Help! There's Water in My Sprinkler Valve Box

If your valve box is full of water, does it mean your lawn sprinkler system is leaking? It might! Sean Mullarkey of TriState Water Works walks you through the scenarios. When in doubt, give us a call.

[@aaron_hardy]

I need 2 minutes of my life back.

[@harryko8699]

One of our valve boxes is full of water. Since I’m in Texas, I pulled out the ol’ 12GA and pumped it full of lead. Now I know I’ve got a leak. 🤠

[@chriseklund2413]

Thanks for telling us we might have a leak. We want to know how to fix it.

[@sdm011360]

Dig up the valve box get the water out of the hole and look for where the water is dripping if it's from the valve you might need to replace the valve if it's coming from pipe you might have to replace the fittings.

[@warehouse_bird]

LMAO this is two minutes of my life I’ll never get back

[@richardb7093]

@@sdm011360 what if no leak?

[@buddhafest4206]

Was the purpose of this just to run a commercial ? You might have a leak, you might not. Better call us.

[@MatthewHillTHMC]

Not hardly a spec of useful information in that video.

[@bruce3066]

There could be a leak or there cannot be a leak🤦🏻‍♂️.... What a pointless video

[@drexel1976]

haaaaaa ! could be could not be... omg

[@sca8217]

After the first minute, I immediately came to the comments section.

[@davidwilley6199]

Mine was full of water and I’m glad it doesn’t have to be a leak.Might just be run off.

[@sdm011360]

If there is water flowing out of the top of the valve box it's a leak, if the box is only half full it is most likely not a leak.

[@kevindecker9444]

@@sdm011360 Could be such a small leak that it could take days to fill up.

[@christhornton7470]

What about a valve box that is full of water after every rain in the winter? Will the freezing of that water damage the manifold system?

[@djmadmike23]

missed opportunity ...smh

[@xerbersucker69]

To sum it up: you might have a leak, you might not.

[@tombatty1964]

hi i got some water in my valve should i leave it to dry itself or drain it or leave it there????

[@sdm011360]

Just leave it, water will not hurt the valve.

[@joegillie8920]

And.....if it's from the rain, how does one fix this........?

[@sdm011360]

Have water in the valve box from rain is not a bad thing, it is a fact of life in clay soils.

[@dw2843]

Nothing you can do

[@medic2834]

What a waste of time.

[@sdm011360]

It may have been a waist of time for you but we get many calls from our customers that think they have a leak just because there is water in the valve box. A wet valve box doesn't necessarily mean a leak. Thanks for taking the time to write a comment. That is some crazy picture of you!

[@km-qc3hq]

Please stop yelling…thx 😀

[@agustineable]

Well that was a total waste of my time

[@HarryFount]

thanks for nothing