Keep an eye on your system!

You need to do a regular maintnence check on your irrigation system. If your sprinklers aren't kept in great condition, they could be wasting water as well as having detrimental effects on your lawn!

Here is a sprinkler maintnence checklist:


Sprinkler Maintenance Checklist

Once a month, turn on each valve of your sprinkling system during daylight hours and
perform an inspection. Some automatic timers allow you to set a test run, or you can
program each station to come on successively for one minute. Check the following:




GENERAL MAINTENANCE


-Is any water being sprayed on the street or sidewalk?

-Are there obstructions preventing the water from reaching the desired areas?

-Are there any observable leaks or breaks in the pipe?



SPRINKLER HEADS


Are any heads…

-missing?

-broken?

-clogged?

-pushed too far into the ground?

-tilted or spraying in the wrong direction?





PRESSURE:

Is the pressure…


-too low?

(spray is not reaching all desired areas, spray is forming large water droplets, there are
doughnut shaped dry areas, rotor speed is too slow, rotors are not rotating)



-too high?

(spray is overshooting desired areas, spray is misting and there are dry areas between
heads, rotor speed is too fast, rotors are not rotating, heads are leaking)