Water pooling around sprinkler head

What the numbers show

Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count

• This comes up 34.3× more often in r/Landscaping than across the site as a whole.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Digging up the area to check for a broken line
2. 2
   Inspecting for air bubbles or leaks
3. 3
   Checking if gutters and downspouts are clean
4. 4
   Climbing a ladder to inspect pooled water
5. 5
   build up some mulch
6. 6
   try to divert the water somehow
7. 7
   remove the ring and the rock, make sure the root flare is exposed and build a dish with mulch
8. 8
   Install a large grate and drain running around the carport and downhill
9. 9
   Add pavers to create a lip along the carport door
10. 10
    Install a slot drain or a sump
11. 11
    Build a raised floor on the pad
12. 12
    Bury a pressure-treated 2x4 curb at the concrete threshold
13. 13
    Scrape or dig the dirt until it is below grade
14. 14
    Digging the topsoil back out and replacing it with compactable or clayey fill
15. 15
    Leaving it to settle on its own

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.