Sprinkler Repair Quick and Easy
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Hi! I am a 64 year old woman and I followed your instructions to the letter and I just replaced my sprinkler head successfully! My old sprinkler head was a mess and needed replacement, so I purchased one. I foolishly installed the new head when there was still water in the sprinkler hole - rookie mistake. Of course no water came out - it was completely clogged. I waited a couple of days for the water to dry up, took out the new sprinkler head, and disassembled and cleaned it according to your instructions, and then reinstalled it. It works wonderfully! Thank you for being such an amazing teacher! 😃
Nice!
I like to run the sprinkler for a bit with out the head if doing a replacement. This way it clears out the pipe which may have dirt in it from the removal.
good to hear that,
sir can you tell me what is the name of the sprinkler this man used in the video, also what what you suggest i should use in a small lawn of 20 ft x 10 ft
So clear! Love that you address something after fixing it and it isn’t fixed! Perfect.
That was the most useful how-to for sprinkler repairs I have seen….well done
Greatest insight I’ve ever learned. If the problem is just the guts of the sprinkler, why replace the entire plastic sprinkler. Thank you very much!
Great tip on keeping the spare parts that are still usable. I have a plastic tub on a shelf with random parts. It’s saved my bacon more than once.
nice video... I really like the outtakes, so people can see that it isn't always as simple as you make it look in the final video.
Tried minutes ago with two sprinklers, located along the walkway to the front door. WORKED!!!!! YOU MADE MY DAY, , MY WEEK, MY SUMMER!!!
Can’t say enough THANKS!
Rock on dude.. I walk around last week and found some issues of heads to low and needed to rise them a few but its always nice to see sprinkler head issues and rather easy to see how simple it is to fix them. Your video was rock on solid.
Very helpful. Now I'm much more comfortable making minor repairs to my sprinkler system. Wish me luck!
To prevent mud clogging up your sprinkler, i suggest using a cut off piece of PVC piping (in Europe we use them for sewage and drains) and dig it in around the spriknkler to the sprinkler is in the middle. The void between the sprinkler and pipe you then fill with little rocks. This way you have clean space around your sprinkler, even if it leaks water it never gets muddy and thus dirty. Learned this from a gardener.
Very good tip
Good suggestion. My neighbor has done this and the install was poorly done and looks lousy. No consideration to aesthetics. Most sleeves are sticking up all cockeyed and crooked no use of gravel. I’m sure there is a way to make it look more professional. Lol.
@@stevelopez372use black pvc, which is sometimes available for sewer use.
THAT IS A GOOD IDEA... especially where the ones that get broken also if you ever cap one sprinkler off always put a coin or maybe a metal washer... just so you will be able to find it... always have sprinkler people give you a sprinkler layout or take pictures. its not fun trying to find them 10 years later.
I see this at work(residents) sometimes.
its a little extra effort for extra survivability. set the pvc right though or it looks janky.
Appreciate your time and knowledge, I really just asked " why are areas only being sprayed and. Not others ... Turns out the very tops chipped, and I can go get replacements 🙌 I fixed the timer a few months ago...
Your video gave me the confidence to try and repair a sprinkler head on my mother-in-law's system. Success! Thanks.
Jan from Poland. Thanks for the advice. I will have a bash tomorrow to try and sort it out.
I like being self-sufficient, and appreciate the detail of your video. TY and subscribed.
Thanks so much! Single lady and need all the help I can get! Love the bloopers!
This was so helpful! I had no idea sprinklers came apart like this. I have been searching for the perfect 4 ft pop-up and didn't know I could just change the shape of the nozzle. thank you.
I applaud you, as some women are just scared to try, but you seem the 'go-getter', go for you!
4 ft pop-up?! Are you watering a football field?
Very good video. I have been fixing my heads myself and I am getting better each time. Thanks for this helpful video.
This is just what I needed to see. One on my sprinkler heads was turned 45º inadvertantly by the a national lawn-care service aerating my lawn last fall with a plug-punching implement. I've been watering my neighbor's empty driveway for 15 minutes every two days because of this. I'm going to readjust it myself in the morning. Thanks for making and posting this great how-to video.
I need to do this to mine also. Thanks for the tips!
