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This is a very thorough message of cleaning, and I cannot fault it. But in my experience, taking the sprinkler head out of the ground is rarely necessary. To service an entire station, I simply activate the station, then I use 2 inch wide paper clamps available at any office supply store to hold all the stems up. And then I unscrew the spray tops off 2 to 4 sprinklers at a time. I reactivate the station and let those sprinklers fountain up into the air. This will generally remove any debris that is down in the cup. I remove and clean the filters, replace them, wash and replace the sprinkler heads and then adjust the pattern. In this manner, an entire station of pop-up sprinklers can be cleared completely in two or three iterations. And nothing ever leaves the ground. A whole bag of alligator paper clamps can be purchased for the price of a single clamping tool, and works just as well if not better. and nothing ever Hass to be removed from the ground.

Oh man, this totally worked on my Rain Bird. The filter was clogged, few seconds of rinsing it off, placed it back and bam....was working perfectly. Saved me money my friend....Thanks!

Helpful video, I wasn’t sure exactly what the issue was initially as the head was popping up but not sprinkling. I was going to schedule a service call but decided to try it myself and check the filter after viewing your video. Sure enough the filter was clogged and the cleaning process worked exactly as you demonstrated and the head is now functioning properly. I had to use a sewing needle to clean some of the filter heads that wouldn’t rinse with water, but no big deal. Interesting enough when my service provider did the spring start-up that same head having issues. They said it was repaired but obviously it wasn’t, I’m a bit annoyed they didn’t check the filter. Thank you for the clear and easy to follow steps.

I need to repair a sprinkler that is shooting up like a fountain. I do have spares. This was very helpful with just unscrewing the top portion. I will unscrew the head as you noted and replace what is damaged. Much appreciated.

Informative and to the point. One thing, I would also turn on the system before putting the head back on to blow out any debris that is in the line.

Thanks for showing this video, it helped me with my sprinkler head!

I go to each faucet early in the spring season and with a mop bucket.. I take the assembly off and rinse it in the bucket and keep moving on cleaning the other 25 heads and no need to take anything into the kitchen.

Thanks for this nice video guide, just fixed my sputtering sprinkler head

Thank you. Solved the issue and a good lesson on the parts of the sprinkler.

I found this very useful. Great video, simple and to the point.

Thanks for publishing this video. This is exactly the problem I have with one of my sprinkler heads and now I know how to fix it. ✌😁

Holy smokes! Thank you man, great video, great advice. Thank you!

Very useful thanks

Wow! your explanation is very clear and easy to do. You even give us the links to where can we buy those, just in case.

Best video I've seen on this subject. However, I'm having a real problem unscrewing the top. Someone tightened it way too much.

Helpful video thanks!

Good video very informative and simple. Thank you for your time.

The best way to clean the nozzle screen is to do it while the zone is running, don't be afraid to get wet. Than flip the screen backwards and use the water coming out of the head to clean it. If you get good at it then you can also put the screen in and screw the nozzle back on with the water running too.

How about a filter in the mainline? Would that help?

Thanks for the video. It was helpful

Useful video just what I needed thank you

Thank you!

Thank you

You didn't have to remove the entire head. Just the nozzle and filter

Great info

Mine isn't even making a sound but when I turn it on it comes up

Why not just use a pair of pliers to hold the stem up and then remove the head and filter?

Rainbird pliers. Nuff said. Don’t go to all of this work like this guy does.

The first thing you should do is replace that 4-in pop up with a 6-in pop up and put it down grade level it's about 4 in too high

Hi, do you actually really need a filter? Why not just not use a filter?

Looks like your head is leaking at the base of the sprinkler head. I noticed you had to pull it upwards to attempt to seal it. Those Van nozzles are terrible. They use so much water and the spray that it provides it super lack lust. Get yourself a 10Q nozzle for that corner and replace your head the thing is damaged.

Sprinkler systems are a pain the ass

What a waste of time. With sprinkler off using sprinkler pliers tool pull up stem and lock in place with pliers tool. Unscrew head take out filter. Clean reverse. Do not unscrew entire assemble.