How do I increase the water pressure in my pop up sprinklers

Remove a few sprinkler heads from each of the zones in your system and cap the plumbing that led to them. Decreasing the number of sprinkler heads will increase the water pressure in those that remain. Install a boost pump on the main irrigation line.

Can you adjust sprinkler heads?

Fortunately, adjusting a spray head is pretty simple, in most cases. At the top of most spray nozzles is a small screw that is used to adjust the head itself. Using a small screw driver, you’ll need to either tighten or loosen this adjustment screw to achieve your desired results.

How do you adjust a Rainbird 3500 sprinkler head?

To widen the spray’s arc, turn the screw clockwise with a flathead screwdriver. To narrow the arc of spray, turn the screw counterclockwise. If you need to realign the arc after adjusting, you can rotate the stem so that the left stop aligns with the left edge of the area you want to water.

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