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How often should you start up a sprinkler system?
Start up and check the sprinkler system once a year, once the last frost has passed. That is the interval the HomeAlmanac app schedules for this job, adjusted for the systems your home actually has.
- How often
- Once a year
- Time needed
- 30 min
- Best time
- Spring
- Priority
- Low
Why it matters
Checking heads and coverage in spring saves water and keeps your landscaping healthy all season.
How to do it
Slowly recharge the system, walk each zone, and clear or replace clogged, tilted, or broken heads. Adjust spray patterns off the pavement.
When to do it
Best done in spring, and the app schedules it for that season automatically.
HomeAlmanac schedules this one for you, works out the next due date each time you mark it done, and reminds you before it is late.
Build your free planQuick answers
- How often should you start up a sprinkler system?
- Start up and check the sprinkler system once a year, once the last frost has passed.
- Why does it matter?
- Checking heads and coverage in spring saves water and keeps your landscaping healthy all season.
- What time of year should I do it?
- Best done in spring. Doing it late is usually worse than doing it early.