Backflow Prevention in Orlando
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Backflow prevention devices protect your home’s access to clean water. When they work as designed, the device keeps the dirty water away from your home so that it does not flow back into your pipes and contaminate your water supply. Ace Solves It All can handle any issue you’ve encountered with your backflow prevention device. We can also complete an installation of this device to your plumbing if you don’t have one yet.
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Prevent Water Contamination in Orlando
In Orlando, most homes are legally required to have a working backflow prevention device. Each county determines specific laws for its residents. Orange and Osceola Counties require backflow prevention devices to prevent contaminated water from crossing into your drinking water.
These devices must have installations anywhere there is a risk of cross-contamination. These places can include hose water, sprinklers, and other outdoor irrigation systems. You would not want your sprinkler water to wash dirt back into your home or your hose to suck toxins back into your drinking water.
Many methods of backflow prevention exist, such as:
- Air gap: A non-mechanical backflow preventer designed to create an open vertical space between a valve or faucet and any place that can collect contaminated water, such as a sink.
- Check valves: Also known as a one-way valve or non-return valve, this type of backflow preventer is designed to let water flow through it in a single direction.
- Vacuum breakers: A small plastic disc that is commonly attached to a toilet or urinal flush valve to prevent water from flowing backward to your clean water supply.
- Pressure assemblies: This type of backflow preventer is usually installed in sprinkler systems to prevent the non-potable water from backing into your clean water.
The type of device you require will depend on the specifics of your residence. Many homes use the air gap or check valve system, though other devices are appropriate and sufficient in certain circumstances.
For backflow prevention services you can trust, look no further than our plumbing team at Ace Solves It All—call (407) 499-8006.