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Ice maker hook up

17 years ago

We're getting a refrigerator installed this weekend, and we're going to connect the ice maker installed in the freezer part of the refrigerator. We already have the water line with compression fitting recessed in the wall, but we never hooked up our old icemaker. What kind of tubing is better to buy for the ice maker--copper, plastic, or something else? The fridge sits on a soft pine floor, if that is any consideration, so we want the tubing least likely to leak.

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asolo
17 years ago
None of it will leak -- ever -- if installed properly. Do what you want but do it WELL!

Small job.....but don't mess with anything having to do with pressurized water unless you know what you're doing. The consequences are too great.

If it were my install, I'd use plastic with extra loop(s) in the line to allow for in/out of the fridge.
brickeyee
17 years ago
Copper prevent any odd pick up if anything gets on the line.

It is not very hard if you have a decent cut off valves for the existing stub.

'Saddle valves' are often a problem, if not when first installed, but later on if you ever need to close the valve.

A quarter turn valve is more reliable and will reliably shut off.
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