BaseCo was founded by Dennis and Maura Buller. Dennis Buller, a licensed plumbing contractor, has specialized in the field of cross-connection control. As a Cross-connection Control Program Specialist, as well as a Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester, Dennis founded Taurus Engineering & Testing Service in January of 1993.
In the 17 years since that time, Dennis has conducted tens of thousands of cross-connection control surveys, hundreds of proof-of-separation tests (shutdown tests), and tested tens of thousands of backflow prevention assemblies. The products BaseCo produces at this time, and will develop and produce in the future, are the result of Dennis’ years in the field and his educational background in mechanical engineering.
Maura, an experienced quilter, brings to the company a knowledge of fabrics, sewing, cutting, and the myriad tasks necessary to acquire the appropriate materials and assemble them in the most efficient manner. She is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Backflow Specialty Equipment Company, Inc.
For many years, Taurus Engineering & Testing Service would not provide insulated cloth covers to its customers. The available covers were costly, not durable, and provided little protection. After some years, Taurus’ attention was drawn to a cover that was far more durable, and provided good protection.
Yet, the excellent cover Taurus provided its customers had some of the same design issues as the other covers. None of the available covers was tester friendly. Further, the covers known to be on the market only offered protection to heat transfer due to conduction and convection. The owner of Taurus, Dennis Buller, decided to design a cover that would offer an improvement over every cover on the market with better resistance to heat transfer, a durable UV resistant outer cover, and tester friendly construction.
The end result is an insulated cover with superb UV resistance that ensures the cover will have a long, attractive service life, excellent resistance to both heat loss and heat gain, and would make the backflow assembly technician’s job less time consuming.
Cozy™ backflow prevention assembly insulated covers are known as, “The Tester’s Choice®”. These covers can be locked in place while allowing the tester to service the backflow assembly. The grommets are large, to accommodate all locks, and are durable.
These are All Season covers. Because they have a radiant heat barrier, they reduce the heating that occurs in the summer when the sun’s radiant heat can result in very high temperatures within the cover and the assembly.
High temperatures accelerate the chemical deterioration of the resilient rubber components of backflow prevention assemblies. Even a modest reduction in temperatures will substantially reduce repair costs over the long term.
Most of the tools utilized by backflow prevention assembly technicians are adapted from other fields. Even the gauges are adaptations of gauges designed for other purposes. In the future, BaseCo will research, design, and produce tools to assist the technician in servicing backflow preventing assemblies in a more efficient manner.
BaseCo is prepared to provide you, the cross-connection control industry professional, and your customers with the very best support. |
