How to Replace Leaking Washing Machine Water Shutoff Valves
In this video we show you How to Replace Leaking Washing Machine Water Shutoff Valves DIY. You might discover that your washing machine valves are leaking water. Sometimes people mistake it for their washer leaking water but the most likely culprit is your washer water valve. Over time the gasket inside your shut off valve dries and cracks and now you need a repair. This starts the washer water valve leaking on the washer water drain hose or it tricks you into thinking you have a washer hose leaking at wall.
✅ Washing machine shutoff valve tools used in this plumbing tips DIY video:
✅ Oatey 31400 black cloth Flame Protector 9-Inch x 12-Inch
Washing machine water valve replacement is easy for DIY people
Either way we like to always replace both the hoses and the washer shut off valves at the same time. You should change your washing machine hoses every 5 years especially if you see a washer hose dripping water, you wan't to repair that before it bursts.
Washer valve replacement repair
Sometimes when you change your washing machine hoses you'll discover that now you have a washer valve leak, because these washer shut off valves stay open all year round, then you just closed it and re-opened it again, which awoke the sleeping giant that is your dried out degenerated gasket inside the washer valve.
Shut off valve repair for your washing machine water supply
Sometimes you'll even find your washer valve stuck and you can't get it to open or close. As part of this shut off valve repair, it doe snot matter if you have a washing machine shut off valve stuck or you have washing machine valves, we still remove them the same way. If your washer water valve is soldered to the copper pipe coming out of the wall, we use a torch to melt the solder and pull the water shutoff valve off the pipe. Soon you will no longer have any washer water valve leaking, and no washer hose dripping water either.