OMG, this is so inspiring! I should definitely reconfigure my tenant's sprinkler valve system with this master switch too

Thank you for taking the time to do this. I am a GC but seldom work on sprinklers. Today I am going on a service call for a leaking sprinkler valve and this really helped.

Great video, Gary. I followed your procedure three times with a no luck. I decided to go one step further and replace the solenoid valve since I had purchased it with the new valve. Problem solved! I guessing the solenoid had sand inside which did not allow it to seal. Hope this helps another rookie!

This is golden! Thank you, Sir! Now I can easily fix my leaky valve without cutting the pipes!

Fantastic video Gary, you just saved me a ton of extra work trying to replace the whole valve. Thank you!!

Thank you Gary, this was a very nice video that made a complicated and expensive home repair job simple. Very useful.

Thank you Gary! I thought I was going to have to replace the whole valve! This is so much easier

This was so amazing.... You saved my day!!! I was dreading the valve replacement for weeks... finally one last one broke and I had to deal with it. If I knew this was so easy, I would have done it weeks ago. YOU ARE MY HERO!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

Great video - I need to replace 4 Lawn Genie valves - am going to use this same method - not having to cut, glue and risk a leak is a huge PLUS ! Thanks so much for posting this.

Man, this is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I have the exact same sprinkler setup that I installed by myself a few years ago. It’s been leaking for over a month so I had to shut it off. I was dreading having to dig another hole and replace everything. This will be my weekend project! Thanks!!!

Thank you for being a great person and showing people how to do this! Most people nowadays are so greedy. You saved me so much money and I’m grateful!! 🙏🏼💖

Thank you very much for posting this video. I have the same system at home. Followed your steps to disassemble the valve, checked and cleaned gaskets and a filter and problem was solved! You saved me money by not calling gc. Thank you!

Man, what I would give to have my valves standing up in the air like this and not in an arm pit deep, black widow infested mud hole! That said, I really appreciate your videos! I forgot if the spring went up or down, and you answered that!

Thanks, Gary. I used your tip a year ago and watched this again today because I have another fix to do now. This is oh so much easier than re-doing the manifold.

Thanks, all of your videos are extremely helpful, keep them coming.

I got a leaky breaker lid and this video just soothed my worst fears! I don't have to take the whole valve off!! I have also heard that what you term a "breaker lid" may also be called a "plunger cap" or just "valve cap", any-whooo...Thanks for the vid very helpful!!

Basically ,replacing the guts of the valve and the solenoid. Smart and fast. Done it the same way every time.Great video!

I just bought some replacement parts at Lowe’s. Followed this video. Thank you for the tutorial!!

Thank you! Very helpful. I was going to replace the entire valve. You just saved me alot of extra work.

Glad I found this...I was thinking the same way - just replace the top parts of the valve rather than cutting pipe and having to glue things together again. I didn't even think about reusing the solenoid! Great tips...I know what I am doing this weekend.

You da man Gary! Wish I saw your video a month ago, would have saved me some time! Have a blessed one Amigo!

Thank you. Very helpful and to the point.

Great video! You saved me hundreds. I never thought to just replace the top part and leave the plumbed parts intact. Thanks again!

Gary, thank you so much for the video. It made my job really easy. Appreciate it so much, buddy.

Great video! Thanks for sharing this tip. I made sure to replace all my valves with these rain bird brand valves so that it makes repairs nice and simple in the future.

Awesome tip, Gary! This was a lifesaver. Thanks!

This video was so insightful. I couldn't not find any resource information on the Rainbird site. Thank you for making this video! Based on the views and comments, it has helped a LOT of people.

Amazing! Thank you so much. This is brilliant!

Thank You. Best video ever. Spot on perfect information and after watching the video I fixed the leak in 5 minutes with only a screwdriver. THANK YOU!

Thank you Gary! Your instructions was very helpful. Made my work and pocket easier!

Very good video Gary. Thank you from Texas.

Thank you so much! I have the exact valve which just won't stop hissing at us. The valve is leaking. So I was deciding whether to replace the parts here and there, but I decided to do the exact thing you've taught me. Thank you...

Thanks, Gary. Your video inspired me and fixed my old head aching valve. Very helpful video. Cheers!

Hi Gary. I'm going to do another valve replacement today. Yeah, I watched your vid again too. Many thanks!

Helpful information, thank you so much for sharing 👍

Love your videos

Worked like a charm. Thank you for this video!!!

This was very helpful. Thank you!

Well done Gary!

your so talented sir Gary enjoy what you do here to support sir

Awesome information. Thanks so much. Saved me time and money. Much appreciated.

Excellent. Exactly what I was looking for! 👍

Wish I would have thought of this years ago lol.. I’m DIYr and unfortunately never thought of that. Awesome

Great video. You saved me time and money. Thank you!

Hi Sir Gary what an amazing video . Stay safe

You saved me a lot of headaches. Thank you ;)

Thanks for the video My man 🤝👍🏾because someone tried to tell me I need to cut them n glue he wanted 100$🤦‍♂️lol thanks again

What a great video. Guys like this make KZfaq legendary!

Perfect! Just what I needed. The valve was loose when I replaced it.

Gary, thank you for this great video, it was very helpful and mad my life easy🙌🙏

thank you sir gary this was a cool video very helpful information

Great job neighbor....

Oh my gosh very inspiring content thank you for sharing this sir I really Appreciated new friend from #Commander vlogs

That was very helpful. Thank you..lots of good info there!!

