American-Made Municipal Castings & Utility Infrastructure Products | Bass & Hays
Access Solutions
Every water main, sewer line, storm drain, and underground utility system in service today depends on access — the ability to reach what’s underground quickly, safely, and without excavation. The castings, enclosures, covers, and hardware that provide that access are not interchangeable commodities. They are precision-specified infrastructure components subject to load ratings, material certifications, state and federal and other compliance requirements, and dimensional standards that vary by application, jurisdiction, and funding source. Specifying the wrong product, or sourcing it from a supplier who can’t provide the documentation to back it up, creates problems that show up at inspection, in the field, and in the budget. That comes out of YOUR bottom line.
Bass & Hays Foundry has been supplying American-made utility infrastructure access solutions to waterworks contractors, municipal utilities, civil engineers, and public works departments across Texas and the Southwest since 1958. That’s over 68 years of experience. Products we stock are manufactured from certified USA-sourced materials and backed by the documentation your project requires — BABA, AIS, LEED, ASTM, AASHTO, and TxDOT. Our inventory is stocked on-site in Grand Prairie, Texas, and most orders ship same-day or next-day.
Our Product Lines
Service Boxes — Water meter boxes, gate valve boxes, and sanitary sewer cleanout assemblies in HDPE plastic, galvanized steel, concrete, and heavy-duty configurations. Residential through large commercial meter access, valve access, and sewer cleanout applications. Traffic-rated covers, locking lids, vault access, and replacement hardware stocked as individual components. 127 products.
Manhole Covers — Cast gray iron, ductile iron, and GMI composite manhole rings and covers in standard, reversible, watertight, and storm drain configurations. Sizes from 18″ through 40″. H-20 traffic-rated, TxDOT-approved, airport and port authority rated, and custom branded options. Riser rings, grade rings, and a full accessories line. 96 products.
Frames & Grates — Drainage frames and grates for area drains, trench applications, curb inlets, pipe outfalls, and manhole drainage in reversible frame, angle frame, and reversible ring configurations. Sizes from 9×9 through 48×48 and 12″ through 36″ round. H-20 rated, ADA-compliant, and TxDOT-approved 814 Series products stocked for immediate shipment. 99 products.
Curb Inlet Covers — Storm drain inlet rings and lids for curb inlet, pipe inlet, and storm sewer applications. Locking and non-locking options. TxDOT-approved covers with official TxDOT logo castings for state and locally administered roadway projects. ASTM and DOT compliant. Custom lettering and logos available. 61 products.
Specialty Items — Innovative and custom municipal utility access products such as locking access covers for traffic and non-traffic applications, aluminum and steel vault hatches and access doors, DURALAST® ADA approved detectable warning plates, custom fabricated steel covers and enclosures, traffic security bollards, and cast iron traffic buttons, plus products including custom fabrication capability for non-standard specifications. 90 products.
Tools & Accessories — Mary A® and Jake® manhole lid tools, locking key sets for every lid type in common use, riser rings, concrete grade rings, manhole steps, and a complete line of replacement parts and hardware for watertight systems, hinged covers, cleanout assemblies, and meter box enclosures. 24 products.
If you don’t find exactly what you need, ASK US. Put our 68 years of experience to work for you.
Why Bass & Hays? Because “We Got You Covered®”
We are not a national big-box distributor with a warehouse somewhere in a different time zone or another country. We are a multi-generation family owned and operated Texas company — from Grand Prairie, right in the heart of the DFW Metroplex — with a direct line you can call at 6:30 in the morning and reach a real person who knows the right products for your job, and can answer questions about your specific project. Someone who keeps up with and knows about the municipal and utility cover standards where you arer working. We’ve been doing this since 1958. We are members of APWA, TPWA, and NMRWA. Our products are in the ground across Texas, and the U.S. — in alley-ways, driveways, parking lots, streets, highways, subdivisions, municipal systems, and airports that have been in service for decades.
When you call Bass & Hays during business hours, a live human being answers the phone. Not a phone tree. Not a menu of options. Not an AI bot. A real human being who knows the products and understands the municipal applications, and can actually help you — right then, on that call. When you need a cover confirmed in stock, a submittal drawing pulled, or a compliance question answered before a job goes out the door, the last thing you should have to do is navigate is an automated system. After hours, we use voicemail to capture your message, and we return every call promptly when we open. That’s the commitment. It’s the way we’ve always done business, and it’s not something we’re planning to change.
That is our promise to you– no “BS” and no hassles. You can count on it. We got you covered®.
If your project requires federal funding compliance, we can help you produce the BABA and AIS or LEED paperwork. If it’s a TxDOT project, we stock the approved products and the submittal drawings. If you need a custom cover with your city seal cast into the lid, we do that too — and most orders do not require a minimum order to make it happen. We got you covered®.
Browse the categories above, download our catalog, call us at 1-800-258-2278 toll free or 972-263-1360 DFW metro, or contact us online. We’re open Monday through Friday, 6:30 AM to 4:00 PM CST. If you know what you need, we’ll get it moving. If you’re still working through the spec, we’ve got 67 years of product knowledge ready to help.
