Zmonet
New Member
I am running a 12-zone system using a Rachio controller and a booster pump. One of my zones that has 10 heads on it, most of which are in beds and have lower gallon requirements, is not coming up. This zone has worked in the past, although if the booster was off it wouldn't. Now even with the booster the heads try and come up but mostly just pour water out, resulting in a pooling on my walkway. I had a service technician out and he said the answer was to replace all of the heads as he said that they get old (15 year old heads) and won't come up anymore. I was surprised because I would have thought the booster would brute force them up. Did a little research and it seems like this could be a problem with the pressure regulator in the zone going bad? I don't want to go through the time and expense of having all of the heads replaced if that is not the issue. What do you guys think is the most likely problem and will replacing all of the heads fix it?
The problem is that I have never seen the control valve box for this system (again 15 years old and I've owned it for about 10 of those years). Is the pressure regulator sometimes not in a green box? Any help appreciated. I've attached a pic of the head pop-up failure.
The problem is that I have never seen the control valve box for this system (again 15 years old and I've owned it for about 10 of those years). Is the pressure regulator sometimes not in a green box? Any help appreciated. I've attached a pic of the head pop-up failure.