I replaced some spray heads with the same Toro's and they worked great for a couple of weeks. Then they would stick and you would have to run out and tap the top to get them moving again. I took them apart and cleaned them and it didn't help. However, replacing them has. I'm using Rainbird 5000's and love them and will be changing the whole yard over next spring.
This system is on a community well. So twice a year the county does a line flush of the subs on the well. The home owners have owned the home for 1 years and never knew they needed to flush from the road to the house. So it as 11 years of build up. What they did was shut the water off to the house and disconnected the meter and attached a 1" hose to the line coming in the house. On the hose was a brass ball valve. They turned the water back on to the house and they would turn the ball valve on a...
UPDATE! All fixed! I had the county come out and do a low pressure hammer flush of the main line from the road to the house. Well the water coming out during the flush was like a rust colored tomato paste. It took about a half hour to clean the line. Pressure is up and gpm is awesome! Sprinklers are cranking with #4 nozzle!
****o! I am new to this forum but not to sprinkler systems. I am not a prof. installer I do it because it is something I enjoy. So here is my problem.... I installed a system for a friend of mine last week. 5/8" meter, 3/4" all copper interior plumbing. I increased to 1" for the system, Watts PVB, 1" Rainbird DV valves, 1" poly pipe with funny pipe connections to the heads (Rainbird 3500 rotor .75 nozzle), 3 heads per zone. When I checked psi and gallons before install we had 70 psi and a very p...
