Plymouth, MN · Hennepin County
Sunshine Sprinkler Systems serves Plymouth, MN with sprinkler installation, repair, spring startup, winterization, and commercial irrigation. Plymouth is the seventh-largest city in Minnesota — approximately 79,000 residents, 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis. It has one of the strongest residential irrigation rebate programs in the metro: 75% back on a WaterSense smart controller (up to $200 for residential, up to $500 for commercial), WaterSense heads, and a professional irrigation audit rebate that no other city in our service area offers.
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Plymouth is a large, mature suburb with 8 named lakes — including Medicine Lake at 902 acres — more than 800 wetlands, and rolling glacial terrain that creates highly varied lot profiles. Soils are predominantly silty clay loam, which holds moisture well but requires careful scheduling to avoid waterlogging. Lot sizes and configurations vary considerably across the city: tighter suburban lots in established neighborhoods, larger executive lots in the Wayzata school district corridor, and everything in between. We design each system to the specific property rather than applying a standard template.
Plymouth operates 17 production wells and two water treatment plants, and its iron and manganese removal process produces clean, treated water. There are no iron staining concerns from the city supply. The city's odd/even watering restriction runs May 1 through September 30, with a noon–5 p.m. midday blackout — the narrowest and most homeowner-friendly window in our service area. Morning watering hours are unrestricted, which means you can run all zones before noon and stay fully within the rules even on a larger lot with many zones.
Plymouth requires rain sensors on all new irrigation systems — state law applies here as it does statewide for automatic systems. We install a rain sensor on every new system as part of the standard build. New sod gets a 30-day watering exemption from the odd/even schedule; the noon–5 blackout still applies during establishment. The city enforces restrictions with a $100 per day fine after one written warning. Jon personally designs every installation and provides a written quote on-site.
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We service all makes and models and carry Hunter, Toro, and Rain Bird parts on every truck. Plymouth's rolling terrain and heavy wetland buffer zones create varied drainage conditions — lateral lines in low areas can shift or settle differently than on flat lots. We inspect every zone when we service systems here, not just the reported problem area.
We pressurize the system, run every zone, inspect and adjust heads for correct spray pattern and coverage, and verify the controller is programmed to Plymouth's odd/even schedule with the noon–5 p.m. blackout. Rain sensor functionality is tested at startup to confirm it is responding correctly before the season begins.
Every irrigation system needs a compressed-air blowout before freeze-up. We schedule fall winterizations throughout Plymouth each season. With the city's 8% water rate increase in 2025, a properly winterized system that avoids freeze damage is more valuable than ever — repair and replacement costs for damaged components are not recoverable.
Commercial Irrigation
Plymouth has the fourth-largest economy in Minnesota with approximately 54,000 jobs. Major employers include UnitedHealth Group, Cargill, and Carlson Companies. Office campuses, corporate headquarters, retail corridors along Highway 55, and Plymouth's extensive park system all represent substantial commercial irrigation accounts. The city's rebate program for commercial properties is particularly strong — 75% back on WaterSense smart controllers up to $500 — which reduces the net cost of upgrading older systems on large commercial properties to a figure that often pays back in reduced water costs within a season or two.
We provide commercial irrigation installation, service agreements, and system audits throughout Plymouth. Plymouth is one of the few cities in our service area where the city itself offers rebates for professional irrigation audits — if your property has an older or underperforming system, an audit-and-upgrade often pays for itself through rebates and reduced consumption.
Request Commercial ServiceWhy Sunshine Sprinkler Systems
We have been installing and servicing irrigation systems in the west metro since the mid-1980s. Plymouth's lakes, wetland buffers, rolling terrain, and varied soil conditions are all familiar territory for us.
Jon personally designs every new installation. On rolling lots near Plymouth's lakes and wetlands, experienced on-site design — not a satellite-image estimate — is the difference between a system that works and one that doesn't.
Jon, his son Sam, and Jolene run this business. When you call, Jolene answers. When we come to measure, it is Jon. On installation day, it is Jon and Sam on your property.
More Google reviews than our local competitors. No franchise, no shortcuts. Every system is one we stand behind with our name — and we help you navigate Plymouth's rebate program to get money back on qualifying equipment.
Plymouth enforces odd/even watering restrictions from May 1 through September 30. Odd-numbered addresses water on odd calendar days; even addresses on even days. No outdoor irrigation is permitted between noon and 5 p.m. — a five-hour midday blackout that is the narrowest and most homeowner-friendly window of any city in our service area. Morning watering is unrestricted within the schedule, so you can run all zones before noon without conflict.
New sod gets a 30-day exemption from the odd/even address schedule to allow daily establishment watering — but the noon–5 p.m. blackout still applies throughout that period. After one written warning, the city enforces violations at $100 per day. Rain sensors are required on all new automatic systems under state law, and we install one on every system we build in Plymouth.
Plymouth's rebate program is the strongest in our service area. Residential customers receive 75% back on a WaterSense-certified smart controller, up to $200. Commercial and multi-family customers receive 75% back on a WaterSense controller, up to $500. The city also rebates WaterSense-certified sprinkler heads and — uniquely — professional irrigation system audits. Verify current program details and dates with Plymouth Public Works before purchasing equipment, as program funding is typically limited each season.
Call Jolene and she will get Jon scheduled for a free on-site estimate. We come out, assess the property and terrain, and give you a written quote before we leave — along with everything you need to claim Plymouth's rebate.
763-498-6533Jolene answers Monday through Friday
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