Our Story
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.
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 in exactly the same spot. This can be prevented by proper maintenance techniques, but many times people are caught off guard or aren't properly informed.
In 2013, after replacing thousands of ball valves while running his irrigation service company in Denver Colorado, Ron Lehman, a 6 year navy veteran, 33 year irrigation specialist, set out to find a solution to this widespread problem. He envisioned a redesigned ball valve with a simple freeze plug positioned on the side of the valve that cracks, that would be very easy to replace. With this quick fix, customers could save on maintenance costs and improve uptime.
After sharing his new idea with many of the major ball valve companies in the USA, he was thoroughly rejected. Not because it wouldn't work, but simply due to the Greed and Corruption factor. All these companies make hundreds of millions of dollars a year, selling replacement ball valves after their inferior products crack.
So, rather than a product that is supposed to last 20 years, the customer receives something that fails in a few years or even a few months! Imagine the ethics and morals of those 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. Equally shocking to Ron were the repair service companies who do not want to give their customers a better ball valve, because of the lost profits in replacing valves, rather than a simple 5 minute fix the customer could do without a serviceman, or pay a lower cost to the serviceman. This is ALL part of the reason why Ron designed the freeze tolerant ball valve AND offers a lifetime warranty not to crack the side of the valve. To date, not a single freeze plug has failed to do its job in saving the valve body from rupturing, saving our customers hundreds to thousands of dollars in repair and replacement costs. Join the revolution, and fight against corporate greed. Shop now
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.
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 in exactly the same spot. This can be prevented by proper maintenance techniques, but many times people are caught off guard or aren't properly informed.
In 2013, after replacing thousands of ball valves while running his irrigation service company in Denver Colorado, Ron Lehman, a 6 year navy veteran, 33 year irrigation specialist, set out to find a solution to this widespread problem. He envisioned a redesigned ball valve with a simple freeze plug positioned on the side of the valve that cracks, that would be very easy to replace. With this quick fix, customers could save on maintenance costs and improve uptime.
After sharing his new idea with many of the major ball valve companies in the USA, he was thoroughly rejected. Not because it wouldn't work, but simply due to the Greed and Corruption factor. All these companies make hundreds of millions of dollars a year, selling replacement ball valves after their inferior products crack.
So, rather than a product that is supposed to last 20 years, the customer receives something that fails in a few years or even a few months! Imagine the ethics and morals of those 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. Equally shocking to Ron were the repair service companies who do not want to give their customers a better ball valve, because of the lost profits in replacing valves, rather than a simple 5 minute fix the customer could do without a serviceman, or pay a lower cost to the serviceman. This is ALL part of the reason why Ron designed the freeze tolerant ball valve AND offers a lifetime warranty not to crack the side of the valve. To date, not a single freeze plug has failed to do its job in saving the valve body from rupturing, saving our customers hundreds to thousands of dollars in repair and replacement costs. Join the revolution, and fight against corporate greed. Shop now
