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A broken sprinkler head will cause you more grief than a huge water bill. It will cause your system to unevenly water your ward causing unsightly dead spots to appear. In addition, it may also cause errosion to appear

There are various causes for a broken sprinkler head. The most common causes are because of damage caused by yourself or a child. Either a lawn mower got to it, or even a shovel. The safest way to avoid this type of damage is to not run over your sprinkler heads with your lawn mower, or to place them level with the surface of the dirt, not protruding from the ground.

In order to repair the broken head, you first need to first dig out the broken head. Be careful when you dig it out, or else you might damage the piping supplying the head.

Once the head has been dug out, it usually suffices to unscrew the broken head from the piping. However, if the adapter on the piping itself is broken, you will have to replace the adapter. If your system is using ‘funny pipe’ don’t waste your time trying to remove the broken piece from the pipe, it is much easier to cut the pipe just below the adapter and insert a new one.

In order to insert a new adapter, simply push and turn the adapter into the funny pipe in a clockwise motion.

Once the adapter has been replaced the head can be simply screwed on, however before you do so, wrap some sealing tape around it so that water won’t leak.

Make sure you have the proper piece in the head. These pieces determine in which pattern the head sprays. The next best thing is to do is turn on your sprinkler system and verify that the head is spraying the right way, and that nothing else is damaged.

That is how you repair a broken sprinkler system.