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Old 11-13-2015, 08:27 AM   #49
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FF I like your if it's worth doing, it's worth over doing attitude. In this case I'd feel very safe with the flange bolted to the plate with out through bolts.
An awful lot of people get away with just screwing a ball valve on the end of a thru-hull fitting and it's pretty rare to have one break.
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