Sprinklers have long been my nemesis.... up until recently they have honestly just terrified me. My amazing dad has slowly been teaching me how to fix them and as I learn I will share my amazing lessons with you!!!
Our sprinkler head all of the sudden last week started spraying water 360 degrees, across our street and was watering our neighbors yard- across the street and giving any passing car a lovely car wash. Sorry random people driving on my street!!! Besides being a complete annoyance to our neighbors, the extra water costs will really add up for watering everyone else's lawns!! :)
First off, almost all sprinkler heads will have directions on the top of the sprinkler head-- who knew???
Mine has two holes on the top- one for how far to the right it will spray and one for how far it will go.
The home improvement stores has a special tool you can buy to fit into the sprinkler head to adjust them.
I just dug around my massive tool box and found a super long and thin screwdriver and it worked great.
Now, turn on your sprinklers. Turn your actual sprinkler head so that the left side starts/stops where your grass line is. Then put your screwdriver/ tool into the hole that will adjust the spray width. Just keep turning until the spray stops where you need it to stop.
So now you have your sprinklers staying within your lawn but it spraying so far that it is hitting your house or the street? Put your screwdriver into the other hole and turn again until it shortens the spray that it actually stays within your own property! Look at that you just solved a sprinkler problem!!!
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