Broken Sprinkler Head / RainBird / What You Need And How To Fix

[@dante8780]

I can’t believe how simple this was thank you so much 😁

[@handymanjourney]

Your so welcome! I am glad this video solved your problem!

[@dimitrislianoudakis8607]

Great explanation and easy to follow. Just replaced the riser and had to cut mine to ensure it's level with the lawn when adding the sprinkler head. Thanks! Leftie loosey righty tighty!

[@victorcervantes8164]

Thanks for the video, I have a broken one, and now I have an idea how to fix it.

[@AB-ye7bw]

I do too now ! Looks easy enough.

[@tha073926]

Thank you for this video. Had this exact problem and got it fixed for $5 and a little manual labor.

[@handymanjourney]

I am so glad this video was helpful !

[@Jesse77c]

this definitely help out brother thanks! Great breakdown

[@handymanjourney]

Glad I could help!

[@piccodiribibi5391]

Extremely helpful tutorial!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Excellent! I have to replace a broken sprinkler head on my front lawn and this really helped a lot instead of paying someone $100 to do what amounts to a five minute job!

[@waltercastro2015]

It depends on state. If the city wants to be strict catch you replacing any irrigation system/parts you need a license. Even though is easy to work on. I do landscaping jobs I think licensing for irrigation is the dumbest when is a simple Lego build. I would of understand if was a fire sprinkler system or electrician I totally support. BUT Irrigation..... Here in Texas is required but I haven't been stopped even though I do have license. BET after 3 years if I decided not to renew it and continue doing irrigation. I have to be so lucky 😂 to get stopped. In this industry mostly comes when placing new systems. After wards is just sprinkler heads repairs. Hot summer days 🤣 so many customers don't want to dig. Pipe broke or sprinkler head. Then seasons shutdowns or activate them. This is just ongoing business except on winter. Once hits spring you better be ready many sprinkler pipes broke during in winter. If a home owner has the time will do it on his own otherwise busy schedule and be with his family let others take care his problem even is costly but knows he paid someone guarantees the fix. Specially if you are not mostly at home working abroad while wife taking care kids. Has no one to repair the problem. Is the reason we charge the amount with limited warranty one time replacement. To keep our customers.

[@DiGitALBLoOdyRC]

My sprinkler head literally just broke off 10 min ago. Thank you for such an awesome how to video.

[@handymanjourney]

So glad this could help friend!

[@BenNgo-g4u]

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[@ModernOffGridDIY]

I just started watching your videos I have seen a handful of them. Keep doing you buddy.

[@handymanjourney]

Hey thanks! I really appreciate your viewership!! Thanks for the comment!

[@susano2570]

Thank you for this, exactly what happened to my sprinkler head. Helpful video.

[@handymanjourney]

So glad this was helpful! Thank you for your comment!

[@mikegarippo7815]

Allen, your repairs always seem to go well for you. We should all be so gifted as you!

[@omargtvvlogs7743]

Hey I just started watching your videos on KZbin like 15 days ago and they have help me a lot thanks and the other awesome thing it’s that I live in the bay are and last week I went to Sacramento actually Roseville and I saw you with your truck and trailer that’s was so cool . Hopefully I can see again and maybe talk to you . Keep working hard and have a great day

[@Kim-ek7xy]

Excellent instructions! I've had four sprinkler heads in the last two weeks break off where they connect to the the riser. One of them, this is the third time it's broken off. What is going on? I am not hitting them when I mow the lawn. I usually edge first around all the heads to trim up the thick St. Augustine grass that tends to grow over them fairly quickly. They are pretty deep and don't stick up.

[@dionflores3102]

awesome! this is EXACTLY the video i needed! :) thanks

[@handymanjourney]

You are welcome! I am so glad this video was helpful!!!

[@TRIGGAMAN_LOCO]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@xavierhernandez5235]

Great video. Better than the other ones

[@lesliemarie7438]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! Im just divorced and just my luck many things around my home start breaking down. Im so glad I found your video because I had NO IDEA what to do or where to start. The sprinkler at the end of the drive way broke off...Im pretty sure it was the garbage men ,cause the trash cans go where one of the sprinklers is at. Im in Houston ,TX and need to water my lawn or the heat kills my grass so THANK YOU !!!

[@tvcameraop1451]

very good DIY video!

[@eduardoazucena4884]

Great video thank you!

[@handymanjourney]

Your so welcome!

