How To Adjust Your Pop-up Sprinkler Heads - Oklahoma Landscape

When it comes to sprinkler systems in Tulsa, the most common error property owners make is improperly adjusting the distance and angle on their pop-up sprinkler heads. This is even more common when garden owners have two different sprinkler heads watering the same section of lawn. Luckily, fixing these distance and angle errors is very straightforward as most sprinkler manufacturers have an adjustment screw that stops the water coming out from a pop-up head.

By following the simple steps below you can correct your sprinkler systems in Tulsa and easily adjust the distance and angle of your pop-up sprinkler heads.

Adjusting the Distance of Spray

It’s quite easy to adjust the distance that pop-up sprinklers cover. Here’s how:

1. Locate the adjustment screw

With most sprinkler systems in Tulsa, the adjustment screw is conveniently located at the top of the sprinkler head. Easy!

2. Turn on your sprinkler system

You should turn on the water source and watch to see where the water falls. The you can tell whether it needs to be adjusted to go further or closer distance wise.

3. Turn the adjustment screw

Using a wrench or a screwdriver, rotate the screw – clockwise to increase distance and counter-clockwise to decrease distance. While turning the adjustment screw, be sure to do so in small increments until you reach your desired distance.

4. Check your sprinkler system

To be certain that you’ve made the correct adjustments needed to water your lawn as you need to, you should run your sprinkler system for a short while. You should also keep an eye on your garden in general to make sure that your sprinkler systems in Tulsa are always reaching the areas where watering is needed most.

Adjusting the Angle of Spray

Is all all your water spraying out on the patio? If so, you need to adjust the angle of the spray from your pop-up sprinkler head. There are two main ways:

1. Does your pop-up sprinkler have an adjustable head?

If your pop-up sprinkler has an adjustable head then you can easily adjust the spray angle. Usually these range anywhere from 30 degrees to 90, 180, 270 or 360 degrees. Just select the range and area you want to be covered and set it accordingly.

2. What to do if your pop-up sprinkler head does not have an adjustable head?

If your pop-up sprinkler does not have an adjustable head then you’ll need to turn the entire body of the sprinkler to get the correct spray angle. If your sprinkler systems in Tulsa are set in to the ground, dig around the pop-up heads with a shovel. Then turn the water on. Grab hold of the sprinkler body and rotate it until the water sprays at the angle you need it to. Be careful not to turn the sprinkler too much or too roughly though, as you can cause damage to the pipe underneath.

So there you have it. You can adjust the spray and the angle of your sprinkler systems with a few simple steps. We told you it was easy, didn’t we?