You’re the only one that helped me figure out my problem. Probably because it looks like you work in California. My setup looks exactly like that.😂 thanks my man👊🏽
My system was installed in 1990 and no problems till this yr when 1 station wouldn't turn off. Checked multiple videos and yours had the answer. All that was wrong was the solenoid was not tight. Snugged it up and problem solved. No other video I looked at recommended checking it first like u did. Thank you so very much.
Thank you! Came home to a flooded front yard panicked then called several sprinkler installation services they're booked out. Found your video and turned them off! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Thank you!!!!! Bled the air, and it stopped immediately. Great video. It was straight to the point. You held the camera steady, and didn't blare obnoxious music. ;)
Thank you so much! First time homeowner and the very first time the sprinklers were turned on, they wouldn’t turn off. Your video helped save my water bill!!
Wow, you just saved me. I couldn’t figure out why water wouldn’t stop flowing and I was going to have to pay someone to fix it. With my busy schedule, outdoor work doesn’t fit in very often, so thank you SO much for giving me one less thing to worry about!!!
Taylor thank you so much for helping out from an upset situation! A guy came to open my irrigation system and left with money and one zone watering running and told me it will stop in 20 minutes. It never stopped. I called him and he said your water system is broken and there is nothing he can do. And he will charge more if he comes back. I started to go to UA-cam and found your video! Thank you so much!
Taylor! You have no idea brother how much you helped. On and off I had problems with my sprinkler to realize it was only because the solonoid was very loose! Thanks Man!! :D
I just want to say thank you for your great information. You helped me save >$40 as I first tried to replace the Solenoid instead of the whole valve and that’s what stopped the water! 🙏🏼
Wow!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you! My sprinklers ran all day. I couldn’t get ahold of sprinkler guy and your second truck SAVED me right before a long weekend!!!! Thank you SO SO much!!
This video probably just saved me a ton of money. My sprinkler was fine last year and the only thing that changed was when I had a guy blow our sprinklers out for the winter. He had gone in a little green box in the ground which had all of our valves to do something and he put the cover back on fast forward to today and no matter what are sprinklers will not shut off and the front yard even though other zones were running and artbox said off. On one of the main valves I turned it to the right and tightened it up a little bit and every single problem wasremedied right away. Who would have thought it was so easy. Thank you for posting this video!
omg that worked, the sprinklers were starting to flood the backyard and my dad who wasn’t home at the time who usually fixes this stuff but a neighbor came and said a pipe of ours prob broke. My mom was stressing and I was outside looking and watching videos and non helped except your, I found the knob and turned it and it shut them off. THANK YOU HONESTLY
I have a 1920s Spanish. Took me FOREVER to find the main valve and irrigation valves. Completely hidden behind plants. But that first step worked! thank you!!!
Just put a system in last year. This spring I go to start it and q zone won't shut off. This video saved my sanity. Thanks so much. Who would have thought an airbleed screw would do that
Outstanding! This worked for me. My drip irrigation wouldn't hut off in the front yard and after releasing some air and adjusting the valve, it stopped. Thank you.
Glad I found this video lol. Looked outside at 9am to a flooded backyard and the sprinklers turned on and couldn't get them to turn off. Spent 2 hours outside getting soaked in my PJs trying to figure it out. Thankfully a turn of the valve got it. But first I had to battle the biggest Black Widows I have ever seen when I lifted the cover to where the water valves are. Though when turning the little air screw thingie a bit the water just keeps coming out of it and not sure if it's supposed to stop or what.
Thanks for this video. Saved myself having to have the sprinkler guy come out and charge me a service fee. It was a loose cellinoid from when he came out to fix a bigger issue.
Thank you! Still had to turn off outside water to get it off but we do think solenoid is bad which we wouldn't have known how to know without watching here!
That’s a good question, Rain bird only makes a few residential valves. My Suggestion is to google “Rain Bird residential valves” and find your model based upon the images. The one in the video is a JTV/ASV 075
After a pipe broke and it was fixed, this was the issue - air or debris in the valve. After checking the lottle air pressure valve knob and the top of the valve to make sure it‘s snug, I was able to manually turn off the valve and water. Before I would turn it manually off but the water would still run. Thank you!
