Move Lawn Rotary Irrigation Heads | How to Move Sprinkler Blocked Behind Tree

There's nothing clean about moving in-ground sprinkler heads but it's also a great way for DIYers to save money instead of paying a sprinkler company to do the work. Over time, homeowners with in-ground lawn irrigation systems may find one or more sprinkler heads behind growing trees or bushes. I learned the hard way that it's much better to plant your lawn, trees, bushes and install beds BEFORE installing an in-ground sprinkler system. Ever since my in-ground sprinkler system was installed by the builder of my home, I feel like I've spent countless weekends moving sprinkler heads from their original locations to new locations when installing items like my backyard fence, trees, moving or enlarging planting beds and planting trees. In hindsight, I wish I'd waited until I had a cohesive yard and garden plan before installing the in-ground irrigation system. Also, mine was poorly planned and installed without any regard for Sun/shade patterns so many of my zones are partly in the shade and Sun simultaneously...ridiculous!

I planted about a dozen very small Black Hills Spruce trees with my daughter almost exactly nine years ago. They were so small I didn't have to bother moving the Hunter PGP rotor sprinkler heads because the little trees were barely off the ground. They didn't grow too quickly the first couple years but really took off the in years 3-5 and now with 9 years of growth, I had four sprinkler heads almost entirely buried behind pine trees. I decided to turn off those zones because the spray heads were dousing those poor trees without any of the water reaching the lawn. My backyard lawn has really paid the price so it was long over due for me to move those four sprinkler heads.

In this video, I share my process of moving two of those heads. One head was connected directly to the main sprinkler supply line and the other I'd already moved once using Toro Funny Pipe when our fence was installed. I used two slightly different methods to move the spray heads.

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