So I turned it, but it kept on turning and turning without shutting off the water. A neighbor of mine said it is a gate valve and they are cheap. Anyway, I now have to replace the valve.

A gate valve is a cheaper alternative to a ball valve, although by only a few dollars. Depending on the size, a gate valve costs around $5, and a ball valve is usually under $10.

Build a new drain valve with a 3/4-inch full-port brass ball valve with threaded ends, a 3-inch x 3/4-inch galvanized nipple and a 3/4-inch MIP x G.H. garden hose adapter (one choice is the ...

The procurer of this procurement project, which involves 15 items including copper ball valves (PGPGFWHGXHD250623219209), is the Materials Planning Department of the Procurement Center of Pangang ...

Jittery nerves were in abundance at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Friday, as hundreds of ...

The original trigger for this high power PVC air cannon used a simple ball valve for the trigger. [Ben] didn’t like this solution – it was hard to open and somewhat unergonomic.

Federal investigators say open valves on farm fertilizer tanks apparently led to a serious ammonia leak that injured 41 people in Illinois in April. The National Transportation Safety Board ...

Once it reaches 24-26 inches of vacuum, close the ball valve. Your radiator hose may collapse, that is normal. If you can't reach this level of vacuum, you may have a leak or an overflow hose ...

The preferred method of evaluating these coefficients is by conducting a flow test. Full-bore ball valves (FBBVs) in the full-open position present some challenges. First, they typically do not fall ...

Heart Valves Implanted Without Open-heart Surgery Date: January 12, 2009 Source: New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center ...