Great tips Gary thank you for sharing

Worked like a charm, thanks!

been doing the same thing for the large brass valves and they sell the replacement valve without the body...for $75 each...LOL I always change out the solenoid and or diaphram while I'm doing this. No sense in using old parts in your new valve. Also, on these sprinkler systems it doesn't make any difference which way you reattach the wires for the valve, they work either way. This is a great video as it shows the basics of simply replacing parts

Thank you, this video was very helpful.

This saved me $225 for a service call and a ton of time and frustration!! $31 for 2 valves from landscape supply and my system was back in business!!

Thank you so much for this video. We have rainbird valves too (I didn't even know the name of them prior to this) and this video just saved us a huge headache. My Wife's Uncle is a pro landscaper and has been helping us with fixing up our sprinkler system during the weekends. We recently split a couple of the zones which didn't have high enough pressure (too many sprinklers per zone). I guess that one of the very old valves we have is having trouble handling the increased pressure now and got stuck in an on state (couldn't get it to turn off from the control box). I shut off the water but I couldn't get access to the shut-off valve for just that set of sprinklers (I think it's pretty well buried) so I ended up shutting off the water to the house to get it to stop so we had no water at all. After watching this video I took it apart as you showed. I took a few small rocks out of it and made sure the part that moves on the inside of the screw-on cap was not getting stuck, then put it back together and then it finally shut itself off after it ran for a few seconds when I turned the water back on. I'm leaving the system shut off until the weekend when her Uncle will be back to continue working on this. We'll likely just end up replacing those parts on that one as I don't trust it at this point. Thanks again!

Gary - great job - thank you sooooo much!

Awesome man! Thanks so much. Needed this today.

Too obvious...heheh. So obvious that I never would have thought of it, myself. Thanks, man. You saved me hours of frustration. It worked for an old Lawn Genie valve. Fortunately, they don't seem to have changed the design in a couple decades and replacement was straightforward.

Cool!! Thanks buddy for sharing this job. Awesome

Thanks!! Saved me a lot of time and headache!!

Great simple vid and helps a beginner to this easily.

Thank you. This saved me some serious $$

Excellent video. Thanks for helping me.

Saved me a lot of time & money .. my stupid sprinklers always giving me problems , diaphragm is always bad & sprinkler won’t turn off ..

Wonderful video! Very helpful, thorough, and useful. You helped two senior citizens (female at that) replace and troubleshoot a valve and save the hassle of explaining the symptoms to an English-speaking-challenged gardener and have to pay for a full valve replacement that wasn't necessary. Just out of curiosity, though, the bleed screw from the old valve blew out and we couldn't thread it back. (...which is why we replaced the top parts of the valve.) It did not appear to be stripped, nor did the threads of where it went. However, it already had teflon plumber's tape on it, which makes us think it had come out before and someone put it back. Two questions: 1. Would a new part from the factory have teflon tape on it already? 2. If a bleeder screw shoots out, can it be put back? It doesn't matter now since we replaced the top parts of the valve as explained in your brilliant video, but we are curious. The new valve's instructions make it a point to emphasize only to turn a bleeder screw one turn, suggesting it shouldn't be turned more or it might come out and not go back. Thanks so much for your video and help.

Excellent video! Thank you!

Thanks so much for sharing your videos!

Very good, thank you, I'll try this first and if doesn't work, I'll swap the whole thing out

Awesome video and thanks for the clear instructions

Thank you for the tips, I personally prefer to replace all parts with the same size and labels so there's no confusion next time replacement is needed.

You're my hero! Thank you so much!

Thanks for sharing this with us

Good info. Thank you.

Slick !!! Thank you for the tips 😎

Great video thanks for making this it was very useful!

Thank you so much..learning a lot

Pretty good. Nice option to have in a pinch. Thx 4 posting.

Fantastic video.

Yep,,,that was what I did exactly today!! I have the Lawn Genie, and it was 6 screws to remove, and took the whole inner and outer out and replace the brand new one ...no need to cut, glue...!

so helpful. with any luck this will fix our pressure after fixing the hole

Great Video! Funny, I came to this same conclusion when my existing valves had been changed many times and there was no more room to cut the pvc manifold as it had every inch filled with slip/slip connectors. I had three brand new valves, so I did the same thing you did in the video. I also attempted to get a diaphragm rebuild kit first, but got the wrong ones. Nothing was bad with the valve bodies. I love this method! And the fact you are using a commercial grade valves....much better! Hey, I have three zones and two work ok, but the third has really low pressure and I cannot figure out why. Two of the three are at a 4 foot elevation above the valves in an upper yard. I have started removing heads to flush them to see if they are clogged, but so far the two of the heads flush clear and water runs slowly out of the body. My next test will be to put a pressure gauge on the hose bib right next to the sprinkler valves, but I suspect since 2 of 3 have pressure it wont be a inlet pressure issue. Why would 2 of 3 heads flow ok and the one not flow well? Thanks for your video, it is a great idea

Thanks Gary!

Thank you for a simple step-by-step walkthrough. Saved me so much headache.

Thank you so much! Great video!

Gary thanks for sharing

Solenoids go bad often, it's better to change it out with the new one, its only 2 wires to cut and reconnect! Great video, thx.

Yup 👍 thank you

Great video!!

Thanks for sharing !

Worked great. Just unscrewed solenoid and replaced both tops.

I mean just directly do manually the valves? Thank you and God bless you.

this is what i need, very useful👍

Gary…. You tha man!!!

Thanks Gary

Great video