Great video , I use a old toothbrush in the spring to clean off the heads as they can get plugged full of dirt then wont fully spray out , Thanks for the video i will go fix mine
My BEST improvement was installing a wifi sprinkler controller. This way I can test my sprinklers and repairs without having to walk all the way back into my garage (where my control box is installed) and then back to my sprinklers. It's a game changer. It also allows me to turn off my sprinklers from anywhere if it starts to rain. AND, there are some pretty significant rebates on many wifi controllers from state or local government programs (I live in CA).
Didn't know about the notch designating the left side of the sprinkler head. Nice tid bit there! Thx!
Very helpful. Gives me confidence that I correct my problem!
I’m about to tackle a pretty big sprinkler system and could definitely use some advice!!
Thanks! With the timeline I was able to go directly to the part of the video i needed. Great job!
great information. took me about 30 years to learn this without you tube.
Love the out-takes at the end!!! Now when I go to follow your tips I won't feel disheartened when things don't go perfectly : ).
Man that was a great help! Now I feel confident in doing my own. Thank you!
Thanks so much for the easy do it yourself video.
Awesome. I followed your steps and was able to fix a couple of sprinkler heads all by myself. Thanks!
Thanks dude. Quick and to the point.
I modified a 3" diameter tubular "stand up" bulb planter by sharpening and serrating its bottom edge. Makes quick work of keeping sprinkler heads free of dirt and grass.
That's what I use also.
I love to do a DIY repair. Thanks.
That’s very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Just what I needed! Thanks!
Job well done Joel!!! 👍💞💖💞👍
This was so helpful! Thank you.
Wonderful tips. Thanks
Helpful advice thank you
Great video. Appreciate the time it took to do this. Do you have any videos that cover layouts and how to design a system for us doit yourselfers?
Thanks! I have this Problem and till now, i dont knew that i could open the housing :)
Hi just a quick tip, when it pisses like that from bottom before you do anything, try to pump it down with your foot while its working a couple times. It's gonna evacuate any dirt or debris that is between the while seal and the part that goes up when it's working. Most of the time i just pump it and it fixes itself.
Thank you for explaining your tasks in easy terms. I’m a single mother so I am the one that fixes easy stuff around the house. It’s easy to follow your directions. Also I love your blurps at the end of your show. It shows you make mistakes too! 😂
Why do single mothers always have to let everyone know that they are a single mother?
Clark- clearly you are (1) CLUELESS and (2) disrespectful!
She is a single mother, ffs!!!
Mothering job is 24/7- but, for your braincells, let's call it her FIRST FULL-TIME JOB that sometimes leave many a sleepless nights as well.
Workforce job (PAID) would be HER SECOND FULL-TIME JOB.
Her household upkeep, laundry, plus grocery shop & prep would be HER THIRD FULL-TIME JOB.
Emergencies or issues such as addressed in this video aren't common events that allow a SINGLE mother the time or financial resources to handle so she must learn to do what she can on her own! Already impacted time & emotionally with THREE full-time jobs but with only ONE paying job...it is perfectly acceptable, even honorable to mention "single mom."
I expect all helpful-channels feel a deeper satisfaction they helped an already OVERWORKED woman.
All I can say to YOU (commenter) is "WOW!" (smh...in disgust!)
@@k2mm bc we do what u can't.
@@Realjenestate you mean make proper life decisions?
@@k2mm I am only accountable for my decisions not that of others. We all answer one day for every word we speak. There is final judgement.
LOL! Great video minus some of the audio in the middle cracking. Very helpful info. Love the outtakes at the end.
So helpful and well explained 👏
Thank you sir, this helped me out so much.
your explanation is good Thanks
Been in the irrigation business for 37 years Rainbird 1800 series is the most durable sprinkler head made These are the only ones I install on new systems The Van nozzles will chip if you hit them with a line trimmer In my area we use mostly 4-6inch pop ups When I do a repair I install what ever brand is already there just to keep everything the same
As someone who works on irrigation systems for a living the reason the head isn’t right on the cement is because when you edge it will chew the heads up also why not use a 15 quarter nozzle instead of the adjustable van nozzle you will get better coverage with the regular nozzle
Jon, if I may I had a few quick questions - 1) I have an adjustable spray head in the same exact spot as shown in the video - I want to water the thin grassy strip across the sidewalk and adjacent to the road - should I replace the stationary spray with something else or perhaps change out one of the other heads in the middle of the front lawn to a rotor and let it "arc" over the sidewalk onto the strip? I don't have any piping in the strip areas to put a sprinkler. 2) Assuming like-for-like pop-up height, GPM nozzle, etc. can we interchange sprinkler brands? I think all of mine are Hunter but I have seen videos were people like Rain Bird better. My controller is a Hunter Pro-C. And 3) how do we determine the PSI of our irrigation system easily (and where would I do it?) I am fairly handy with tools, etc. Thank you in advance.
