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miguelito3218
Apr 20, 2007, 03:03 PM
Hi there. After about 8 months of no use, I decided to turn my lawn sprinkers on today. While a few sprinkler heads are now covered in grass, the heads which do pop have very little water pressure.

It is a well system with a pump. The pump seems to be working fine and I can cycle through zones, but just don't get much water at all. I don't really know anything about irrigation except that I have a pump, a timer, and some valves underground in my yard.

They system used to work fine. I have a hose spicket that is also operates from the well and it appears to have good pressure. Any suggestions?

My valve box in the yard is pretty much a mess, covered in dirt and it has all types of wire splices going on, but I have no idea what they are. Thanks.

speedball1
Apr 20, 2007, 03:45 PM
The first thing I would do is pull all the sprinkler heads and flush out the branches. Next I would connect every sprinkler head up to a pressure source and check to see that they're clear. Either clean or replace the ones that are clogged. Good luck. Tom