More sprinkler system fun. After 22 years, more heads to raise up. We had a decent size Bradford Pear tree in our front yard. One of the few things that was planted by the builder, that was left. The big ice storm took care of it, so we had it cut down and tthe stump ground out. About 10 feet from where the tree was was this sprinkler head.
It had been sucked down into the ground and was just peeking up to ground level when it popped up. So I really needed to raise it up. I hit a ton of roots, and finally had to get the tree limb cutters with the long handles to cut the root. It had grown around the fitting that supplied water to the head. I had a heck of a time getting that head free. Once it was free of the alien like root, it was a snap to raise it back up to ground level. I had to go get my biggest flat blade screw driver to pry the root away from the head, or the head from the root, depending on how you look at it. It was attached like a parasite.
The spray head in the photo is an old one I need to just throw out, but I might need for parts it someday so......