Job record · Hurst, TX · · $81.02

A leaking head in Hurst
that was really the valve.

The head in this Hurst yard was leaking because the valve feeding its zone was failing. A new head would not have stopped it. Landon replaced the valve with a new Hunter valve, checked the system and adjusted it. The bill was $81.02, with no service-call fee.

Landon's job notes

Problemleaking head that was caused by a failing valve.

Solutionreplaced with a brand new Hunter valve and system inspected and adjusted.

Cost$81.02

As Landon wrote them after the job, spelling tidied.

Why the head wasn't the problem

A zone valve is supposed to shut tight when the controller turns the zone off. When the seal inside starts to fail, a little water keeps getting past it. That water has to go somewhere, and it usually seeps out of the lowest head on the zone, so that head gets the blame.

Replacing the head in that situation buys nothing, because the leak continues. On this job the head was the symptom and the valve was the cause.

Excavated sprinkler valve in a Hurst, Texas lawn with the replacement valve in the hole, red wiring beside it, and the removed valve lying on the grass
The dig: the new valve in the hole with its wiring, and the removed valve on the grass at the bottom of the frame.
Green sprinkler valve box lid set flush with the lawn after a valve replacement in Hurst, Texas
Same visit, a few minutes later: the valve box lid back in place and level with the lawn.

What was done

The valve was dug out and replaced with a new Hunter valve, and the system was inspected and adjusted. The second photo is the finished box, set back level with the turf.

Why would a leaking sprinkler head need a new valve?

If water seeps from a head after the zone has shut off, the valve upstream is often not closing fully. Water slips past it and drains out of the lowest head. Fixing the valve stops the leak. Changing the head usually does not.

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