thanks for the response. yeah, new house, they come out when i call but it seems nothing gets done and i am at work. i think that the only valve that shuts the sprinklers off is the main house valve. I don't see another one anywhere.
thanks for the reply. i will look into the bleed screws, if i can find them. the valve just has arrows on it saying turn this way for OFF and this way for ON. i have them all OFF for now.
3 out of 6 of my valve boxes are flooded. i took out the water, waited a day or two and checked again and water filled up again. the main controller was off. the home builder said that it was normal but the ground around the box is wet too and if it is normal why are the other 3 dry? he told me to turn all of the valves off and wait a few days to see what it looks like. i did that, turned all of the valves off and i thought the main controller was off too but it wasn't and this morning i noticed...