RickFlorida
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone, I'm finally ready to do the last steps of my new irrigation system and wanted some advice (if there is anything I should consider) before I go to shut off this old bronze Milwaukee gate valve that I need to temporarily turn off in order to hook up the new irrigation system.
I will be adding a new shut off valve so that when I go to turn this old gate valve back on, I won't have to touch it every again. It's 1 1/4 inch and to an artesian well with constant pressure. I'm not concerned about the rusted handle as this valve was recently turned off and on about 10 months ago when a sprinkler guy helped me turn it off when I accidentally broke the PVC in front of it.
My only concern now is how do I know when it's fully open after I try to close it? Do gate valves let you open it as far as you want and will stop at some point automatically? The reason I ask is because this well is constant pressure and I don't want to create a disaster. Hopefully the last guy already had it in the fully open position as my idea is to mark the top of the handle with paint so and then count how many rotations it took to close it and then I can count how many to open again when I finish the new set up.
Anything else I should think of? I hate to touch it but I have to because I moved the location of the pump so I have to turn this off for part of a day to hook up the last PVC to the pump.
Thanks for any advice.
While we are on the subject, how do Well people repair or replace these valves if there is constant pressure from artesian well? Or is that impossible and they can't replace the last shut off valves? Would they literally abandon the whole well and dig a new one rather than replace the valve? I'm afraid to ask.
I will be adding a new shut off valve so that when I go to turn this old gate valve back on, I won't have to touch it every again. It's 1 1/4 inch and to an artesian well with constant pressure. I'm not concerned about the rusted handle as this valve was recently turned off and on about 10 months ago when a sprinkler guy helped me turn it off when I accidentally broke the PVC in front of it.
My only concern now is how do I know when it's fully open after I try to close it? Do gate valves let you open it as far as you want and will stop at some point automatically? The reason I ask is because this well is constant pressure and I don't want to create a disaster. Hopefully the last guy already had it in the fully open position as my idea is to mark the top of the handle with paint so and then count how many rotations it took to close it and then I can count how many to open again when I finish the new set up.
Anything else I should think of? I hate to touch it but I have to because I moved the location of the pump so I have to turn this off for part of a day to hook up the last PVC to the pump.
Thanks for any advice.
While we are on the subject, how do Well people repair or replace these valves if there is constant pressure from artesian well? Or is that impossible and they can't replace the last shut off valves? Would they literally abandon the whole well and dig a new one rather than replace the valve? I'm afraid to ask.