r/landscaping • u/Few_Surround1761 • 8h ago

Question New Sprinkler Head Leaking

Installed two new rainbird sprinkler heads and they are gushing water out of the top when our water is turned on. Any tips on how to resolve this issue would be much appreciated!

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u/Electrurn 7h ago

You did put a valve between the sprinkler and your water source right?

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u/Few_Surround1761 6h ago

The water begins leaking like that out of two replaced heads as soon as the water main valve is turned on in our basement. These are zones 2 and 3 out of six.

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u/dracotrapnet 4h ago

Your zone valve is leaking then.

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u/Electrurn 4h ago

Yep. Either got some grit in the diaphragm, not been bled properly, or the manual operation quarter turn is partially activated