I had a sprinkler zone that would not go off even if the system was turned off. If the system had water pressure that zone would run continuously. It would even run while other zones were running. I could not locate the valve for that zone. I think it got buried under sod when the yard was re-sodded. So, I turned off the water pressure at the screw on the top of each sprinkler head on that zone. It fixed the problem. My theory is that by closing water flow at the sprinkler head may have built up just enough pressure in the zone to clear the sand or rocks that may have got into the valve and were interfering with the diaphragm. This is worth a try and requires no digging.
As a professional irrigation contractor in Illinois i wouldn't recommend having irrigation valves exposed above the ground as here in Illinois it freezes up and if you don't do your system shutdowns it might crack the valve and i would highly recommend hunter industries pgv valves as they are more reliable and more high quality
I have the exact same problem. The bad thing is i have a big system and the valves are buried some place else can't find them. I only have access to the master valve and that's it. What i did for now was cap the sprinkler heads from the problematic zone this way i won't have 2 zones working at the same time
I’ll try this thanks, my issue at this time is I have a zone that isn’t working, at that time all other zones were ok, water was getting through to the sensor and I had no plugged holes so replaced with new sensor with no results, now my other issue is zone 3 comes on no matter which zone I choose and robs the water to the other zones, driving me crazy I tell ya Any help would be appreciated, thanks
Sounds like the valve control wiring isn't quite right. I'll do a video on that soon, but in the meantime make sure each valve is connected to the common ( white ) and also each valve has a wire going to one of the colored wires. If that doesn't help you may need to replace the valves... or at least the diaphragm. Sorry for the slow response. Hope this helps.
Just ran into this today. Valve was stuck on. Turned off main supply, sprinklers stopped. Turned on main supply and valve was still on. Adjusted external bleed until it turned off. Put external bleed back and valve remained off. Turned on valve from controller and it again wouldn't turn off. I have to assume the solenoid will no longer close the valve. The friggen solenoid for an Irritrol valve is half the cost of an entire Rain Bird valve. FFS. New valve it is! What I don't get though is why wasn't the valve staying off after turning off and on the main supply? Shouldn't that have reset the valve the same as the external bleed screw (not the internal bleed screw)?
I just moved to greenville sc, and am wondering how to winterize or simply shut down my Hunter x core underground lawn sprinkler . I have a BIB valve in the garage and also a water controller at the edge of the yard. I was thinking that all I need to do is cut of the BIB valve in the garage. OR do I need to also cut off the water supply at the yard? Also is there a need to run any of the zones in the yard ( I have 6 zones on .30 acre) Thank you for any details.
There comes point where it is better to just rebuild or replace the valve. If the screw won't turn you can try shutting the main water supply off and then try turning the screw, as a last effort sometimes this will allow you to open older valves.
So my zone didn't stop and I shut off the master electronic control first. THEN I watched this video and manually bled out the zones. Will that help? Or do I need to do it WHILE the zone was "active" (going on too long)?
MY cheap vales are still working after 10 years... my 'high quality' rain-bird valves failed after 2 1/2 year.. 4 of them all fail. Im going back to the cheap ones... they last longer.
Hi i have the opposite issue. I have a rainbird esp-tm2 system, about 2 years old (new house). sprinkler have always worked fine until today. Using the rainbird app, I turn 1 zone manual watering, for 5 minutes. Sprinklers don't come on right away. On the app, it goes from "irrigation active" to "irrigation off" and I see the sprinklers come on for about 5-10 seconds then turns off. I've tried on multiple zones with the same result. I've done some searching but can't find much on this specific problem. Any help would be much appreciated. thanks.
I installed a new Hunter solenoid and diaphragm in my valve and turned it to off but two popups continue to run. I just tried your suggestions too. I just dont understand why those two keep running with the valve shut off.
Just commenting. 1st open up diaphragm to clean any debri. 2nd Replace 24v solenoild if 1st doesn't fix. This is what I did.I do this mostly to stay in practice.
I put a new complete double manifold in (orbit). When I turned water on both values automatically went on. This was the problem before I put the new system on as well? Any Ideas, could it be electrical?
It’s probably not electronic issue. Unfortunately orbit is notorious for failure. I would check inside the valve, make sure no debris is lodged inside. Also as crazy as it sounds make sure it’s installed correctly (facing the correct direction) I’ve put them in backwards on occasion myself. Also make sure the solenoid is snug. That’s about all it could be.
I have a similar issue. The only way I can shut off the water is either shutting off the main water supply or unplugging the sprinkler controller from the wall outlet. What exactly could be my issue
Knows very little. Didn't mention the main failure point, the diaphragm. Or the orafices. Good job on the bleeder valve, but he couldn't decide if the bleeder was a problem rarely or50/50.
