"1"^^ . "Sprinklers annoy me. It's the kind of situation where you're paying $5 to replace the part and $50 to know what part to replace. In our particular situation, we had a valve that wouldn't shut off. I figured it was something inside that was bad, but none of the big box stores I went to had parts to replace the innards...just whole valves. There was no way I was going to spend the time to dig up the valve, cut it out, and glue in a new one.\n\nSprinkler Doctors found the bad valve quick and turns out it did just need a membrane replaced. $12 part, but I admit I was a little bummed to have to pay like $65 for the labor (IIRC). It's not out of line with similar service or anything, I just hate paying for something that I know I COULD do myself and just don't want to or can't find the right part.\n\nThat being said, the tech was very pleasant, worked quick, set the timer and checked all our sprinklers (we just bought this house a month ago). Turns out 4 sprinklers were bad, and he said he could come back and fix them but then told my wife, \"If your husband is handy, send him to xxx to get the parts for a couple bucks less, get [these brand] heads, and just screw the new heads on\". I appreciated the opportunity to fix it myself for $20 instead of paying $100 for another call and parts. That bumped this review from 4 to 5 stars."^^ . "2015-05-20T00:00:00"^^ . . . "8"^^ . . "5"^^ . "1"^^ .