Ball valves are quarter-turn, straight-through valves that have a round closure element with matching rounded seats that permit uniform sealing stress. The valve gets its name from the ball that ...

I've been slowly upgrading the plumbing in my older home. As part of that, I'm replacing the old gate valves at each fixture with quarter-turn valves, otherwise known as ball valves. Putting a ball ...

Description: 7.7 GPM at 20 psi and 12.5 GPM at 60 psi. To be used with 23159 Rod and 23160 Float Ball (sold separately).

Attempting to represent the flow capacity of an FBBV in terms of control valve standard methods is confounding and can be very misleading, especially when comparing different ball valve units. Based ...

Turn standard stop valves several times clockwise to close. A ball-type valve requires only one-quarter turn. A shut off ball valve has a hole in the ball, which completely opens or closes with ...