Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Fixing irrigation nozzle
My irrigation nozzle and the white base came off the black pipe which comes up. I can push the nozzle and white base in but the spray pattern is completely off and unchangeable. What can I do?
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The nozzle should screw in to the black pipe, not pushed in. Make sure that the nozzle is not broken and leaving a piece stuck in the black pipe. Take the nozzle to ACE Hardware and buy another one or several for spares. The white part sounds like the filter which can be removed by just pulling it off. If that is the filter, just leave it off and try the nozzle without the filter. The filter is basically worthless anyway. Good luck.
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One thing you can try is to remove the nozzle and turn on the sprinkler so that you get a geyser. This can flush out dirt in the underground pipe. If the geyser is at least 3 feet high, you should have enough pressure to operate the nozzle, unless the nozzle itself is clogged. But, I would also recommend buying some new nozzles.
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Yes, I got a geyser - right in my face but this was before I wrote here. I turned on the system and the nozzle didn’t come up, so I cleaned the donut and tried to adjust the nozzle, which did not come up, then suddenly the black tube came up threw off the nozzle and sprayed a geyser on me while it descended back to the ground with the nozzle thrown off. I had to take a bath, this stuff is recycled water.
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No, I checked. I don’t want to screw it on too tight not to break it. Tomorrow I’ll look again the daylight. (My deceased husband would have fixed this in no time at all.) I really appreciate your help.
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Home Irrigation: North of CR 466, homes are irrigated with potable water. South of CR 466, homes are irrigated with non-potable water which is comprised of storm water runoff that is collected in water retention areas and groundwater from the lower Floridan aquifer when storm water supplies are not available.
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Good luck. You could have a small rock or grit stuck inside the nozzle. New nozzles only cost about 2 dollars. I always keep several spares around to replace them when they get clogged or break off, which happens often. Note that there are several different types of nozzles. They have a model number stamped on them, and they are color coded to indicate the throw distance.
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If it’s basic orbit pop up (depend on what design) the white part you’re talking about might be the bushing that black pipe pops up and down in? If so the sun will deteriorate them over time and they will crack or crumble and fail. See picture. Does nozzle look like this? See picture Or does pop up look like this bottom picture? These all are basic pop up and take same kind of nozzle as shown. Also the nozzles has different spray lengths by looking at number on top 6 means 6 foot, 10 would mean 10 foot length spray pattern. Last edited by Topspinmo; 04-19-2024 at 09:00 PM. |
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Can’t tell you right now because I have to go back outside to take it off and it’s dark and it’s in a bit of water in the donut. It is definitely the pop up kind. I found it interesting that when the nozzle head came off with the filter, the black pipe descended back into the ground even though the water was coming out of the pipe.
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Last edited by Topspinmo; 04-19-2024 at 09:00 PM. |
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