1/2″ PEX Ball Valve with Drain — Lead-Free Brass Stop & Waste, F1807 Crimp

Come the first hard freeze, the line that matters is the one you can't drain — and that's what the bleeder cap on this valve solves. Shut the quarter-turn lever, crack the side waste port, and the downstream run empties into a bucket instead of splitting a pipe behind the drywall. It's the same move for servicing a fixture: isolate, drain the captive water, work dry. The body is forged from lead-free DZR brass rather than cast, so it resists dezincification in aggressive water and carries no casting pinholes, and the full-port bore passes the tubing's full diameter with no flow restriction. F1807 barbed ends crimp to PEX-A, PEX-B, and PEX-C with a copper ring or stainless pinch clamp, and a blow-out-proof stem with double O-ring packing keeps the handle dry through years of seasonal cycling. One fitting handles the winterizing shut-off, the zone isolation, and the service stop.