ʻīpuka ʻīpuka flange hoʻohana nui ʻia ka valve pani, ma ka ʻoihana wai, ka wai a me ka hoʻokahe wai, ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ʻōpala, ka ʻōnaehana wai o ke kūlanakauhale.

• mea ma'amau me ka wedge disk, e like me ka malu o ka noho puka valves.ʻO ka ʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka valve he metala ia, keleawe, keleawe, a i ʻole ke kila kila.
• ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka metala i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka meaʻai ʻo ia ke kūpono o ka valve no nā kūlana hana koʻikoʻi, a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke ola.
• ʻO ka wedge he ʻāpana mīkini ma kona ʻāpana waena e hāʻawi ana i ka maʻalahi i ka disc.
• Noho like nā kumu kū ʻole i ke kūlana inā ua hāmama a paʻa paha ka valve.Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā ʻūhā me nā kumu ala ʻole ma lalo o ka lepo a ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
• Hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumu i ka wā e wehe ai ka pahu a i lalo i ka wā e pani ai ka pahu e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike ʻike inā he holo a hemo paha.Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke kumu mai ka media kaʻina no ka lōʻihi o ke ola lawelawe ma mua o nā valve me kahi kumu ala ʻole.