A valve box platform is disclosed. The valve box platform may include a peripheral wall having a receiving surface for receiving a valve box. A first recess may be positioned within the peripheral wall. The first recess may include a knockout portion selectively disclosed therein. The peripheral wal
A valve box platform is disclosed. The valve box platform may include a peripheral wall having a receiving surface for receiving a valve box. A first recess may be positioned within the peripheral wall. The first recess may include a knockout portion selectively disclosed therein. The peripheral wall may also include a U-shaped recess having a rounded receiving portion with the U-shaped recess being aligned with the first recess.
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1. A valve box platform comprising: a width axis extending along a width of the valve box platform, a length axis extending along a length of the valve box platform and a height axis extending along a height of the valve box platform, the length axis being perpendicular to the height axis and the wi
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A valve box platform comprising: a width axis extending along a width of the valve box platform, a length axis extending along a length of the valve box platform and a height axis extending along a height of the valve box platform, the length axis being perpendicular to the height axis and the width axis, the height axis being perpendicular to the width axis and the length axis, the width axis being perpendicular to the length axis and the height axis;a narrow end;a wide base, the wide base being positioned opposite the narrow end along the height axis, the wide base being wider than the narrow end along at least the width axis;a peripheral wall having a receiving surface sized and shaped for receiving a valve box, the peripheral wall having an outward-facing surface and an inward-facing surface, the peripheral wall further having a first side and a second side, the peripheral wall extending about a central region of the valve box platform, the central region comprising at least one support bar, the central region being intermediate the first side and the second side of the peripheral wall along the width axis, an intervening peripheral space positioned intermediate the inward-facing surface and the outward-facing surface, the intervening peripheral space extending about the central region, the receiving surface being positioned on the narrow end;a first recess in the outward-facing surface of the first side of the peripheral wall;a U-shaped recess in the inward-facing surface of the first side of the peripheral wall, the U-shaped recess having an open end, two opposing edges and a rounded portion intermediate the two opposing edges along the length axis, the two opposing edges intermediate the open end and the rounded portion along the height axis, the rounded portion intermediate the two opposing edges and the wide base along the height axis, the U-shaped recess spaced apart from the first recess along the width axis; anda knockout portion positioned within and selectively removable from first recess, the U-shaped recess being aligned with the first recess such that a linear conduit may simultaneously be positioned within both the first recess and the U-shaped recess if the knockout portion is removed from the first recess. 2. The valve box platform of claim 1, wherein the first recess comprises an open end, opposing terminal edges, and a transitional portion, the opposing terminal edges being intermediate and the open end and the transitional portion along the height axis, the transitional portion being intermediate the opposing terminal edges and the wide base along the height axis. 3. The valve box platform of claim 2, wherein an area intermediate the transitional portion of the first recess and the rounded portion of the U-shaped recess along the width axis is open and devoid of material. 4. The valve box platform of claim 2, wherein the open end of the first recess and the open end of the U-shaped recess define an open space in the receiving surface. 5. The valve box platform of claim 1, wherein the knockout portion, if not removed from the first recess, is coplanar with immediately adjacent portions of the outward-facing surface. 6. The valve box platform of claim 1, wherein the at least one support bar is selected from a group consisting of a manifold support bar, a main line cross-support bar and a sprinkler line cross-support bar. 7. The valve box platform of claim 1, further comprising one or more internal supports positioned within the intervening peripheral space. 8. The valve box platform of claim 1, wherein the intervening peripheral space comprises an open end and is sized and shaped such that a narrow end of a second valve box platform of a same configuration as the valve box platform may be positioned within the intervening peripheral space through the open end of the intervening peripheral space. 9. The valve box platform of claim 1, wherein the first recess is of a different shape than the U-shaped recess. 