[quote=FlyerInHi]Flu, did you look at smart valves?

Here’s a retrofit kind your can integrate with your home automation.

Funny you should mention that. I was talking about this with a coworker last week. But more about sticking a flow meter on it…..

Things are still pretty expensive.. And fundamentally I am cheap…

I think the right solution is getting an actual electronic shutoff value, not using a motor to drive move a shutoff valve. After all, god knows what happens if the valve is stuck and a motor that sits on top of it just tries to force it close.

That said, I’m actually not someone totally into home automation. The way I look at it, the more automation you add, the more suspectible your exposing yourself to vulnerabilities. For things that don’t really matter (like monitoring), that’s fine.
I would never have a remotely controllable door lock into the house, for example.

Garage doors are fine since I don’t store anything valuable in a garage, and my cars are always locked even inside the garage. And the door into the house is also always locked and is an old school deadbolt. On top of that, I do have about 24 sensors connected to my burglar alarm. Each room has glass break, motion sensor, and door/window sensors for redundancy (I admit I went overboard), and I have cameras both inside and outside that triggers when anything crosses a perimeter well before anyone is close enough to any of the windows or doors..