Thank you for sharing.
Great job, nice to clean filter 1st.
I’m going to try this for the first time.
Love the outtakes at the end!
Hey Joel. Have you thought about acupuncture for your back I have had back problems in past and it’s amazing for pain may help bonnies headaches as welll
Thank you!
Really helpful....thanks!
Going to attempt to fix my front yard. Fingers crossed
Thank you! Very useful!
Thank you!!!
Super helpful!
Great info! Thanks
Very cool. Thanks
Thankyou. This video helps me to understand better
Hey Joel. Can you please make videos on how to mow lawn perfectly, best lawn mower out there, how to use a leaf blower. First time homeowners, need some help.
TIA
Looks for a Toro with a Honda motor, I have the Honda lawnmower with the plastic deck, so not cheap.
Wow love the video! So helpful lol it is complicated 😃👍🏻
Need to figure out best sprinklers do distance and width to use
Thank you
Great tips and explanation
Great info. Thanks
Do you have any helpful tips for moving a sprinkler head?
Good video. Thank you. I’ll be changing sprinkler’s missing head. I think the lawn care guys knock it out with the edger or lawn mower.
Very very helpful!
Great video. Thanks
THANK U SIR !
During the first part, you could have tryed to remove the nozzle and take a hose and wash out the tube. Mine was full of dirt that was clogging everything up. Then blow into the nozzle to make sure its not clogged and wash it out. Reassemble and take hose and shoot water into tube to make sure it comesout of nozzle.
I had my concrete driveway replaced with pavers and a bunch of the supply lines got cracked or broken and the funny pipe and sprinkler heads got broken by the landscapers running over them or using an edger that cut through the funny pipe since the contractor didnt bury everything deep enough. Sucks that I live in an HOA that controls the sprinkers and can only tell if there is a problem when the sound of gushing water wakes me at 3 am.
Thanks!
great info and easly understood
thanks for the video man. liked and subscribed 👍
Awesome job
Are the guts (top,spring, gear) from orbit interchangeable with a hunter pop-up head?
You can also buy guards to go around the sprinkler to stop the lawn growing around it
Where to get it?
@@jayasmrmore3687 Bunnings, Amazon, eBay and more
I made some using PVC pipe and or 4" & 6" Corrugated Drain Pipe. If you don't want to buy, check some construction dumpsters.
Helpful, thank you!
Working with a customer that had 12 heads on a 1" valve. He's got rocks in the line from a repair he did himself. However he barely had enough pressure to run the heads when in ideal conditions. So can't get the system to flush the rocks out. I think I'll try shuting all the nozzles off and try flushing the two or three clogged heads. I design a system with a 1" value to have no more than 9 spray pop-up heads to main tain optimal pressure.
It all breaks down by GPM from the water supply. A 1" water supply with a 1HP well can sufficiently run up to 14 spray heads. Been doing irrigation for over 20 years.
Sometimes on the video because the top is black if you don't get close to the top part of the sprinklerhead you can't actually see what you're doing .but I do like the videos they've helped me a lot I've prepared my own Sprinkler heads.
excellent video
With the Orbit 1800 replacement cost at $6-7 each, I always replace the entire unit. So many are beat up after years of use and if it saves me another fix in a couple years, replacement is worth it.
Good vid, thanks bud !!
Good tips, thanks
Thanks
Very good
Ive been searching UA-cam for an understandable video on popup sprinkler repair, and yours is by far the best. The video is clear, especially your closeups explaining arc adjustments. I'm gonna get away from this computer now and go back outside! Thanks
just wondering how you got the three small rocks out of the housing?
Good video.
Nice man thanks so much
thank you very much
I just found your videos tonight. Been looking for a way to raise the head 2 or 3 inches , due to yard / erosion fluctuations. Do they make a double male extension? Thank you. God bless
Yes they do just seen them at home depot. I suggest the cutoff ones so you can adjust it easy and they are the cheaper option.
how did you get the rocks out ?
Thank very useful video.
Good video !
How do i make the water come out thick and not so fine ?