You've just uncovered a grey area! These vales should have a derby filter. Some designers would put in a filter of some kind that's easily accessible. Just saying.
You’re the only one that helped me figure out my problem. Probably because it looks like you work in California. My setup looks exactly like that.😂 thanks my man👊🏽
My system was installed in 1990 and no problems till this yr when 1 station wouldn't turn off. Checked multiple videos and yours had the answer. All that was wrong was the solenoid was not tight. Snugged it up and problem solved. No other video I looked at recommended checking it first like u did. Thank you so very much.
Thank you! Came home to a flooded front yard panicked then called several sprinkler installation services they're booked out. Found your video and turned them off! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Excellent!
Thank you!!!!! Bled the air, and it stopped immediately.
Great video. It was straight to the point. You held the camera steady, and didn't blare obnoxious music. ;)
Glad it helped you! LOL no annoying music here.
Thank you so much! First time homeowner and the very first time the sprinklers were turned on, they wouldn’t turn off. Your video helped save my water bill!!
It worked and was so easy to repair. It makes sense because the circuit (backyard) was fine until I made a repair to a leak in the front yard! 🙏🏻
Bless you. That bleeder bolt trick just saved me a chunk of change.
Wow, you just saved me. I couldn’t figure out why water wouldn’t stop flowing and I was going to have to pay someone to fix it. With my busy schedule, outdoor work doesn’t fit in very often, so thank you SO much for giving me one less thing to worry about!!!
Dang it, worked like a charm for me. You are genuinely a life-saver!! Thank you!
You Saved Mother's Day. This fixed my problem by purging the air screw.
Taylor thank you so much for helping out from an upset situation! A guy came to open my irrigation system and left with money and one zone watering running and told me it will stop in 20 minutes. It never stopped. I called him and he said your water system is broken and there is nothing he can do. And he will charge more if he comes back.
I started to go to UA-cam and found your video! Thank you so much!
Taylor! You have no idea brother how much you helped. On and off I had problems with my sprinkler to realize it was only because the solonoid was very loose! Thanks Man!! :D
I just want to say thank you for your great information. You helped me save >$40 as I first tried to replace the Solenoid instead of the whole valve and that’s what stopped the water! 🙏🏼
Wow!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you! My sprinklers ran all day. I couldn’t get ahold of sprinkler guy and your second truck SAVED me right before a long weekend!!!! Thank you SO SO much!!
This video probably just saved me a ton of money. My sprinkler was fine last year and the only thing that changed was when I had a guy blow our sprinklers out for the winter. He had gone in a little green box in the ground which had all of our valves to do something and he put the cover back on fast forward to today and no matter what are sprinklers will not shut off and the front yard even though other zones were running and artbox said off. On one of the main valves I turned it to the right and tightened it up a little bit and every single problem wasremedied right away. Who would have thought it was so easy. Thank you for posting this video!
omg that worked, the sprinklers were starting to flood the backyard and my dad who wasn’t home at the time who usually fixes this stuff but a neighbor came and said a pipe of ours prob broke. My mom was stressing and I was outside looking and watching videos and non helped except your, I found the knob and turned it and it shut them off. THANK YOU HONESTLY
Great video‼️ cut the supply, released the pressure and it worked like a charm! Thank you for saving me a service call.
I have a 1920s Spanish. Took me FOREVER to find the main valve and irrigation valves. Completely hidden behind plants. But that first step worked! thank you!!!
Best video ever!!!! that backoff valve discussion saved my butt.
Just put a system in last year. This spring I go to start it and q zone won't shut off. This video saved my sanity. Thanks so much. Who would have thought an airbleed screw would do that
Thanks! Bleeding the air using the air purge screw worked.
AIR PURGE SCREW FOR THE WIN!!!!! Thanks ValleyScape Irrigation guy! You're the bomb.
Unbelievable, I fixed the leaking problems following your video. Thank you very much
Excellent information and very concise. Plain spoken advice by a professional. Every DIY You Tube video should be this well produced.
Thank You David!
Thank you this helped!!! I did exactly what you did and that relieved the pressure from the valve that wouldn’t shut off for weeks.
Outstanding! This worked for me. My drip irrigation wouldn't hut off in the front yard and after releasing some air and adjusting the valve, it stopped. Thank you.
Thank you for the great tip! The air bubbles were the problem..all works now!
Thank you. Purging the air worked. 3AM turned off main. 3PM purge. Life is good now.
