Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Home projects for winter, more bright ideas in the mid-at, 1 by Ric_of_MAF

Ric_of_MAF wrote:
Muddy, That requires a street valve key as seen in 1st pic. They are easy to fabricate.
David, On all mains I go with a stainless steel ball valve.(pic2) On individual supply lines I use a PVC or CPVC one. (pic3) It's a real batch trying to do a repair on a line full of water, especially solder one., but I have tricks for that too. The valves in the pics are available in most sizes and the nice thing is they don't deteriorate quickly, caused by age or acidic H2O.
I designed the plumbing system for my SIL's new house, drew it right over the prints, and he has told me that the extra money was well spent in building. Such as adding service valves throughout the house