Sprinkler doughnut pods
One easy maintenance item is that you should all have "Doughnut pods" around your sprinker heads. This will minimize...not prevent...damage to your sprinkler heads from a lawn mower and riding mowers are heavy and can cause some damage that will result in leaks.
Even if you have dougnuts installed they require maintenance. Due to lawn mowers riding over the dougnuts they can sink and your sprinkler head may not be dropping as deep as they were when first installed. Every 6 months or so the donughuts should be lifted and repositioned over the sprinker head. This can easily be done by a homeowner. SImply dig the doughut up, clear all grass around the head, you may have ot add some sand, and replace the doughnut ...believe me this maintenace will take care of most of your sprinkler head problems especially preventing broken heads.
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