On 2007-05-10 10:55:37 -0400, "James" said:

I need to replace some gate valves in our boat and I was looking at
Apollo Ball valves. They say that they will work with thru-the-hulls.
Since thru-the-hulls have straight pipe threads and the ball valves
have tapered pipe threads I don't see how this is possible. Am I
missing something? I know that seacocks have both straight and tapered
threads but a seacock would probably be overkill in this case.

When I replaced ours, the thru-hulls were relatively cheap and I don't
lose any sleep at all.

At a bare minimum, though, re-caulk them.

Oh, and I forgot to mark the one about hard sealant: Please don't as
the next owner (or you) might want to take them apart to service them.

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Jere Lull
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