Posted: 5/16/2010 11:24:18 AM EDT
| I moved into my house 2 years ago. The inspector noted that the he could only get 1 station to come on. I thought I could figure it out so I didn't push the sellers. I haven't been able to figure it out and now my yard is showing it! I have stations all over the yard but cannot get them going. I need someone (individual or company) I can call to come and get me up & running. I am in the Kennesaw area. Any recommendations will be appreciated. |
| Figure out what brand you have and visit that company's website first. Make sure you have the controller set right. Make sure you valves are all open. The valves are usually in a green or black plastic enclosure in the yard. Since it's been two years make sure the heads are not obstructed/overgrown. I have seen systems where some of the sprinklers were controllled manually and the rest were controlled electronically. Good luck. |
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Sprinkler systems are cave man simply but usually use junk components. The control valves are $10-$20 and the heads are even cheaper. They tend to fail often.
You need to find the control valves. Your controller may show 6 zones but the system only has half that. If they just buried the controls without a platic enclosure it might be a bitch to track down. I still dont know where 1 of mine is. |
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I just finished fixing the irrigation system at my house that I bought in October. I have 27 pop up rotor heads and every one of them needed to be replaced. I have 15 stationary spray heads around the flower gardens that all needed to he repaired. I have a total of 6 zones and two of them did not work. I found my valves and ended up replacing the solenoids. So, 27 rotor heads later and two new solenoids, and my system is functioning great.
You need to find your valves. On top of your valves will be a solenoid with two wires. Turn the solenoid counter-clockwise and water should start flowing through the valves and will cause the sprinklers to pop up. If this happens, you'll need to replaced the solenoids. Determine what brand of valves you have (most common ones are rain bird, hunter, and irritrol) and buy a replacement solenoid. Once you have all the sprinklers up and running, check each one of them for leaks. The most important thing about using a sprinkler system is the nozzles. Each sprinkler should spray the water to the the next sprinkler, This is called head to head coverage. If you need any other advice let me know |
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What jace said is as goo of advice as you will get. All you can really do (if you feel like you have a fair understanding of the control panel) is turn your system on zone by zone and track down problems. Unforunately, sprinkler heads are easily broken. Fortunately however, they are reasonably easily fixed.
Good luck |
| Success (somewhat). All 5 stations are working. I have 2 leaks (busted pipes) that need to be repaired and a few bad sprinklers that needs to be rerplaced. I also have 1 valve that is running nonstop that needs to be replaced. I am 200% better than when I started though. Thanks for all the advice. |