When technicians at Kegonsa Plumbing run into shut-off valves that don’t work, they keep on working undeterred. Their solution is a Cold-Shot pipe freezing kit from General Pipe Cleaners.
“It’s great to have it as a backup when valves won’t turn off, which happens often enough,” says Lucas Elsing, owner of the Madison, Wisconsin-based company. “It’s very handy in emergencies where you have to get the water turned off.”Elsing recalls one condominium remodeling job that required changing out a shower valve. It was a simple enough job — except that there were no shut-off valves for the hot- and cold-water lines.“So
