gate valve
 

has anyone seen gate valves anywhere in cowtown?

i tried plumbfull but they didnt have any

Check with Western Pump. Apparently they have a very good selection of fittings.

Red Coral has them in stock.

Elite doesn't have any?:lol:

might sound stupid .. but check crappy tire .. thats where I found mine in edmonton..

how big and which one? (I'm looking for 2")

PVC gate valves are insanely hard to find in Calgary. Don't know why. Western Pump didn't used to have them, what they had that they called "gate" valves were in fact "knife" valves. Don't know if that's still true nowadays but I'd be surprised. I think Red Coral is about your only bet for a proper gate valve. Before Red Coral came along I always had to mail-order for gate valves. Ocean Aquatics and Bulk Reef Supply and J&L are places that will have them. Maybe mops.ca.

which one in edmonton?

plastic right?

haha, Colby went to get a bunch but the price tag that they were puttin on em was ridiculous!

One can convert a knife valve to a gate valve if one was willing to DIY - just have to replace the stainless rod with stainless ready rod, do a little tapping & install a thumbscrew... It's extremely cost effective in comparison to buying a true gate valve...

Last time I did it, might have been due to the older tap - it did have an extremely slow drip at the threads coming out of the valve; but the previous 3 conversions didn't...

That would be a REALLY expensive valve - what would you be using it for?

not sure if it is wholesale only or public but when I managed a hardware store I ordered all of my PVC stuff from a place called Western International Plastics(Wipal) in Calgary , Davies Electric also carried a large inventory of PVC

Not too bad US Plastics is only $35, but then shipping. Thinking converting to a Herbie.

I see the Spears are about 2x's this price - still much cheaper than the last time I shopped for these, likely because oil prices are so much lower. Never used a stand pipe myself.

FYI, we do have gates (and other specialty plumbing parts) and we are now online and ship...boggles my mind that Colby isnt willing to order you a $40 gate valve.

The only place i have seen the pvc style is at redcoral in the nw.

I got both of my 2" ones from Red Coral as well. Best bet if you don't want to order from afar. The RC ones were cheaper by about $20 excluding shipping when I ordered mine last year around this time.

well he was gonna, but long story short the guy wanted too much money for it.

I only got a 1" but am sure they had bigger ones .. it was the one on fort rd.

fort rd .. and yes PVC