Sprinkler System Start-Up With Back-flow Preventer

The winter is over! Let's get the sprinklers going! Make sure you turn on your sprinklers correctly after winterizing for the winter. In this video we will show you how to do it when you have a back-flow preventer installed and help you avoid pitfalls that go along with reinstalling the check valve and getting the sprinkler system going after it has been winterized. Come along for the journey - watch, learn, and then go do. Happy watching! Let us know if this helped you or leave a comment below if you have more questions.

[@stevenbreen1974]

Totally new to sprinklers so watched numerous times to build confidence and just completed with no issues. Thank you so much for excellent content!

[@madisanjohnson8494]

Do I need to open a valve when first turning on the water? Do I risk busting a pipe if I don’t? I forgot to this year - hoping I didn’t cause any troubles

[@thesprinklerchannel]

Typically not but you can. Just pressurize the lines slowly. / open main shutoff slowly and then back-flow valves slowly if closed.