Both FEBCO & Watts Water Technologies manufacturer millions of ball valves every year. Their ball valves are among the highest quality made with a high reputation for great products.
Watts Water Technologies also gain millions of dollars a year by selling replacement ball valves to replace all the ones that crack from freezing.
Ball valves have been around for 40 years and Watts Water Technologies have not produced a ball valve that can handle freezing weather.
They spend millions of dollars/year on R&D no doubt. Why don't they make a ball valve that doesn't self destruct when it freezes. I personally have the knowledge base of performing this. I just don't have the resources. I did the next best thing with the resources I do have and produced a ball valve with a simple removable freeze plug.
Watts Water Technologies also gain millions of dollars a year by selling replacement ball valves to replace all the ones that crack from freezing.
Ball valves have been around for 40 years and Watts Water Technologies have not produced a ball valve that can handle freezing weather.
They spend millions of dollars/year on R&D no doubt. Why don't they make a ball valve that doesn't self destruct when it freezes. I personally have the knowledge base of performing this. I just don't have the resources. I did the next best thing with the resources I do have and produced a ball valve with a simple removable freeze plug.
Watts Water reported earnings:
Watts Water Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results for 2016 February 09, 2017 4Q16 sales totaled $342 million and total for 2016 $1.4 billion.
Voice your opinion and request a ball valve that doesn't self-destruct when it freezes !
The above photo depicts two seasons of replacing cracked ball valves in my lawn sprinkler business.
