The Customer’s Experience Part 2

For years I have looked for something we could “do” to set us apart from other companies that repair and upgrade sprinkler systems. As far as I know, Rainstat Irrigation is the only company that does exactly what we do. I’ve looked for anything that would make us something other than a commodity--which is just fixing your sprinkler system in trade for money.

What would make you way more than satisfied? What would make you say, or at least think, “Wow! They did something so terrific, so unexpected, I’m going to pick up the phone and tell all my friends about Rainstat Irrigation.”

Here are some attempts:

• We price everything up front, so you stay in control.
• We carry state-of-the-art tools, so we can actually solve your problem.
• We answer the phone so you can talk to a real person.
• We don’t hire druggies and alcoholics, so you can feel safe.
• We show up when we say we will, so your time is respected.
• We guarantee our work, so you don’t have to do this again.
• This work take a license, insurance and training. We have all of that.

I know. Yawn!

Here are some things we haven’t done:

• Give a free pen with every job, so you can write something.
  
• Do this for free, so we can get out of this business and do something else.
• Over-promise so we can get all the business.
• Under-deliver, so our margins are higher.
  

So, here's the way we decided to attack this:
We realize that you have a problem and you want that problem to go away as quickly and as painlessly as possible. No theatrics. No phony razzle-dazzle. And, if while we are working on your problem we can see some way to make your day, we want to do that, too.

If that creates a really great experience, well, we’re glad. But, if all we did was take care of the problem with as little overhead for you as possible, we will be happy with that too.

Thanks for reading.

P.S. What do we do? We do commercial and residential sprinkler system repair; upgrade existing systems with weather-based, smart controllers; install, repair and certify backflow devices; and solve drainage problems. You can call us at 254.829.3800 or find us on web here.

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Frozen Backflow Devices

Your backflow device may be frozen and you not know it.

And you may not know it until you start running your sprinkler system in the Spring. Other places discover it immediately because water started going everywhere!

Here are a couple of pictures of backflow devices we have been repairing for Texas WalMarts. If you weren't caught off guard with the very cold weather we had recently, you're in the minority.

If you're a Waco resident (under Waco water jurisdiction) you may be in for a surprise. Waco's code has changed. If your sprinkler's or commercial building's backflow device is the old kind--and it froze so it no longer functions, you'll have to bring it "up to code."

What does "up to code" mean? It just means your existing system will have to meet the same requirements that a new system would have to meet. Here's the short story:

Your yard is now classified as a "high hazard" from a risk to the potable water standpoint. That means you need a special kind of backflow device called a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ or RP). Two important aspects are that it is another expense and it can't be buried.

And THAT brings me back to why we've been so busy lately. We have been repairing and replacing unprotected, uninsulated backflow devices that froze. Part of the new code for Waco is that your fancy new backflow device has to be protected from the cold--so you won't have to do this again.

If we can help, please call us at 254.829.3800. We're licensed to repair and replace backflow devices.