Monday, August 22, 2011

Maintaining Domestic Valve Boxes

Since the cover sits on the ground during the life of the system, there shouldn’t be any maintenance on the cover. If the cover fails, it should simply be replaced by following the construction steps above.

Occasionally, the valve itself fails. If that is the case, the cover must be removed, the tube cut, and a new valve installed. See working with tubes section below for valve/component replacement.

Another type of failure is if something hits the top of the box causing the 1/2” tube to break at the intersection of the smaller tube and larger tube.  In this case, the valve will need to be replaced.

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