Hi,
We have several issues with our lawn sprinklers. I'll go through one
by one. I'm a total novice, so please bear with me.

1. Between our house and the neighbor's house there is only 10ft of
gap and the builder placed about 5 sprinkler heads each for both of
our houses. They are unnecessary and we're having to mow this area
twice a week. I'm thinking of plugging 3 of these heads. Is there a
way to turn of only few sprinkler heads and leave the rest without
blocking the flow? Does this damage the pipes due to excess pressure?

2. While digging a hole for a plant in the backyard, I cracked the
underground pvc sprinkler water pipe by accident. It's a 2 inch wide
horizontal crack. When we went to home depot, the sales guy suggested
cutting that piece of piple and replacing it with coupling joints
(don't know the exact name). Is there an easier way like sealing the
crack with a tape or liquid glue or something?

3. One of the spinkler heads came off on one side of our lawn and the
water kept pouring toward the street instead of the lawn. We realized
this only yesterday. That side became dry, dead and brown but we
didn't know about this sprinkler problem till now. Now we've replaced
it and checked that it's watering well now. Is there anything I can do
for this season to get the grass back to green and growing again or is
it too late? Can I add any fertilizer and water like crazy?


Thanks a bunch.

ted wrote:
Hi,
We have several issues with our lawn sprinklers. I'll go through one
by one. I'm a total novice, so please bear with me.

1. Between our house and the neighbor's house there is only 10ft of
gap and the builder placed about 5 sprinkler heads each for both of
our houses. They are unnecessary and we're having to mow this area
twice a week. I'm thinking of plugging 3 of these heads. Is there a
way to turn of only few sprinkler heads and leave the rest without
blocking the flow? Does this damage the pipes due to excess pressure?

It should not hurt the pipes to block as many heads as you want.


2. While digging a hole for a plant in the backyard, I cracked the
underground pvc sprinkler water pipe by accident. It's a 2 inch wide
horizontal crack. When we went to home depot, the sales guy suggested
cutting that piece of piple and replacing it with coupling joints
(don't know the exact name). Is there an easier way like sealing the
crack with a tape or liquid glue or something?

Tape will not hold. You can either cut out and replace the damaged
section, or use a special repair coupling that has a compression fitting on
both ends. If it was metal pipe, there are wrap-around repair couplings;
but with plastic pipe you're better off cutting out a very short damaged
section and taking it to a good hardware store and asking them for the
right repair fittings and glue to fix it. It might not be PVC...

3. One of the spinkler heads came off on one side of our lawn and the
water kept pouring toward the street instead of the lawn. We realized
this only yesterday. That side became dry, dead and brown but we
didn't know about this sprinkler problem till now. Now we've replaced
it and checked that it's watering well now. Is there anything I can do
for this season to get the grass back to green and growing again or is
it too late? Can I add any fertilizer and water like crazy?


Just keep it watered and do not add fertilizer.

Best regards,
Bob

You can replace the sprinkler heads with Hunter I20's which have a nice
metal shaft and the ability to turn them off individually.
"ted" wrote in message
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Hi,
We have several issues with our lawn sprinklers. I'll go through one
by one. I'm a total novice, so please bear with me.

1. Between our house and the neighbor's house there is only 10ft of
gap and the builder placed about 5 sprinkler heads each for both of
our houses. They are unnecessary and we're having to mow this area
twice a week. I'm thinking of plugging 3 of these heads. Is there a
way to turn of only few sprinkler heads and leave the rest without
blocking the flow? Does this damage the pipes due to excess pressure?

2. While digging a hole for a plant in the backyard, I cracked the
underground pvc sprinkler water pipe by accident. It's a 2 inch wide
horizontal crack. When we went to home depot, the sales guy suggested
cutting that piece of piple and replacing it with coupling joints
(don't know the exact name). Is there an easier way like sealing the
crack with a tape or liquid glue or something?

3. One of the spinkler heads came off on one side of our lawn and the
water kept pouring toward the street instead of the lawn. We realized
this only yesterday. That side became dry, dead and brown but we
didn't know about this sprinkler problem till now. Now we've replaced
it and checked that it's watering well now. Is there anything I can do
for this season to get the grass back to green and growing again or is
it too late? Can I add any fertilizer and water like crazy?


Thanks a bunch.