It helped to stop my sprinkler today. Thank you for the little trick.
Thank you so much for this post omg what a reliever ! God bless you, simple fix made a major difference 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
THANK YOU! You saved me a bundle!
You saved my life. I was freaking out.
Thank you very much, woke up to running sprinkler that was on all night, this method helped me out. =]
Glad I found this video lol. Looked outside at 9am to a flooded backyard and the sprinklers turned on and couldn't get them to turn off. Spent 2 hours outside getting soaked in my PJs trying to figure it out. Thankfully a turn of the valve got it. But first I had to battle the biggest Black Widows I have ever seen when I lifted the cover to where the water valves are. Though when turning the little air screw thingie a bit the water just keeps coming out of it and not sure if it's supposed to stop or what.
Thanks man. This helped me out today and I got the sprinklers to stop.
Yay! Releasing the air from the valve on the back worked! Thanks!
Thanks Dude! We definitely owe you a beer!!
Awesome hint, worked on my system. Thank you.
Dude thank you this video it was simple, to the point and probably saved me alot of cash. 5☆
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks for this video. Saved myself having to have the sprinkler guy come out and charge me a service fee. It was a loose cellinoid from when he came out to fix a bigger issue.
Wow, should not bring him back if he messed it up, but mistakes do happen.
thank goodness you helped me turn that sprinkler off. now i just have to find a more permanent fix.
Older designer says, "Nobody installs water filters any more???"
Thank you!!! The second step saved us!
Thank you! Still had to turn off outside water to get it off but we do think solenoid is bad which we wouldn't have known how to know without watching here!
thank you, snugging it up worked for me!
Super advise. Worked for me!👍
Thank you sir!!! I found the problem with your help!!
That’s a good question, Rain bird only makes a few residential valves.
My Suggestion is to google “Rain Bird residential valves” and find your model based upon the images. The one in the video is a JTV/ASV 075
1st
After a pipe broke and it was fixed, this was the issue - air or debris in the valve. After checking the lottle air pressure valve knob and the top of the valve to make sure it‘s snug, I was able to manually turn off the valve and water. Before I would turn it manually off but the water would still run. Thank you!
Good looking bro .... That worked
I had a sprinkler zone that would not go off even if the system was turned off. If the system had water pressure that zone would run continuously. It would even run while other zones were running. I could not locate the valve for that zone. I think it got buried under sod when the yard was re-sodded. So, I turned off the water pressure at the screw on the top of each sprinkler head on that zone. It fixed the problem. My theory is that by closing water flow at the sprinkler head may have built up just enough pressure in the zone to clear the sand or rocks that may have got into the valve and were interfering with the diaphragm. This is worth a try and requires no digging.
Thanks, this was a huge help.
Oh wow. Been there! Thank you.
As a professional irrigation contractor in Illinois i wouldn't recommend having irrigation valves exposed above the ground as here in Illinois it freezes up and if you don't do your system shutdowns it might crack the valve and i would highly recommend hunter industries pgv valves as they are more reliable and more high quality
The 50/50 were good odds. I got lucky, thank you!
1. Twist the Solenoid to make sure it's tight. That fixed mine. Thanks
Yay! That worked! Now what can you do about my water bill?!?!
Well done! THANK YOU!
Np
I have the exact same problem. The bad thing is i have a big system and the valves are buried some place else can't find them. I only have access to the master valve and that's it. What i did for now was cap the sprinkler heads from the problematic zone this way i won't have 2 zones working at the same time
Worked for me!
I’ll try this thanks, my issue at this time is I have a zone that isn’t working, at that time all other zones were ok, water was getting through to the sensor and I had no plugged holes so replaced with new sensor with no results, now my other issue is zone 3 comes on no matter which zone I choose and robs the water to the other zones, driving me crazy I tell ya
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
Sounds like the valve control wiring isn't quite right. I'll do a video on that soon, but in the meantime make sure each valve is connected to the common ( white ) and also each valve has a wire going to one of the colored wires.
If that doesn't help you may need to replace the valves... or at least the diaphragm.
Sorry for the slow response. Hope this helps.
Thanks! Bled the air and the water stopped running.
thank you that worked
Thank you
Thanks you!
Thank you!
Is there a second video of how to fix it? I'm having that problem.
Thanks!
I released the air for station A because it wasn’t turning off but now my station B isn’t turning on which has its own valve
How do we find the Rain Bird valve model number so we can accurately replace parts?
