Getting the Most Out of Your Line Stop Valve
You probably don't think much about a line stop valve until you're staring at a massive pipe leak that threatens to shut down an entire facility. It's one of those "behind the scenes" heroes of the mechanical and plumbing world. Usually, when something goes wrong with a water main or an industrial pipeline, the first instinct is to find the nearest master shut-off and kill the flow to the whole building. But let's be honest, shutting down a whole hospital or a manufacturing plant just to fix one small section of pipe is a total nightmare. That's exactly where the line stop technique comes into play. ...