Laurdane Associates

At Laurdane Associates, we serve Raleigh, North Carolina and the surrounding area with the ultimate in irrigation, drainage, and lighting services. Whether you are looking for a new sprinkler or lighting system or you need troubleshooting, winterization, repair, or maintenance services, you can count on us to put our 30 years of experience to work for you. We will give you the personalized attention that can only come from a family-owned and -operated company. We rely only on in-house team members to provide our services, so you never need to worry about problems with subcontractors. Let us revamp your older systems or start fresh so that your landscaping watering needs, drainage issues, and lighting concerns are properly addressed.

Three service lines, and a reason for keeping the work in-house

Laurdane Associates organises its Raleigh practice around irrigation, drainage and lighting, with fountains and water features as a smaller fourth category. The company’s own framing is that these three problems arrive together on a residential property: without irrigation the planting suffers, poor drainage leaves an unhealthy and unsightly yard, and without lighting the same ground is a hazard after dark.

The irrigation menu is granular. Beyond new sprinkler systems and sprinkler installation, the company lists lawn sprinkler repair, maintenance and troubleshooting, controller work, drip irrigation, automatic and web-enabled irrigation, and a full backflow practice covering testing, repair and replacement. Winterization and sod installation also sit under the same heading. The drainage work is listed problem-first rather than product-first: wet spots in the lawn, standing water, pooling water, crawlspace moisture management, downspout routing, French drains and yard re-grading. Lighting covers design through installation and repair, with path, accent, up, down, LED and low-voltage lighting all named separately.

One stated policy stands out, because it is a commitment rather than a claim about quality. All work is performed in-house, and the company gives its reasoning plainly: it would not be able to guarantee its workmanship if the work were handed to subcontractors. That sits alongside its description of itself as a family-owned and operated company offering the kind of attention a larger outfit would not provide.

Experience and reach

The site states more than 30 years of lawn sprinkler installation experience. That is a measure of experience rather than a founding year, and the company does not publish an incorporation date or a headcount, so the two should not be conflated. The stated coverage is Raleigh and the Triangle area of North Carolina, and the service pages are written for homeowners rather than commercial sites, with repeated reference to curb appeal and property value.

The testimonials the company publishes are organised by service line rather than by project, which gives a reasonable read on the kind of work that comes in. Drainage complaints dominate, with clients describing standing water after heavy rainfall; the landscape lighting comments run toward restraint, with one Chapel Hill client contrasting soft exterior lighting against brighter installations across the street.

Alongside the usual Facebook and Instagram pages, the company maintains an X account and a YouTube channel, both linked from its own site.