Dallas, TX
IRRIGATION / SPRINKLER ESTIMATING.

## Bid irrigation jobs in Dallas without the spreadsheet math Dallas sits in USDA Hardiness Zone 8a, and the clay-heavy Blackland Prairie soil that covers most of the metro creates real headaches for irrigation contractors. Slow percolation rates push you toward rotary heads over fixed spray, head-to-head coverage matters more, and any estimate that doesn't account for soil type will come back to bite you on a callback. On top of that, Dallas receives most of its annual rainfall between April and May, then again in October. That leaves a hard summer drought window — June through September — when installation demand spikes and your crews are already stretched. Winning bids fast matters when you're juggling three site visits a day in 100°F heat. Estimate.Pro was built to handle exactly that pressure. --- ## What makes Dallas irrigation estimating different **Water districts and schedule requirements.** The City of Dallas enforces Stage 1 and Stage 2 water restrictions through Dallas Water Utilities. Residential irrigation systems installed within city limits must include a rain/freeze sensor (Dallas City Code, Chapter 49). Your estimate needs to account for that sensor, the controller upgrade if the existing box won't support it, and the inspection that follows. Miss it and you're repricing on-site. **Bermuda and St. Augustine turf dominate.** Both are high-water-demand grasses. That drives zone counts up and pushes most residential jobs toward 6–10 zones even on modest lots. Your material cost per zone — heads, pipe, fittings, valve — has to be right before you walk out the door. Estimate.Pro lets you build a saved material cost workspace per zone type (rotary, drip, MP rotator) so your numbers pull from actual supplier pricing, not memory. **Expansion joints and clay movement.** Blackland Prairie soils shrink and swell dramatically. Veteran Dallas irrigation contractors spec mainline with extra slack and use swing joints on every head. That adds material and labor that flat-rate apps don't capture. In Estimate.Pro you line-item it or fold it into your zone rate — your choice. --- ## From walkthrough to bid in 8 minutes The typical Estimate.Pro workflow for a Dallas irrigation install: 1. **Walk the property.** Use AR measurement on supported devices to pace zones and flag heads. Camera or photo measurements are marked as estimates in the output — no false precision. 2. **Drop into the irrigation scope builder.** Select zone count, head type, controller spec, sensor requirement, and any lateral or mainline footage. 3. **Pull your saved material costs.** Your Dallas-specific pricing — what you pay at the supply house — stays in your workspace. No generic national averages. 4. **Add labor at your local rate.** Dallas irrigation labor runs $55–$75/hr for an experienced two-person crew. Set it once, it follows every job. 5. **Send the bid.** PDF or link, client-facing, no Estimate.Pro branding on the Free tier. Median time from walkthrough to sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ## Pricing built for small crews - **Free forever.** No credit card. Core estimating with saved material costs. - **Pro — $39/seat/month.** Adds Stripe Connect payments at 3% platform fee and full estimate history. - **Elite — $79/seat/month.** Drops Stripe platform fee to 0%, adds invoice exports and advanced workflows. - **Crew — $399/month flat.** Unlimited seats. Right for larger Dallas irrigation operations running multiple crews. --- ## 25 trades, one platform Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. If you do irrigation and drainage, irrigation and landscape lighting, or irrigation and sod — you're already covered. One login, separate scope builders per trade, one client-facing bid. --- ## Start without risk The Free tier has no time limit and requires no credit card. Build your first Dallas irrigation estimate today and see whether the 8-minute target holds on a real job.