- 1. gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:28:46 -0400 (EDT)
- So what's the general group think on which type of valve to choose for house water lines? Gate (I think they are... The ones with the little handwheel) or 1/4 turn ball valves? I _hate_ having all t
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00100.html (7,992 bytes)
- 2. RE: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: "PJ McGarvey" <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:19:31 -0400
- I've always heard ball valves are better. You only seem to see the old gate valves mostly on older homes (like mine, which leak) new work seems to mostly be ball valves. PJ shop-talk@autox.team.net>
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00101.html (8,799 bytes)
- 3. Re: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:16:26 +0100
- Hi Mark, For long life (15 yrs) in irrigation systems we have used Saunders diaphragm valves with success. See http://www.saundersvalves.com/site/index.php?article=20&recno=19 Try the Type A, availab
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00102.html (9,012 bytes)
- 4. Re: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:43:40 -0400
- I'd go with ball valves. That's what I used on a water heater installation a few weeks ago. They open to practically a straight pipe for smooth flow channel and least pressure drop. They're more simp
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00103.html (8,011 bytes)
- 5. Re: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:41:48 -0400
- Of the two, I far prefer ball valves. They seal better, are quicker to actuate, and visually tell me their position status.
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00104.html (7,600 bytes)
- 6. RE: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:55:23 -0700
- You're probably thinking of a "globe" valve. Gate valves have the same handwheel & packing nut, but not the little rubber washer that needs to be replaced occasionally. However, because of the lack
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00105.html (9,409 bytes)
- 7. Re: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:58:55 +0000
- Hey, if they are good enough for the natural-gas inspector, they should be adequate for water. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburb
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00106.html (8,462 bytes)
- 8. RE: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:56:52 -0700
- Doesn't necessarily follow ... natural gas is something like 1/4 psi, while water hammers can subject water valves to many hundreds of psi. Just normal water line pressure can be 400-500 times a nat
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00107.html (7,736 bytes)
- 9. RE: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:40:23 -0400 (EDT)
- This is exactly the function I need the valve to perform though... I want them to be either completely on or completely off (and not to leak! :-). Sounds like the general thought here is to use ball
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00108.html (7,939 bytes)
- 10. Re: gate or ball valve for house water lines? (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:08:47 -0400
- Ball valves all the way. Someone pointed out that they can be tricky to adjust flow, which is true if you don't practice a bit. It helps to take an uninstalled one and while looking through the ends,
- /html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00110.html (8,655 bytes)
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