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In the mid 1980’s, the common gate valve on irrigation backflow devices were replaced with the modern Ball Valve.
The ball valve with its resilient positive-shut-off teflon seats, proved to be an ideal valve not only in irrigation but thousands of industries worldwide. This simple, long lasting, cost effective ¼ turn valve became the new standard. Febco Ball valves were the first brand to appear being included on every Febco 765-1 PVB purchased. The majority of the population did not know that the ball valves would trap water in the middle of the valve when in the FULL closed position. This resulted in millions of ball valves cracking over the winter in Colorado, and every other location that has freezing winter weather.
Just one problem. If the valve is exposed to freezing temperatures, especially in the closed position, the water trapped in the ball freezes and cracks the side of the valve body. This can be prevented by proper maintenance techniques, but much of the time one is caught off guard or isn’t properly informed.
In 2013, after replacing over 1,000 ball valves while running his irrigation service company in Denver Colorado, Ron set out to find a solution to this widespread problem. A ball valve with a simple freeze plug that could easily be replaced, positioned on the side of the valve proved to be the perfect solution. Ron, a 6-year US Navy veteran, who worked in the engine room aboard a US nuclear powered ship, credits the training he gained while attending classes on how pumps, valves, pressure regulators, worked, to give him the basic skill sets to create the patented Freeze Tolerant ball valve.
After sharing his new idea with many of the major ball valve companies in the USA, every company rejected his solution.
The rejection was not due to the successful function ability of the product, but the fact that these companies each make hundreds of millions of dollars a year, selling replacement ball valves. Replacement valves for the ones that have cracked due to freezing. So, you have a product that is supposed to last 20 years, lasting only a few years, sometimes only a few months in the field. Imagine providing a product that will generate billions in revenue from known, preventable, premature failure due to freezing! That’s the dirty secret of the ball valve manufacturing industry as I have experienced it. Equally shocking to me are the repair service companies who do not want to give their customers a better ball valve that will save them money. This is ALL part of story. To leave it out would be giving an incomplete story.
The freeze tolerant ball valve offers a lifetime warranty not to crack the side of the valve. To date we have not had 1 freeze plug fail to due its job ! A remarkable track history considering over 50,000 freeze plugs have been installed in North America. This 100% successful track record of the patented freeze plug testifies to the simplicity of its function. It's strictly physics.
In the mid 1980’s, the common gate valve on irrigation backflow devices were replaced with the modern Ball Valve.
The ball valve with its resilient positive-shut-off teflon seats, proved to be an ideal valve not only in irrigation but thousands of industries worldwide. This simple, long lasting, cost effective ¼ turn valve became the new standard. Febco Ball valves were the first brand to appear being included on every Febco 765-1 PVB purchased. The majority of the population did not know that the ball valves would trap water in the middle of the valve when in the FULL closed position. This resulted in millions of ball valves cracking over the winter in Colorado, and every other location that has freezing winter weather.
Just one problem. If the valve is exposed to freezing temperatures, especially in the closed position, the water trapped in the ball freezes and cracks the side of the valve body. This can be prevented by proper maintenance techniques, but much of the time one is caught off guard or isn’t properly informed.
In 2013, after replacing over 1,000 ball valves while running his irrigation service company in Denver Colorado, Ron set out to find a solution to this widespread problem. A ball valve with a simple freeze plug that could easily be replaced, positioned on the side of the valve proved to be the perfect solution. Ron, a 6-year US Navy veteran, who worked in the engine room aboard a US nuclear powered ship, credits the training he gained while attending classes on how pumps, valves, pressure regulators, worked, to give him the basic skill sets to create the patented Freeze Tolerant ball valve.
After sharing his new idea with many of the major ball valve companies in the USA, every company rejected his solution.
The rejection was not due to the successful function ability of the product, but the fact that these companies each make hundreds of millions of dollars a year, selling replacement ball valves. Replacement valves for the ones that have cracked due to freezing. So, you have a product that is supposed to last 20 years, lasting only a few years, sometimes only a few months in the field. Imagine providing a product that will generate billions in revenue from known, preventable, premature failure due to freezing! That’s the dirty secret of the ball valve manufacturing industry as I have experienced it. Equally shocking to me are the repair service companies who do not want to give their customers a better ball valve that will save them money. This is ALL part of story. To leave it out would be giving an incomplete story.
The freeze tolerant ball valve offers a lifetime warranty not to crack the side of the valve. To date we have not had 1 freeze plug fail to due its job ! A remarkable track history considering over 50,000 freeze plugs have been installed in North America. This 100% successful track record of the patented freeze plug testifies to the simplicity of its function. It's strictly physics.