When you're trying to get a service or valve box cleaned out, a cleanout spoon is a great tool to have. But which type of cleanout spoon is right for the situation you're dealing with? At New Concept Tools, we believe in providing our customers with the right tools to get the job done, but many of our customers have the same question. This guide will help you select the right cleanout spoon for the task at hand.
When winter's biting at the door and you're dealing with problems in your water utility, it's not the time to discover that you don't have what you need to fix the problem. Fortunately, there are a wide range of solutions that we've developed at New Concept Tools that help your crew get the job done and get out of the cold as quickly as possible. Here's a quick look at a few of the options you have available that makes your prep kit more complete and your winter go more smoothly.
If you've ever had to install or replace a gate valve, you know how heavy, bulky, and awkward they can be to move effectively. Adding insult to injury, waterworks employees often work in wet conditions, making the gate valve slippery and hard to grip. To avoid accidents that can cost your organization in terms of damaged materials, employee morale, worker's comp claims and legal problems, it's important to use safety precautions when lifting and installing gate valves. In this post, we'll discuss how to safely lift a gate valve into position to help avoid injuries and damage to the valve.
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When you're working in the industrial underbelly of the waterworks industry, you've seen a little bit of everything. The junk that was flushed down a drain that backed up a full circuit of your system. The damage caused from frost heaves and sink holes, requiring fast repairs to get service back on track. The frustration of trying to work with tools that were not designed for the equipment and fittings you work with on a daily basis. You can only do so much about little Jimmy flushing a disturbing amount of Legos and other toys down the drain or the motion of the earth, but you can do something about working with substandard tools. Here's why having the right tool for the job helps improve productivity.
With the serious lead problems encountered in Flint following the change in water supply, municipalities and water utilities across the country are quickly taking action to remove lead service lines from their network. But at the same time, our recovering economy means that these organizations don't necessarily have the budget available to dive right in on an immediate replacement. Fortunately, some government agencies and organizations are creating assistance programs to help this process along. Combined with New Concept Tools' Service Line Puller Kits, your municipality or utility can quickly and effectively change out lead service lines for a lower immediate cost. Here are the details.
Bang - foosh! It's one of the worst sounds in waterworks, because it's the sound of one of your hydrants being taken out by construction equipment, a snow plow or a truck that didn't realize it was there. How do you make your hydrants more visible to help prevent damage? Our answer is hydrant markers. Here's some basic information to get you started:
We've all been on job sites where it's happened. You get a valve box installed perfectly, then when you're backfilling, it shifts off center and has to be re-dug and set again to make sure the valve can be properly accessed in the future. Maybe you have had some backfill material fall into the valve box and making valve operation difficult, if not impossible. You could have run across a situation where the valve box has been filled with water, making it difficult to work. But what if there was a tool that could help you avoid all these issues without raising the cost of each valve box significantly? At New Concept Tools, our job is creating these innovative new tools to keep you operating smoothly, and the Box Seat valve box alignment tool helps you do just that. Here are more details on how this tool works and what you can expect from it.
Are you tired of dealing with stubborn valve stems or having to find a wrench every time you need to open or close a commonly used valve? What about emergencies when every moment counts? If you are, adding handwheels or revolving speed handles to your valves can make them much easier to operate. But what are these devices, how do they work and when do they come in handy? Here are some of the basics to help get you started.
When water absolutely must be left on or shut off for one reason or another, it's imperative that the valve remains in that position, but what can you do to make sure it remains so? Whether it's a government building, an airport, an abandoned structure or a situation where a customer's water be shut off or on and stay that way, using a locking device can help ensure that the valve stays in the position your crew has put it in. Fortunately, there's New Concept Tools' High-Security Locking Device and Removal Tool to help make the job go more easily. Here's a bit more about this secure device and how it works.
With spring in the air, it's time to flush your hydrants. But why not incorporate other tasks in the process as well, such as repairs, maintenance and upgrades, so that your crew only has to be sent to that location one time? Here's a quick look at the process so that you've got everything you need before you head out for this annual task.
