease. Most gardens run both, but in separate zones: they need a different dose and a different watering time.
- Can irrigation be added to an existing garden?
- It can. The pipework goes into narrow trenches that can be routed around mature trees and hard surfaces. The lawn over the trenches closes up within a few weeks. It is more work than on a new garden, but it is a routine job.
- Can the system run off a well?
- Yes, and here that is more common than a mains connection. What decides it is the yield of the well and the pressure of the pump: the system has to draw less water than the well can replace, or the pump runs dry. So at the site visit we measure pressure and flow, and divide the garden into zones from those figures — not the other way round.
- How much water does automatic irrigation use?
- Less than a hose for the same result. The reason is control: the system waters in the early morning when evaporation is lowest, doses by zone, and with a rain or moisture sensor skips cycles after rain. Settings decide it, though — a badly set system can get through more than a person with a hose.
- What is winterising, and when is it done?
- Water left in the pipework over winter freezes and splits both pipes and sprinklers. Winterising means draining and blowing out the system before the first frosts — here that is usually some time in November, depending on when the cold arrives. We also do it as part of year-round garden maintenance.