Freeze Protection & Spring Start-Up in Austin

Austin soil is limestone and caliche—hard to trench and hard on pipe fittings when the ground shifts in drought. Older neighborhoods like Tarrytown and Hyde Park still have original PVC. New builds in Mueller have smart controllers that were never programmed for Texas heat. We schedule by neighborhood so the truck is already on that side of MoPac or 35.

Austin does not get a Denver winter, but a February freeze still splits backflow bodies and above-grade PVC. We wrap, drain where it helps, and come back in spring to run every station and replace what cracked. This page is the freeze protection & spring start-up path for Austin.

What we look for

• Forecast below freezing overnight
• Cracked backflow after a cold snap
• A station that ran all winter and now will not
• Need a spring start-up before the first mow

Call (512) 955-5678 or send a request. ZIP codes often used: 78701, 78702, 78703, 78704, 78705, 78731, 78745, 78749, 78757.

Guides

• We do not blow out systems here the way they do up north
• Exposed PVC and a Texas sun
• We do not blow out systems here like they do up north
• Find the isolation valve before a freeze night
• Do not start the system in January just to see
• Foam wrap is not enough if the valve is still charged

Call (512) 955-5678