Imagine that you had a pipe brake in your house but you had no idea until your water bill arrived. Unlike your house where the water leak would show up pretty quickly a faulty Reticulation solenoid can go unnoticed for a long time.

This is why we install a master valve. The master valve essentially works as a back up solenoid so if any of your station solenoids malfunction your retic wont continue to run and leak water. The master valve will only activate when any station solenoid is running.

The master valve should be installed directly of your mains cut in/one way check valve. This way there is minimal chance of having leaking water.

How do I know if I have a master valve?

Go to your control box and see if there is a wire coming from the master valve/pump connection.

Follow the wire if possible and you will locate your one-way check valve/isolation valve along with station solenoids.

still can’t find your solenoids and master valve. northend Reticulation & Turf has specially designed equipment to track wires and locate buried solenoids.

We also recommend that if you are un shore if you have a master valve or know that you don’t have one you move to get one installed asap as it can save you a lot of money and time in the future.

If you would like a quote on master valve installation click here to contact us.

Master solenoid coming straight of oneway check valve.