RE: gate or ball valve for house water lines?

["Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>]

> Hey, if they are good enough for the natural-gas inspector, they
> should be adequate for water.

Doesn't necessarily follow ... natural gas is something like 1/4 psi, while
water hammers can subject water valves to many hundreds of psi.  Just normal
water line pressure can be 400-500 times a natural gas line.

Randall