If it’s a check valve you need, then look no further than the Watts Check Valve.
The Watts check valve is manufactured by the Watts Company, founded in 1874 as the Watts Regulator Company.
That’s 1874, folks! We’re talking serious experience and expertise in the field of check valves, as in 142 years of experience.
So, what’s the big deal, you ask? Why is a Watts check valve so important to you, the average homeowner?
To answer that question we must first understand what a check valve does. What is its function?
A check valve allows water, or any type of fluid, to flow in one direction. It also checks that flow if the flow should reverse…it prevents the flow of fluid in a reverse direction.
Some of you are still saying “so what?”
Look at the way your typical plumbing system is set up. Water flows from the city’s potable water supply to your home by means of water pressure. You then use that water for a variety of tasks, and when you are done with the water, the dirty, or contaminated water, flows away from the home using other pipes. All is well in your world as long as the system is functioning the way it is supposed to function.
But what would happen is, say, the water pressure reversed? In other words, what would happen if there was more water pressure from your home than there was from the city-end of the water system? The simple answer is this: contaminated water would then flow from your home back into the city’s clean (potable) water supply, and that just cannot happen. It is called backflow and you do not want it happening.
Thus, you need a check valve.
And if you need a check valve, doesn’t it follow that you should have the absolute best check valve produced?
The Watts check valve is that valve!
Watts check valves come in a variety of styles, from the ball check valves, the diaphragm check valves, the swing check valves, the stop check valves, the lift check valves, the dual check valves and the in-line check valves. All do basically the same job, and that is to protect your water system so that you never have to worry about contamination.
The next time your water system needs maintenance, repair, and check valve installation, politely tell your backflow testing repairman/technician that you want the Watts check valve. When the very best is called for, Watts is the answer, and in Texas, when backflow testing is required and needed, City Backflow Testing is the answer.
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