If you’ve watched Netflix’s Worst Neighbor Ever, specifically the episode covering the 2012 Richmond Hill explosion in Indianapolis (S01E02: “Midwest Meltdown”), you may have caught mention of a “Dante” valve among the pieces investigators found removed from the home before the blast.
If that sent you to search “Dante Valve” and you ended up here, we understand why. We also want to clear something up quickly and directly.
That valve has nothing to do with us.
Two Different Companies, One Unfortunate Name Overlap
The valve referenced in the episode is a quarter-turn gas ball valve manufactured by Dante Products, a company that makes fireplace log lighter valves, valve keys, and related hearth accessories for residential gas fireplaces.
We are Dante Valve — a different company, entirely. We manufacture relief valves for commercial, industrial, and military applications: naval systems, shipyards, and commercial/industrial customers who depend on precision, certified, mission-critical equipment. We have no ownership relationship, no manufacturing relationship, and no business relationship of any kind with Dante Products. We don’t make gas fireplace valves, and never have.
Why We’re Saying Something At All
Normally, we wouldn’t write a blog post just because a name showed up somewhere it shouldn’t. But this episode involves a real tragedy. Two people died in that explosion, and it was later found to be a deliberate act, not an accident. That’s not something we take lightly, and it’s not something we want to be casually or mistakenly associated with, for our sake or anyone else’s.
So if you’re searching for “Dante Valve house explosion” or “Dante Valve Worst Neighbor Ever” trying to figure out if this is us: it isn’t. We wanted that answer to be easy to find.
Who We Actually Are
At Dante Valve, we’ve spent decades building a reputation on doing one thing really well: manufacturing relief valves that people’s safety depends on. Our customers are engineers, shipyards, and military buyers who need equipment that meets exact specifications, holds up under massive pressure, and shows up on time. That’s the business we’re in: precision valves for people who can’t afford equipment that fails. Learn more about us here.
If you landed here from a search about the show, we hope this clears things up.
If you landed here because you’re actually looking for valve solutions for a military, naval, or industrial application, you’re in the right place — just for a very different reason. View our products or reach out online if you have any questions.