Leak Detection?

We bought a home in Southern Louisiana, that has a newish looking Rachio F4D6D9 controller and eight zones. We demo’d the backyard to up in a pool. I’m connected to the Rachio controller via the app. I’ve disabled all but one zone, our front of house landscaping. Not all the six sprinklers spray equally. I’m worried I have a leak somewhere. I do not have the leak detector (doesn’t seem to be on the Rachio website any longer). Is there a way I can determine if there is a leak?

On the nozzle adjusters, when I turn them into the stop, it shuts them off, open, some nozzles have heavy water flow.

After a 15 minute cycle, the grass in front of the left side is very saturated.

I’ve never owned a home with a sprinkler system before, any help is appreciated. There doesn’t appear to be a Task person in this area (Covington, LA)

Are they all the same style nozzles? Mixing different nozzles doesn’t work well for reasons similar to what you are seeing. Also those adjustable spray nozzles aren’t overly efficient and and put down a ton of water quickly, but not evenly.

If you are interested in investing a bit, I’d recommend swapping nozzles with the Hunter MP Rotator heads. They offer MUCH more uniform coverage when you star playing with arc and spread. They do put down less water per minute than the nozzles you currently have, so you will need to increase run time by AT LEAST double. Mine run for just shy of an hour for reference.

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