RSM and Dunbar,
Thanks for the replies. I’ve seen some of those red-handled valves and passed up on them…they looked flimsy. I’ve pretty much decided to buy only those valves made by NIBCO and WATTS…in fact I’ve stocked up on several boxes of these in the 1/2″ to 1″ size. I just don’t trust the others. I’ve noticed that NIBCO labels some of its valves as ‘Made in USA” and others are unlabelled…I eschew the others.
Morton, I like the DR label, but we don’t have it here. I’d like to assume that there are regulations in the US that are supposed to assure that our valves are “DR,” but maybe that’s wishful thinking!
NtP
