Protect the potable water supply of your community with quality check valve plumbing and other backflow preventers. When water pressure lowers drastically and/or fails completely, the water flow into your home can reverse, sending polluted water back into the general water supply. This is prevented by the use of flow check valves which will shutoff

Let’s begin this article with a definitive statement: not all plumbers have backflow testing certification! And another:  all backflow testing,  backflow installation, and backflow repairs must be conducted by someone with backflow testing certification! In other words, make sure you ask anyone you hire for backflow work to see their backflow certification. Otherwise you will

Backflow testing companies not only install, test, and repair backflow prevention devices;  they also must have an encyclopedic knowledge of the many backflow parts available and which are reliable. Just a partial list of backflow parts is staggering:  air gaps, backflow tags, freeze protection valves, hand water pumps, super lubricants, test cocks, thermal expansion tanks,