Your local sprinkler company serving Broomfield and City and County of Broomfield.
Looking for a sprinkler company in Broomfield? Trailhead serves Broomfield from our base in Erie, just up the road. Broomfield runs a tighter watering schedule than most Front Range cities — a permanent 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. blackout plus a Drought Watch asking for two days a week — so getting your zones and run times right matters. We handle repairs, winterization blowouts, spring turn-ons, backflow testing, and new installations across Broomfield.
Custom residential sprinkler system design and installation. Zone layout, efficient heads, smart controllers, and a full walkthrough when we're done.
Broken heads, sprinkler leaks, valve problems, pipe breaks, and controller issues. We diagnose and fix sprinkler problems fast.
Professional sprinkler blowout in the fall to prevent freeze damage. Spring startup with leak checks, head adjustments, and controller programming.
Broomfield has been under a Drought Watch since February 9, 2026. The City asks residents to voluntarily cut back to two watering days per week instead of the three the ordinance normally allows. Broomfield staff have signaled that if reuse water demand doesn't drop, they may ask City Council to adopt a mandatory Drought I declaration — a decision expected at the August 25, 2026 council meeting.
Watering schedule:
Under the standing ordinance, addresses ending in an even number may water Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Odd-numbered addresses may water Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Under the current Drought Watch, the City asks you to use no more than two of your allowed days.
Time restrictions:
Watering is only permitted between 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. The 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. blackout is part of Broomfield's permanent water use ordinance, not a temporary drought measure. Leaking sprinkler systems must be repaired within 10 days of notice.
Deadline:
Colorado state law requires annual backflow testing on any irrigation system connected to municipal water. Broomfield administers its cross-connection control program through Public Works — contact them at 303-469-3301 for your compliance deadline.
Required device:
PVB or RPZ assemblies per Colorado state requirements. Contact Broomfield Public Works to confirm what's approved for your connection.
We offer certified backflow testing as a standalone service or bundled with your spring turn-on.
Expansive clay that varies noticeably between neighborhoods, sometimes within a few blocks. It swells when wet and shrinks when dry — the same movement that stresses foundations here also shifts sprinkler heads and pipe over time. Cycle-and-soak watering is essential; long single runs mostly become runoff.
City and County of Broomfield (Public Works)
303-469-3301Good to know: Broomfield's watering window is tighter than most of our service area. The 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. blackout is permanent, and the Drought Watch asks for two days a week rather than three. That combination means your system has to deliver a full week of water in a narrow overnight window, which makes zone timing and head efficiency matter more here than almost anywhere else nearby.
Broomfield is a short drive from our shop in Erie, and we work in it regularly. We know the even/odd schedule, the overnight-only watering window, and how much the clay varies between Original Broomfield and the newer Anthem and Baseline neighborhoods. That matters when you're setting run times or diagnosing why one zone floods while another stays dry.
A sprinkler blowout costs $95 for up to 8 zones (+$7 per additional zone). For Broomfield and the rest of the Front Range, the window is late September through October, before the first hard freeze.
Broomfield's south and west sides hold some of the oldest irrigation in our service area. These are 1950s and 60s homes where the valves and backflow assembly have already been through decades of freeze-thaw. Those are the systems where a skipped blowout most often turns into a cracked backflow come spring. The newer Anthem, Broadlands and Baseline systems are more forgiving, but the above-ground backflow still freezes first no matter the build year.
Even-numbered addresses may water Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Odd-numbered addresses may water Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Broomfield has been under a Drought Watch since February 2026 and asks residents to voluntarily use no more than two of those days. Watering is only allowed between 6 p.m. and 10 a.m.
The two-day-per-week reduction is voluntary under the current Drought Watch. The 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. watering blackout is mandatory year-round under Broomfield's permanent water use ordinance. Staff have indicated Council may consider a mandatory Drought I declaration at the August 25, 2026 meeting if reuse water demand doesn't fall. Check broomfield.org for the current status.
Winterization (sprinkler blowout) costs $95 for up to 8 zones, plus $7 for each additional zone. Book between late September and October to get a date before the first hard freeze — the last two weeks of October fill up fast.
Yes, and they're often the ones that need the most attention. Homes from the 1950s and 60s frequently have aging valves, brittle pipe, and backflow assemblies that have been through decades of Colorado freeze-thaw. We repair, replace, and winterize them, and we'll tell you honestly when a component is worth replacing rather than patching.
Yes. Colorado state law requires annual testing on any irrigation system tied to municipal water, and Broomfield runs its cross-connection control program through Public Works. Contact them at 303-469-3301 for your specific deadline. We're certified to test and can handle it with your spring turn-on.
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