City of Oklahoma City Water Conservation, 16 Oct 2015

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From YouTube: Squeeze Every Drop - Repairing or Replacing Broken Spray Heads

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Robert Reaves shows you how to repair and replace broken spray heads in your irrigation system.

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Hi, I'm robert reaves with the oklahoma city, water utilities, department, and today.

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We're going to show you how to fix a broken pop up spray, head.

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Lawn mowers or weed eaters can damage or break sprinkler heads.. If you're not aware of the damage.

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A broken sprinkler can waste a lot of water.

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The first thing you need to do is to turn on the zone with the broken sprinkler.

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When the heads pop-up, look for problems like broken sprinkler, stems, clogged nozzles,.

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Leaking caps, or cracked spray bodies.. This step is important because it.

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Will determine whether or not you will need to do some digging. if your problem is.

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Just a clogged and broken nozzle,, you get lucky,, no digging needed.

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Before the water turns off, place a flag next to each head, that needs to be repaired.

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If the head has a worn seal under the spray cap,, a broken stem or nozzle,, all you need to do.

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Is replace the internal portion of the spray head., but if the spray head is old,, I.

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Would suggest replacing the entire spray body,, along with a brand new nozzle.

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Unscrew, the top of the sprinkler and pull out the internal parts of the spray head.

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Take it down to a local irrigation supply store and make sure you match the.

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Brand and model. purchase the new spray head and a new nozzle too.. Once you get home.

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Unscrew, the top of the new spray head and drop it inside the old spray.

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Head housing. tighten down the new cap.. All new spray heads come with a flush cap.

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Before installing a new nozzle, turn on the irrigation and flush out, any debris that.

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Might be in the line. turn off irrigation system.

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Pull up the stem of the sprinkler head, unscrew, the flush cap, drop in the new filter, and then.

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Screw in the nozzle. turn on your irrigation system., it's possible. The nozzle will be.

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Spraying in the wrong direction., with both hands on the stem, ratchet around the.

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Stem until the spray is directed in the correct position,.

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Or turn the entire body of the spray head with your hands or a pair of pliers.

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Now, if the body of the spray head is broken below ground you're, either going.

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To need a hand trowel or a small shovel to make the repair. dig around the spray.

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Head until all soil is cleared away and you can see the bottom of the spray head.

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If there is a great deal of water around the spray head, allow it to sink in.

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Before removing the broken spray body., the spray head will be attached to the.

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Pvc pipe with either a half-inch plastic, nipple or half-inch funny pipe fittings.

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Funny pipe is flexible tubing and runs back to the pvc fitting in the pipeline.

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Funny pipe uses fittings where one side is barbed and pushes into the funny pipe,.

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While the other side is a half-inch thread that screws into the bottom of.

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The spray head. in most cases, all you'll need to do is carefully unscrew. The.

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Damaged spray body from the funny pipe fitting and replace the bad head with a new head.

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Once you have installed a new spray body firmly pack in the soil.

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Around the spray head and replace any sod around the head. next flush, the.

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Irrigation line with a flush cap in place,.

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Turn off the irrigation, system, unscrew, the flush cap, drop in the nozzle filter, and screw on.

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The new nozzle, and then adjust the direction of the spray.

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So there you have it! a quick fix for spray heads to help you squeeze every drop!.

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Check out our next video on how to raise sunken spray, heads.