Evaluation & zone mapping
We run every zone, check pressure and coverage, probe the soil to see where clay is staying too wet or too dry, and leave you a map of what waters where.
We map your zones, do the math on every valve and emitter, and tune your system so North Texas soil stays near 30% moisture. No mowing crews, no upsell. Just water done right.
Every job starts with the same question: where is the water actually going? In North Texas clay, that answer is often "running off the surface" or "sitting in one low spot."
We run every zone, check pressure and coverage, probe the soil to see where clay is staying too wet or too dry, and leave you a map of what waters where.
Broken heads, leaking valves, dead zones, wiring faults and solenoids that won't open. Clay shrinks and swells with the seasons, which cracks fittings and tilts heads, so we check for that too.
Systems sized to your water supply: GPM per zone, head spacing for head-to-head coverage, added zones, and low-rate nozzles that put water down no faster than clay can absorb it.
Emitters sized in gallons per hour to each plant, so beds and trees get water at the roots, not the mulch. Slow drip suits clay, which soaks it in steadily instead of shedding it.
Rachio, Hunter Hydrawise and Rain Bird setup, weather-based scheduling, flow meters for leak alerts and remote monitoring, with cycle-and-soak programs set for clay so nothing runs into the street.
French drains, downspout extensions, pop-up emitters and regrading that move water away from the house. Clay drains slowly, so standing water needs a path out, not just more time.
BeforeAfter
Drip lines added one patch at a time end up crossing beds, watering mulch and hiding the valve box, while the clay under some plants stays soggy and others go dry. We straighten it out.
Clay soil holds water but takes it in slowly. Water too fast and it runs off; water too often and roots stay shallow. We aim for about 30% soil moisture and set each zone to hold it there.
Illustrative numbers for one zone; real figures come from measuring each zone on site. One inch of water over one square foot is 0.623 gallons, and 96.25 converts gallons per minute over square feet into inches per hour. Spray heads typically apply about 1.5–2 in/hr, rotors and rotary nozzles about 0.4–1 in/hr.
King Ridge runs two full-time crews, so we can take on a new-development install and still keep up with recurring maintenance across whole communities. Whether it's mainline across a golf course renovation or hundreds of zones in an HOA's common areas, we plan the water the same way: by the numbers, for North Texas soils.
The three warm-season grasses we see most across DFW each want a different schedule.
Broad blades and good shade tolerance, but thirsty in full sun. Its shallow roots dry out fast once the clay surface cracks.
Fine, tough and drought tolerant. On clay it needs less than most people give it, and extra water just runs off.
Dense and soft underfoot. Thick thatch over clay holds water near the surface, so slow, deep watering works best.
Water follows the same path through every system. When something goes wrong, we trace it in order, and when we install, every piece is chosen to match the one before it.
A balanced system puts the same amount of water everywhere a zone runs. That means matched precipitation rates (no sprays and rotors on the same zone), head-to-head coverage, the right pressure at every head, and zones sized to what your water supply can actually deliver. Unbalanced zones are the usual reason one corner is brown while another is soggy.
Yes, it exists, and it works. A flow meter on the mainline lets a smart controller compare what each zone should use with what it actually uses. It can alert us to a broken head or a stuck valve, flag water moving when nothing is scheduled, and on many systems close the master valve automatically. For HOAs and commercial sites, we can watch every controller from one dashboard.
North Texas doesn't freeze often, but when it does, exposed pipe and the backflow preventer are what break. Before a hard freeze we shut the system off at the backflow, drain the above-ground parts and insulate them, then handle the spring start-up. Most Texas systems aren't built for a northern-style air blowout, so we only do that where the design calls for it.
King Ridge is family owned and operated, built on a North Texas legacy in landscaping excellence. Today we put that experience into the part of the landscape most companies get wrong: the water. We don't mow, edge or plant. For more than ten years we've worked only on the water side of the yard: irrigation and drainage across Dallas–Fort Worth, for homeowners, developers, builders, HOAs and commercial properties. Two full-time crews mean we can staff a large install without letting maintenance customers wait.
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