Cutoff replacement

[Jose Torres]

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   I was incapacitated from a recent surgery and had someone come and replace a broken ball valve on my system. I wasn't able to check their work at the time. Now I find they replaced broken valve with PVC one. Not going to deal with complaining to them. Didn't charge much. I'm more mobile now and will replace it myself. The question I have is what is the item in picture after the valve. Wasn't sure if it's a backflow preventer or not. Thanks for any help.
   
   
   
   

 

[Fitter30]

It's a single check valve that has ports to check its performance. Just exercise the valve twice a year by turning off and on should be okay. Pvc valves do take more effort to close than ball valve and there port is not full i.d.

 

[Sponsor]

 

[WorthFlorida]

Is this valve for the home or irrigation system? I see a backflow preventer. Irrigation is always PVC and I've broken a few of them whereas they get very hard to turn. If this is for your home shut off, I would replace it with a brass ball valve, if for irrigation, leave it as is.

 

[Jose Torres]

This is branch off for sprinkler.

 

[Jose Torres]

It was a brass ball valve that seized.

 

[WorthFlorida]

It was a brass ball valve that seized.

The water must have some high mineral content.

 

[Jose Torres]

The water must have some high mineral content.

25 yrs old system. Handle broke. I probably could have cut it out and cleaned it up but I wasn't in any condition to.