Watts 1/2" 2T-M2 Brass & Tubular Washing Machine Hot Water Shut Off Valve

I contacted a plumber who said he would have to cut into the wall. So I bought this replacement washing machine shut off valve. It fit perfectly. As mentioned before: 1) You will need thicker o-rings to use this valve over your existing stems. Get #12 size o-rings 13/16 OD x5/8 ID x 3/32. 2) The flathead screws at the top are a beast to get off. I solved it easily by using a socket wrench with a flat head screw driver bit which gave me the leaverage needed and plenty of room to work. I did not need to cut the wall and will not use that plumber again!

I had a leaky 30 year old valve that looked very similar. I watched a few youtube videos on replacing this valve. Ordered this and it fit perfectly. As long as the threaded part of the original valve is in good shape, this goes on easily and no more leaks.Be careful removing the screws at the top of the valve because you need to o-ring type washers and they can fall out when taking the new valve apart.

Had to replace a leaky one. Just took this apart and used top section No leak.

Unable to seat without small leak and solved with adding 2 new O rings on each side instead of one.Works great, but my wife does not use shut off feature, oh well.

After finding that the present Watts valve that has been in there for 18 years started to leak, I called a plumber who advised it would be min 350.00 to come and repair. He was very busy and could not come for a week , but added that I could easily change it myself. I researched online and found that you can easily replace just the valve by shutting water, removing the 2 front screws and the value comes right off. Then remove the washers, replace them with the new washers and screw back on the new valve. Took 15 minutes and was surprisingly simple. Solid brass, exact replacement, very happy with product.

I tried another shutoff valve, but that valve had brackets at the bottom that conflicted with the nut on the ends of both inlet pipes. This shutoff valve worked perfectly. I did purchase the 200 assorted plumbing o-rings kit on Amazon that were recommended in another review. The #12 o-rings fit perfectly. Our washing machine operators are also very pleased. The earlier commenters were very helpful.

HAD A LEAKING OATEY WASHING MACHINE VALVE .THIS ONE FIT IT PERFECT WITHOUT OPENING UP THE WALL.I DID CHANGE TO THE THICKER O RINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE SAID TO DO.

It’s almost impossible to screw my fairly new hot and cold water hoses onto the new Watts water shutoff connections. When I get them on, they leak.I purchased new hoses and the same thing happens. Are the shutoff valve threads not compatible?I would not recommend buying this shutoff valve from this seller.

Purchased to replace my 20/30yr old Oatley that was leaking. Got the thicker 3/32” extra gaskets at Cdn.Tire - as per what the other reviewers mentioned to do for the old units. Fit perfectly, done in less than 10mins. No more leaking. Great product for my use.

This is exactly the valve system for our Washing Machine that was in installed when we had the house built in 1992.It is almost impossible to find a dual valve unit locally. This one was built in Peoria, AZ and took just over a week to arrive.Now installed it works perfectly.

Works well. I used this part to replace my existing shut off valve which was an Oatey from the 1980s. This one seemed to match and fit like a glove. I have copper pipes and wanted to avoid cutting/soldering, so I just unscrewed the top and removed the screw in back on the existing fitting. Fit great, but I needed to buy thicker o-rings which was mentioned in another review. $2 and a trip to Home Depot later, worked like a charm. No leaks and more importantly no soldering. Make sure to have extra o-rings on hand.

Having a hose burst while the washing machine is off and unattended is a risk. Being able to simply shut off the water supply via one handle is an excellent way of mitigating this risk. The only drawback is the human one which is that the user needs to remember to turn if off after the wash is done. I would have given a 5th star if there was something more visible to remind the user to turn it off after use.