Just ran into this today. Valve was stuck on. Turned off main supply, sprinklers stopped. Turned on main supply and valve was still on. Adjusted external bleed until it turned off. Put external bleed back and valve remained off. Turned on valve from controller and it again wouldn't turn off. I have to assume the solenoid will no longer close the valve. The friggen solenoid for an Irritrol valve is half the cost of an entire Rain Bird valve. FFS. New valve it is! What I don't get though is why wasn't the valve staying off after turning off and on the main supply? Shouldn't that have reset the valve the same as the external bleed screw (not the internal bleed screw)?
I have a rain dial one, its programmed but will not set off sprinklers, any suggestions
Turning the main valve for the section on and off manually did the trick for me.
Thanks for the compliment
I just moved to greenville sc, and am wondering how to winterize or simply shut down my Hunter x core underground lawn sprinkler . I have a BIB valve in the garage and also a water controller at the edge of the yard. I was thinking that all I need to do is cut of the BIB valve in the garage. OR do I need to also cut off the water supply at the yard? Also is there a need to run any of the zones in the yard ( I have 6 zones on .30 acre) Thank you for any details.
I wish I could help but I have absolutely no idea about winterizing systems!
And what if those tips don't help? What component needs to be replaced and how do you do it?
Same too me because my nephew turned it too had and I don’t know what to do
There comes point where it is better to just rebuild or replace the valve. If the screw won't turn you can try shutting the main water supply off and then try turning the screw, as a last effort sometimes this will allow you to open older valves.
So my zone didn't stop and I shut off the master electronic control first. THEN I watched this video and manually bled out the zones. Will that help? Or do I need to do it WHILE the zone was "active" (going on too long)?
MY cheap vales are still working after 10 years... my 'high quality' rain-bird valves failed after 2 1/2 year.. 4 of them all fail. Im going back to the cheap ones... they last longer.
Define “cheap valves”.
What if the pool filler is the one that stays on???
Hi i have the opposite issue.
I have a rainbird esp-tm2 system, about 2 years old (new house). sprinkler have always worked fine until today. Using the rainbird app, I turn 1 zone manual watering, for 5 minutes. Sprinklers don't come on right away. On the app, it goes from "irrigation active" to "irrigation off" and I see the sprinklers come on for about 5-10 seconds then turns off. I've tried on multiple zones with the same result. I've done some searching but can't find much on this specific problem. Any help would be much appreciated. thanks.
I installed a new Hunter solenoid and diaphragm in my valve and turned it to off but two popups continue to run. I just tried your suggestions too. I just dont understand why those two keep running with the valve shut off.
Just commenting. 1st open up diaphragm to clean any debri. 2nd Replace 24v solenoild if 1st doesn't fix. This is what I did.I do this mostly to stay in practice.
Thank you so much my sprinklers were on at least 4 hours
Did ya house flood
I put a new complete double manifold in (orbit). When I turned water on both values automatically went on. This was the problem before I put the new system on as well? Any Ideas, could it be electrical?
It’s probably not electronic issue.
Unfortunately orbit is notorious for failure.
I would check inside the valve, make sure no debris is lodged inside. Also as crazy as it sounds make sure it’s installed correctly (facing the correct direction) I’ve put them in backwards on occasion myself. Also make sure the solenoid is snug. That’s about all it could be.
I have a similar issue. The only way I can shut off the water is either shutting off the main water supply or unplugging the sprinkler controller from the wall outlet. What exactly could be my issue
Probably the valve is stuck open
YOU ARE THE FUCKING MAN
Are you saying is the landscaper's fault?
Insinuating that yes.
I cant find a shut off valve
I am sorry, not every house has one. Some builders cut corners.
Depressurise all the irrigation valves? so you mean turn the tap off right? LOL
haha sure, sorry next time I'll say "turn off the tap".
You were no help at all and you blame the Landscaper ?😂😂😂
I’m a cardinals fan too I’m originally from Phoenix, it’s getting hot out there is that why you don’t like my video!?
Knows very little. Didn't mention the main failure point, the diaphragm. Or the orafices. Good job on the bleeder valve, but he couldn't decide if the bleeder was a problem rarely or50/50.
There’s other videos that discuss that.
Never did solve this problem, either. Not useful at all.
lousy explanation. what about the rest of the system?
You've just uncovered a grey area! These vales should have a derby filter. Some designers would put in a filter of some kind that's easily accessible. Just saying.
This helped me today - thank you sir !