10. A valve box platform comprising: a width axis extending along a width of the valve box platform, a length axis extending along a length of the valve box platform and a height axis extending along a height of the valve box platform, the length axis being perpendicular to the height axis and the width axis, the height axis being perpendicular to the width axis and the length axis, the width axis being perpendicular to the length axis and the height axis;a narrow end;a wide base, the wide base being positioned opposite the narrow end along the height axis, the wide base being wider than the narrow end along at least the length axis;a peripheral wall having a receiving surface sized and shaped for receiving a valve box, the peripheral wall having an outward-facing surface and an inward-facing surface, the peripheral wall further having a first side and a second side, the peripheral wall extending about a central region of the valve box platform, the central region comprising at least one support bar, the central region being intermediate the first side and the second side of the peripheral wall along the length axis, an intervening peripheral space positioned intermediate the inward-facing surface and the outward-facing surface, the intervening peripheral space extending about the central region, the receiving surface being positioned on the narrow end;a first recess in the outward-facing surface of the first side of the peripheral wall;a U-shaped recess in the inward-facing surface of the first side of the peripheral wall, U-shaped recess having an open end, two opposing edges and a rounded portion intermediate the two opposing edges along the width axis, the two opposing edges being intermediate the open end and the rounded portion along the height axis, the rounded portion being intermediate the two opposing edges and the wide base along the height axis, the U-shaped recess being spaced apart from the first recess along the length axis; anda knockout portion positioned within and selectively removable from the first recess, the U-shaped recess being aligned with the first recess such that a linear conduit may simultaneously be positioned within both the first recess and the U-shaped recess if the knockout portion is removed from the first recess. 11. The valve box platform of claim 10, wherein the first recess comprises an open end, opposing terminal edges, and a transitional portion, the opposing terminal edges being intermediate the open end and the transitional portion along the height axis, the transitional portion being intermediate the opposing terminal edges and the wide base along the height axis. 12. The valve box platform of claim 11, wherein an area intermediate the transitional portion of the first recess and the rounded portion of the U-shaped recess along the length axis is open and devoid of material. 13. The valve box platform of claim 10, wherein the knockout portion, if not removed from the first recess, is coplanar with immediately adjacent portions of the outward-facing surface. 14. The valve box platform of claim 10, wherein the intervening peripheral space comprises a narrowing cavity. 15. The valve box platform of claim 10, wherein the intervening peripheral space comprises an open end positioned at the wide base along the height axis. 16. The valve box platform of claim 10, wherein the intervening peripheral space comprises an open end and is sized and shaped such that a narrow end of a second valve box platform of a same configuration as the valve box platform may be positioned within the intervening peripheral space through the open end of the intervening peripheral space. 17. A valve box platform comprising: a width axis extending along a width of the valve box platform and a height axis extending along a height of the valve box platform, the height axis being perpendicular to the width axis;a narrow end;a wide base, the wide base being positioned opposite the narrow end along the height axis, the wide base being wider than the narrow end along at least the width axis;a peripheral wall having a receiving surface sized and shaped for receiving a valve box, the peripheral wall having an outward-facing surface and an inward-facing surface, the peripheral wall further having a first side and a second side, the peripheral wall extending about a central region of the valve box platform, the central region being intermediate the first side and the second side of the peripheral wall along the width axis, an intervening peripheral space positioned intermediate the inward-facing surface and the outward-facing surface, the intervening peripheral space extending about the central region, the receiving surface being positioned on the narrow end;a first recess in the outward-facing surface of the first side of the peripheral wall;a second recess in the inward-facing surface of the first side of the peripheral wall, either the first recess or the second recess comprising a U-shaped recess having an open end, two opposing edges and a rounded portion intermediate the two opposing edges, the two opposing edges intermediate the open end and the rounded portion along the height axis, the rounded portion intermediate the two opposing edges and the wide base along the height axis, the second recess spaced apart from the first recess along the width axis; anda knockout portion positioned within and selectively removable from first recess, the U-shaped recess being aligned with the first recess such that a linear conduit may simultaneously be positioned within both the first recess and the U-shaped recess if the knockout portion is removed from the first recess. 18. The valve box platform of claim 17, wherein the first recess and the second recess are of a different shape. 19. The valve box platform of claim 17, wherein the intervening peripheral space comprises an open end positioned at the wide base along the height axis. 20. The valve box platform of claim 17, wherein the intervening peripheral space comprises an open end and is sized and shaped such that a narrow end of a second valve box platform of a same configuration as the valve box platform may be positioned within the intervening peripheral space through the open end of the intervening peripheral space.
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