Bore & Reticulation Connection in Perth
A bore and a retic system only work together if the pump is matched to the flow the reticulation actually needs. That match is measured in litres per minute, and it is what decides how many sprinklers can run at once.
What bore and reticulation connection in Perth actually involves
The connection is where a bore stops being a hole and starts being a working garden. Water comes up the casing into a bore head at the surface, through a manifold that splits it into the reticulation stations, and out to the sprinklers on whichever station the controller has opened. The size of the pump is chosen against what that manifold has to deliver, not against the size of the bore — an oversized pump on an undersized retic wastes money and can pull the bore down faster than it recovers.
Matching the bore to the retic
On older stock around Ballajura and Malaga the retic is often the actual reason for the call rather than the bore. Systems installed decades ago were designed around different sprinkler heads and different station counts, and a new pump bolted onto old pipework can expose every weak joint in it at once. Connecting a bore to existing reticulation is worth quoting as a look at the whole system rather than as a single fitting.
The sprinkler roster shapes the design, not just the running of it. With two rostered days a week and a single watering window before 9am or after 6pm, a retic system has to deliver a whole garden's water inside that window — which is a flow-rate question, and it is why litres per minute matters more on a rostered system than it would on one you could run whenever you liked. From 1 June to 31 August sprinklers are switched off entirely.
What bore and reticulation connection costs in Perth
Connection is quoted against the system rather than as a flat fitting price, so the bands worth knowing are the ones either side of it: a new bore installed at A$3,000–5,000 plus GST, and a bore stain stopper unit at A$1,800–2,200 where iron staining marks paving and walls.
Full price ranges for every job type are on the pricing page. A firm price comes from a site visit — call (08) 6311 4037 or use the quote form.
Bore & Reticulation Connection in Perth — common questions
What does litres per minute mean for my retic?
Litres per minute is the flow your bore and pump can actually deliver, and it decides how many sprinklers can run at the same time. Every sprinkler head has a flow it needs to work properly; add up the heads on one reticulation station and you have the flow that station demands. If the bore delivers less than that, the station runs at reduced pressure and the coverage suffers — heads that mist instead of throwing, dry patches at the far end of the run. This is why a yield is quoted in litres per minute rather than described as a good bore or a strong bore: those words cannot be checked against a sprinkler specification, and a number can.
Can I connect a bore to my existing reticulation?
Usually yes, and the question worth asking is what condition the existing system is in. The connection itself is a bore head and manifold into the existing station valves. The risk is age: pipework and fittings that have been running on scheme pressure for decades can fail when a new pump changes the pressure they see. On older suburbs this is common enough that a contractor should look at the whole system before quoting the connection alone.
Do the watering rules change once the retic runs off a bore?
No — the roster applies to garden bore users exactly as it applies to scheme water. Two rostered days a week set by the last digit of your house number, sprinklers once a day before 9am or after 6pm from 1 September to 31 May, and a switch-off from 1 June to 31 August when sprinklers cannot be used at all. The fine for getting it wrong is A$100 and the Water Corporation enforces it. What a bore changes is the cost of the water, not the timetable.
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