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It is always a good practice as a home owner to learn about all the cut offs and the shut offs of the utilities at your home, in case of an emergencies, before it happens to avoid panicking when happens.

The following are the typical scenario of an emergency cases for irrigation system and the suggested tips and a possible actions you may take to stop the water before help arrives.

System starts and does not stop. Or one zones comes on and does not go off .or gushing water from underground or broken water lines.

Check out these tips which might help you shutting the water off:

1. Stay Calm

2. Try Turning the timer off. Sometimes your timer is malfunctioning or faulty. This should stop the water flowing. If not, water will continue to run.

3. Try cutting the power off to the timer. This is done by disconnecting the electrical power supply to the timer. Warning Do not open the timer and rip off the wires. If timer is located inside the building , unplug the transformer from the wall receptacle. Or if timer unit is located outside, try to locate the breaker for your timer and then turn the breaker off. If you tried these and the water is still running…

4. Try to locate your water shut off to the sprinkler system. Every system is different. Depends on who install the system at the beginning. Properly designed and installed by the code, should have a backflow preventer device at the source. Which enables you to quickly shut off the water to the malfunctioning system.

5. Turn off the Backflow – These are various devices that you might have to locate in order to turn off the system. Typical commonly used backflow devices are shown below. There are different types and manufacturers and the one shown below are manufactured by Watts. Other manufacturers look more or less the same. These units are primarily located on the side of the house normally the same side as the water meter. Or close to the water meter. You need to just turn one of the handles only a quarter of turn as shown below and the system should stop.

If you could not locate any of the devices or similar shut offs valves. You have no choice but to…

6. Cut the water off at the meter, that might also cut the water off to your house too. Water meters are normally located by the curb side. Or close to the street. This needs a special tool called a water meter key. As shown below, which you can purchase from any plumbing shop. In its absence try using a ranch or a similar tool to turn the meter off.

Try to stop the running water, if you can, call our office at (407) 275 9779 or you can email us by clicking HERE and our team of experts will help you repair the problem.