Broken Sprinkler Pipe Repair

If your sprinkler heads have stopped functioning and you notice new soggy patches of grass or soil along your sprinkler.

Broken sprinkler pipe repair.

A quick video on how to get the broken threads of a sprinkler riser out of the sprinkler head. Replace the sprinkler head with one of the same or better quality. Find a leak and you ll likely find a broken pipe. Get a hacksaw pvc or metal pipe cutters depending on what type of pipe you have older sprinkler systems are usually metal while newer ones tend to be pvc.

Cut the broken section out so that you have clean undamaged pipe on both sides. How to repair broken buried pvc pipes using the smallest hole possible which is especially useful when space is limited. Install the sprinkler head at the right level and with the correct nozzle. Irrigation leak detection equipment.

Then dig up and expose the damaged pipe so you can remove it. Please like comment and subscribe. Leaks are the best clues for you to find a broken pipe in your irrigation system. Apply pvc pipe glue to both the pipe and the t fitting making sure to get it on the inside edge of the fitting.

First find the leak by looking for escaping water or sprinkler heads with little to no flow. This is a follow up video to the video where i had a broken underground sprinkler pipe. You ll have to dig around a suspected leaking spot on the ground to find which of the pipes is broken. I accidentally crushed an underg.

There is no need for expensive rep. Hold for a few seconds to allow the glue to set. Finding a broken pipe in your system involves the process of elimination. A broken sprinkler line can seem like a difficult and expensive repair but it s actually pretty simple to do.