[@arianat.8593]

Perfect directions…thank you

[@Aaron0911]

Thanks for the helpful video 🤘

[@handymanjourney]

Your very welcome aaron!

[@jc2091]

very informative. Thanks

[@handymanjourney]

You are very welcome!

[@scotts.515]

The risers shown break so easy. Better to use the flex pipe swing joints and replace the black street elbows with white street elbows. The black street elbows break so much easier than the white ones.

[@arielrodriguez6980]

Great video! How come my spray sprinkler when turned on the top part pops right off despite me screwing it back on tight?

[@ZacharyHappy366]

Same problem as a Hunter pro spray at a school, we replaced it with a newer hunter

[@handymanjourney]

awesome!

[@dave_in_florida]

awesome, thanks

[@caseylovato4625]

Thank you!

[@handymanjourney]

Hey your welcome Casey! Hope this helped!!

[@asinheaven]

I have broken sprinkler head on a zone that I don't run, but the water pressure to my whole system won't pressurize enough to pop up the sprinkler heads to the zone I do run. I'm not sure if I should replace the sprinkler head with a new one (I'll never water there), or cap it. Will doing either of these, theoretically speaking, allow my system to be pressurized?

[@handymanjourney]

Hi Kathleen, thank you for your comment! if these owns you are using are not pressurizing then that means there is a leak in those zones. As long as there is not water coming out of where the sprinkler head broke off in the zone that you do not use and there's no need to cap it or put a sprinkler head on it. I hope this helps!

[@kennycolonsamol]

Great video… the only thing you did wrong was to adjust the nozzle’s pointing direction with pliers… pliers will cause damage to the plastic on the sprinklers head damaging the seal every time it goes up and down… just adjust it by hand … it adjust like ratcheting !!!

[@handymanjourney]

Thanks! I appreciate your comment

[@lalol.j5039]

That’s a good job , I seen your videos for a while , I left you a coment in one of you recent videos , keep up whit the good work! Greetings from Garden Grove CA 👍

[@handymanjourney]

Hey thanks for the great comment! I appreciate it!

[@M14SINAL0A]

I noticed this was in back of your home but mine is in the front yard..i have same problem...do i need to shut of water from main line in front where sidewalk(city) is..or as long as my valve is off ip

[@handymanjourney]

No need to shut the water off, as long as the sprinklers are off you will be good to go!

[@M14SINAL0A]

@@handymanjourney appreciate it 👍🏼

[@1goodmike]

You should have shown removing the broken riser from the head as the head didn't need to be replaced just the riser. If you were going to change the head you should have gone with the 4" head for future lawn growth. But most of all, you did not address the fact that this damage is caused when too much weight is on the head, when it is attached directly to the pipe. The weakest part (the riser) gives way. The best correction would be to put funny elbows on the pipe and head connected with a piece of funny pipe so you never have the problem again.

[@HiddenAgendas]

thank you! a truck ran over my corner sprinkler and it's leaking bad. was gonna cut and replace the pvc, but i'll instead just cut off the piece that is cracked, install a fitting to it instead and hook up the funny pipe.

[@NN-iu2rp]

What is a funny elbow and funny pipe?

[@damiondowler5326]

You're exactly right. The issue he "repaired" is likely to happen repeatedly. Use funny pipe and barbed elbow fittings as well as a 4" spray head, and this would be able to handle average back yard abuse/traffic. I would never, ever "repair" the broken head in this video in the same manner.

[@felixbaez3650]

Thank you so much Didn't have an idea on how to fix this at all. Because of you, I was able to fix and I looked as mr. Fixer in front of my wife. Great video great explanation Thank you again

[@stephanieatkinson4252]

How do you know if its the riser or the sprinkler head that needs replacing? Is there a way to determine what to replace without having to do both?

[@enufots4621]

With the sprinkler valve turned "on", observe the problem...if the sprinkler head popped off and sitting on the ground...check the bottom of the sprinkler head (female) to see if parts of the riser (male) is still threaded inside the sprinkler head. It's obvious then the top portion of the riser broke. The risers are typically a softer plastic and less sturdy then the hard plastic of the sprinkler head. Be aware that the riser can break anywhere along it's length. It can break on the bottom end where it screws onto the PVC pipe. That would be obvious when you pick up the sprinkler head and you see a long piece of the riser still screwed in. If you don't see any part of the riser inside the bottom of the sprinkler head, it's possible it just got unscrewed somehow, but that's not likely. If the sprinkler head didn't pop-off and you see a gushing of water around it and you don't see anything obvious (cracks or damage sprinkler head from mowing or something) then it's possible the riser is partially broken but it hadn't completely torn off. If that's the case, by trying to unscrew the sprinkler head most likely you'll find out as the riser will surely break if it's torn. Btw, if the cap or body of the sprinkler head is slightly cracked...you'll see streams/spray of water. It's common sense really. Good luck!

