Curb Water Shut Off Valve Cover

Curbside water shut off valve.
Curb water shut off valve cover. About curb stop valves. Located between the corporation valve and the new service structure mueller curb valves and boxes allow easy access to shut off or turn on water going into a building or residence. The valve box features a brass insert so that you may easily add a bolt. In case you don t know curb stops are water service shutoff valves usually located in the piping near the curb between the water main and the building this valve is used to start or stop the flow of liquid from the main water line.
This provides quick response and can save you from property damage. A sidewalk curb valve is frequently a quick way to shut off the water going into your house in an emergency without having to open the roadway. When we bought the house the previous homeowners told us that they would leave the water on so we would only have to call the water company to have the billing changed to our name. When i was on long island we were able to turn off the street valve going to the house if the main valve in the house.
The nds standard series icv valve box houses the nds standard series icv valve box houses your landscape valves and the overlapping cover helps protect them from grass and dirt. How to use a curb key. We offer a wide variety of styles including the mueller. A curb key consists of a long metal rod usually 5 in length with a t shaped handle on the top and a square shape on the bottom to fit over the curb valve operating nut.
The strong structural foam polyolefin material has a black and green finish and contains uv inhibitors for durability. Sorry i should of specified that somewhere in a earlier post. Simon1 oh first off we live in a county and not the city. Locate the curb valve by shinning an industrial flashlight down the.
Locate the water main curb box cover and remove the cover from the curb box. In the event of an emergency we may need to turn off water delivery to your property at this valve. The other day one of the water works technicians tells me that a plumber is not legally able to shut the curb stop off only a water works technician can. The curb stop valve on your water service line might never get used.
The curb stop has a 13 cm 5 inch diameter cover which provides access to an underground valve which controls city water delivery to your property. These products provide years of trouble free service without replacement or special attention helping to control rising maintenance costs. Please someone tell me this guy is full of crap.