{"id":600,"date":"2020-06-22T20:43:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T02:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/?p=600"},"modified":"2021-04-07T20:26:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T02:26:00","slug":"action-sprinkler-manifolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/action-sprinkler-manifolds\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Sprinkler Manifolds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week when I was mowing my lawn I noticed water coming out of one my valve boxes in the back yard. After a bit of troubleshooting I found that the manifold had a crack in a threaded coupling. The manifold had was built with PVC fittings and had no unions so that meant I would have to dig up and cut out the whole manifold. I could have used PVC pipe and fittings to rebuild a new manifold for under $10 but I would have the same problem in the future if a sprinkler valve went bad. I would end up digging up the manifold again or paying a sprinkler contractor hundreds of dollars to do it for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The manifold system I used to replace my sprinkler manifold was Action Machine. I’ve been using Action Machine sprinkler manifolds for a few years now since Rain Bird discontinued their 100DVFUU union valves. Action manifolds and fittings are high quality and easy to assemble. All fittings used in the Action manifolds have o-rings so there is no need to use teflon tape or paste. For my project the two port manifold and fittings cost under $35 and if I ever need to replace a faulty sprinkler valve all I have to do is loosen a couple of buttress nuts and the whole valve can be removed and replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t give a lot of things I buy and use five stars but the Action Machine manifold system is one of them. My MacBook Pro would be another. I’ve done an in-depth video on Replacing A Lawn Sprinkler Manifold<\/a> using a Action Machine manifold and fittings. Video covers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n