Some Information about Plumbing and Plumbing tools
PLumbing Valves: A ball valve (like the butterfly valve, one of a family of valves called quarter turn valves) is a valve that opens by turning a handle attached to a ball inside the valve. The ball has a hole, or port, through the middle so that when the port is in line with both ends of the valve, flow will occur. When the valve is closed, the hole is perpendicular to the ends of the valve, and flow is blocked. The handle position lets you "see" the valve's position.
Some Plumbing DOs and DON'Ts
DO - If you have trouble with tree roots in your sanitary sewer,
purchase some copper sulphate in blue chunk form, put a sizeable
amount on your basement floor drain strainer, let cold water run
over it until it dissolves.
