[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by LvmyPug2

They are round hard plastic or ceramic "donuts" that go around your sprinkler head. They protect your sprinkler head from breaking off from the lawn mower. They cost about $1 each. You can install yourself, (which is simple but laborous as you need to cut out the grass around each sprinkler head) or have your lawn service/landscaper do it. We had our lawn service do it and they charged us $2 each which included the cost of the donut and installation.

Some add-on thoughts:

Most of the donuts I've seen around are concrete that has been poured into a mold then popped out. Green so they blend in with the turf. Cost around a buck each at the big box stores.

You can also buy a tool that's specific for cutting the turf out around the sprinkler head for the donut. Here's an example:

http://www.doitbest.com/Sprinkler+To...sku-768404.dib

Donuts and the cutter are available at pretty much any hardware or big box store.

The grass in FL is notorious for spreading rapidly via the root system. Periodic clean up of the grass and clippings around your sprinkler heads is usually a good practice. The cutter is useful for that as well. Round-Up (used judiciously) can also be used for killing grass/weeds in and around the donuts.

Bill

[784caroline]

I think you should add to the start up list is a "Whole house surge protector"

[Bob45]

A couple things I didn't see.

Pressure washing for the house once or twice a year.
Bug and termite treatment.