Being a humble DIY fiddler I have wrestled with a few gate valves in me time only to find that when you attempt to turn 'em off................you are taking your life in your hands, if you are lucky, they continue dribble/let through, if you ain't, they're seized and your best efforts only succeed in snapping their heads off, making it compulsory to shout your own arsenal of favourite theraputic expletives! They may be great in the short term but useless in the long term. Is there a modern version of these that actually will work 10+ years down the line?
modern replacement for a gate valve?
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I'm afraid the only way to make these things last is to go out of your way to turn them at least once a year, if not once a month.
In a lot of cases, gate valves general stick due to sludge in the heating system but it is literally just years of neglect.
I use a product called "crack it" and that seems to help with the really bad ones.
In a lot of cases, gate valves general stick due to sludge in the heating system but it is literally just years of neglect.
I use a product called "crack it" and that seems to help with the really bad ones.
full bore ball valve
Good one again Kev............................will I need to give this a fiddle once a year or is it such a rootin-tootin piece of 21st centuary, space age, computer designed, joy that it can be left alone and still be relied on to work faultlessly in a decade's time?
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You'll be lucky!
Good piece of kit, well done kev!
they can be a bit expensive though in the bigger sizes.
Good piece of kit, well done kev!
they can be a bit expensive though in the bigger sizes.
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