For irrigation techs
A sprinkler repair estimate and invoice app
Run the zones, count the broken heads, and send the price before you close the valve box.
Settle fits sprinkler repair because the price comes from what you find when you run the zones. Say it out loud and Settle writes a priced estimate from your own rates. Text the estimate from your own phone, the customer approves from a link, and when the job's done they pay by card or bank to your own Stripe account. Sending unlimited estimates and invoices is free. It's iPhone only and doesn't do route scheduling or seasonal service plans.
What a sprinkler repair estimate looks like
After running the zones you say: "Service call, zone three valve is leaking, replace it, six broken spray heads, then adjust and run every zone." Settle writes:
| Line | Qty | Price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service call and system check | 1 ea | $85.00 | $85.00 |
| Replace zone valve | 1 ea | $165.00 | $165.00 |
| Replace spray heads | 6 ea | $22.00 | $132.00 |
| Adjust heads and run each zone | 1 ea | $45.00 | $45.00 |
| Total before tax | $427.00 |
Example prices only. Settle uses your own rates, and marks any price it had to guess with an orange dot.
What matters in sprinkler repair estimates
- Show the service call. One line answers what the customer owes if they say no.
- Count the heads. "6 spray heads" is a number the customer can check by walking the yard.
- The hidden-pipe clause. A broken lateral line only shows up when you dig. Say how you'll price it.
- Extras are choices. A new controller or a backflow test goes on its own line.
- Call 811 where required. Put it on the estimate when you'll be digging.
What Settle does for irrigation techs, and what it doesn't
Run the zones, say the valves, heads and line repairs, and check any price marked with an orange dot. The estimate goes out from your own number before you close the valve box, and after the repair one tap turns it into an invoice with a pay link. You see when the customer opens and approves it. Payments land in a Stripe account in your name; Settle takes no cut and never holds the money.
Settle doesn't plan routes, run spring start-up and winterization plans automatically, or track a crew. There's no Android or web version. If you run routes with several techs, a field-service tool like Jobber is built for that; compare them on the comparison page.
Worth telling the customer
811 is the FCC-designated national number for "call before you dig." Locating underground utility lines is free, and you call a few business days before digging; how many depends on your state. Saying on the estimate who calls 811 protects you and the customer.
Sprinkler repair questions
What is the best estimate app for a sprinkler repair business?
For a one-person irrigation business on an iPhone that prices in the yard, Settle is free to send unlimited estimates and invoices, writes the estimate from what you say using your own prices, and pays to your own Stripe account.
Should I charge a service call fee?
Most irrigation techs do, and many credit it toward the repair. See should contractors charge for estimates.
Can I bill spring start-ups for every customer?
Settle doesn't send them automatically today. You can duplicate an invoice for each customer and text it with a pay link.
Can Settle draft an estimate from photos?
Yes. Take up to 3 photos and Settle uses them, along with what you say, to draft the estimate. The photos stay with the job in the app; they aren't added to the PDF or the estimate page your customer sees.
Sources
Quote your next sprinkler repair by talking.
Free on iPhone. Unlimited estimates and invoices. 7 days of Pro to try the voice drafts, and you cancel in two taps.
Download on the App StoreiPhone, iOS 17 or later. Questions? Text Nina: (818) 945-9686