[@thomasforsythe1704]

Beautiful lawn! You must sprinkle regularly

[@anthonythepredatorpleasant7879]

🤣

[@cynthiagraham4046]

How would I remove the riser piece when it broke just below the PVC level? Nothing to grip to unscrew.

[@handymanjourney]

They make an inside the pipe griper, the ones at home Depot don't work too well, but you may be able to pry it out gently with pliers

[@wyliegober4686]

I use 1/2 in. and 3/4 in. Pipe Nipple Extractor, Red by Armour Line for no digging most of the time

[@handymanjourney]

Love it! Great tools!

[@johnodom2390]

Okay, so my sprinkler head is still spraying like normal but it’s leaking a ton on the side shooting straight up in the air from underneath. Any idea?

[@handymanjourney]

Most likely a broken piece under the ground, either a pipe or a riser

[@monababy6819]

What if the bottom of the riser broke into the white pipe and is now stuck? I tried plying it off but it’s stuck good in there

[@sherylW315]

Can I just replace the sprinkler head without replacing the riser?

[@handymanjourney]

Yes, you can! As long as the riser isn't broken!

[@normhodgkinson6965]

judging from the looks of that yard, i'd say a broken sprinkler is the least of their problems.

[@handymanjourney]

Thanks for your comment norm!!

[@normhodgkinson6965]

. . . . . and, in your profession, you will probably see the inside of homes that are . . . well, lets say 'less than desirable'.

[@M.Born007]

Norm ....we all are concentrating only on the Efforts and Time this Gentleman has put in here to Explain us and the help from him... We are getting.... I am sure you fixed your Head with the help of this Video...... Hope u understand I meant the Sprinkler Head 😂

[@normhodgkinson6965]

@@M.Born007 well, i have been building and remodeling homes while Allen was still in high school, and i have also installed and repaired more sprinkler systems than i care to remember. i watch Allen's videos because he is a good hard working guy, and i want to support his channel. i'm not quite sure what the point of your comment is.

[@exceleratorjoshua]

Won't the head easily snap again due to the riser being directly on the trunk line? I thought but I'm no Gardner that by having that flexible line as a buffer between the pvc trunk line and your sprinkler head it won't be as brittle. Basically the flexible line would absorb any bumps or hits to prevent this problem from happening again.

[@mygad]

One sprinkler head with a string of water coming out of the top. Terrifying of course if you don't know anything about anything. Go to KZbin, see how kind folks thought to make a video showing you how to deal with it. Problem becomes fixable. Thanks. :)

[@justjosie8963]

I did all that but every time I turn the sprinkler back on it blows the sprinkler head off!

[@jayrod1980]

Probably means the head isn’t threaded on enough. Sprinkler head should probably have pipe dope on it as well where it screws into the riser.

[@jasadin]

Ok I can do this. Lol

[@handymanjourney]

Ya! Its actually not that complicated! Best of luck!

[@neil222222]

I you sure you need to sprinkle that garden?

[@saulgoodman2018]

Grass? I see nothing but weeds. That also need to be cut.

[@handymanjourney]

LOL

[@tjjay2438]

Ridiculous over kill with the excavation.

[@publicnme5072]

U gonna need some sod bro

[@RobbinBonds]

That is not the correct way to install a head sorry not sorry. Shit will break in a year or less. See it everyday. Because I am a sprinkler man 😅 not just working on my house. This what we call a do it your self an tends to not be of help to your irrigation system

[@marvinacklin792]

Dude you need to take better care of your yard, the place is dump.

[@handymanjourney]

Haha! Not my yard!

[@nicktorres735]

my father in law is the ceo of rain bird

[@tonylee4522]

Congratulations

[@nicktorres735]

thank you so much @@tonylee4522

[@authorofmylife6883]

Bro that broken sprinkler is the least of your worries with that yard 🫤

[@handymanjourney]

🤣🤣🤣 for sure!

[@deleon5522]

Thank you, sir!

[@handymanjourney]

Your welcome

[@EricEvolving]

Thank you sir!

[@aqn619]

Thanks!

[@joannapilibosian1776]

Thank you!!