If your mist head is spraying in an abnormal pattern it is likely clogged. With the sprinkler running, grab hold of the stem (the part sticking out of the ground) of the mist head either with your hand or a pair of channel locks. Have someone else turn the water off if you are doing this by hand. Holding the stem, remove the nozzle, which is the top inch of the stem, by turning the nozzle to the left. Remove the screen inside and rinse it with water, it is often helpful to flush the whole head out by turning on the water with the nozzle off and screen removed. However, be careful that you don't get drenched in the fountain that will occur at this open head when you turn the water on with the nozzle off! Replace screen with the pointed end down, rescrew the nozzle back on by lining up the threads and turning it to the right until is it snug. Gently allow the head to retract back into the ground, checking to make sure your nozzle is pointed in the right direction.
Yes, you can... sort of. It depends on how broken the head is. For this question we will assume the head is seriously broken and functioning more like a fountain than a sprinkler. Running a zone with the broken head will waste a lot of water and ...
It is common for the last head on the zone to leak out for a short period of time after that zone has shut off. However, if it is leaking all the time and not just after the sprinkler has run, the issue is likely the valve for that zone and not ...
Some rotor style sprinkler heads tend to stick up out of the ground after the system runs - especially early in the watering season. All you need to do is step down the sprinkler head. With gentle pressure from your foot the head should easily ...
Depending on the style of sprinkler head, most heads that have quit rotating need to be replaced. If it is early in the sprinkler season you can try to back flush the offending head by stepping straight down on it while it is in operation. If the ...
Over watering is often a bigger problem than underwatering, particularly early in the spring. Don't be in a rush to supplement nature's water. Mist head zones need to run half as much time as the rotor zones. Our standard spring setting is 10 minutes ...