Some things in life are worth learning before it’s too late—like the locations of your water shutoff valve and your gas shutoff valve. “One of the first things I show homeowners during a plumbing ...

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Colored surveying whiskers provide a novel solution to the problem of locating valve boxes. They can be attached to valve-box covers for quick and easy identification when trimming around valve boxes.