Irrigation systems price by the zone: $975 to $1,350 per zone installed, and most zones land around $1,250. A standard Frisco lot with 6 to 10 zones runs $8,500 to $15,000; a smaller yard with 4 to 6 zones runs $5,500 to $9,500, and large or acreage properties with 10 to 20+ zones run $13,000 to $28,000+. Adding drip to beds runs $800 to $2,500 and is usually its own zone.
This page covers new installs with a new or redesigned landscape. It is a project topic, not a maintenance one.
What each system size costs
DFW ranges, priced by zone count:
| System size | Typical range | What it covers |
|---|
| Small lot (4-6 zones) | $5,500-$9,500 | Compact yard, under about 6,000 sq ft. |
| Standard lot (6-10 zones) | $8,500-$15,000 | Typical yard, front and back, beds on drip. |
| Large or acreage (10-20+ zones) | $13,000-$28,000+ | Big lawn, extensive beds, multiple drip zones. |
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What actually drives the price
Zone count, more than anything. Each zone needs its own valve, wiring, and pipe run, and a yard gets split into zones because one water line cannot supply the whole property at once with enough pressure. From there:
- Drip vs spray. Beds belong on drip, turf on rotors or sprays. A landscape with real planting needs more zones, and that is a feature, not a flaw: each zone waters its plants on their own schedule.
- The controller. A smart controller adjusts run times to weather and watering schedules. Frisco publishes its own watering rules; check the current schedule with the City of Frisco, and let the controller keep you inside it.
- Digging through clay. Trenching here is slow work, and in an established yard the care taken putting the lawn back is half the job.
Beds zoned apart from turf
Frisco's newer neighborhoods mean a lot of landscapes get planted all at once, which is the best case for irrigation: the zone map gets designed around the planting plan. Beds go on their own drip zones, turf on its own spray zones, and nothing waters the fence. Our guide to drip irrigation for new landscape beds covers that half of the system, and it is how we build our irrigation work generally.
Irrigation as part of the bigger project
The cheapest time to run irrigation is when the ground is already open. If a patio is part of the plan, the sleeves go under it before it is built; our Frisco paver patio cost guide covers that side. Comparing markets? The Allen irrigation cost guide covers a similar system priced by yard size.
Our Frisco irrigation page covers how we design systems for these neighborhoods, and everything else we build in town is on our Frisco page.
Figures are typical Dallas–Fort Worth ranges for planning, not a quote. Your exact investment depends on site conditions, materials, and the scope of your project.
