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Old 12-17-2022, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by DAVES View Post
Far from an expert. Water you pay by the gallon, I think the bill is by cubic feet but you can convert it to gallons with simple math. I do wonder broken head, the number of gallons should be the same. Just the water is not being properly distributed.

Far as a broke head. They do not break on their own. Probably broken by one of the workers. Our mowing guy, someone else did it. I only run my heavy riding mower over it.
Sort of like playing Sherlock Holms who really broke the one in our flower bed. The painter or the garden guys. Replacing broken ones is fairly easy and fairly inexpensive.
The utube presentations. It takes me far longer to do it then the video. That seems to be true about all of them.

It is a good idea to put cups, washed tuna fish cans work well to see how even your water is being distributed. The heads, most of them can be adjusted for direction and flow. They do get improperly adjusted over time. Same guy with the heavy mower, he does not do that either.
Sprinkler nozzles DO break on their own. It takes time but our hot sun breaks down the plastic over a couple of years and over time they can disintegrate and eventually break under the pressure. Villages irrigation pressure is quite good so they can break off. My advice is to replace the nozzles every few years as a preventative maintenance. They are very inexpensive and many can do it themselves or there are pros who will be happy to help.