Use either a self tap saddle valve or a tee stop valve.
Water line coupler fridge.
To hook up a refrigerator ice maker you will need to connect a line of plastic or copper tubing to a cold water line to carry water to.
Once you re outside the last cabinet don t attach any clamps.
Running a water line to a refrigerator to supply its ice maker and drinking water dispenser has never been easier.
How to head off damage from a leaky refrigerator water line.
Refrigerator water line to the stop valve with a compression joint.
If you aren t sure what caused a puddle under the refrigerator pull it away from the wall and check the water line.
A pinhole leak in the refrigerator water line slowly soaks drywall warps baseboards and even damages the subfloor these tips can help minimize the chances of dealing with a flooded kitchen and water damage cleanup.
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Fittings needed to connect an ice maker to plastic tubing.
If your sink does not have a shut off valve you will have to tap the line through the sink s piping and install a valve for the refrigerator water line.
Tapping a sink without a valve.
At one time this was typically done with 1 4 inch bendable copper tubing that was snaked from the refrigerator to the nearest source of water and tapped into the water line using a saddle valve or other type of fitting.
These push fittings are easy to use and do the job just fine but if you re looking for a more durable option i suggest using compression fittings.
Now there are convenient and less kink able 1 4 inch.
Next attach the 1 4 in.
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Then attach the tubing to the back of the cabinets every 2 to 4 ft.
Connect the refrigerator water line to the third outlet of the tee fitting.
To be able to connect the line from the refrigerator to your closest cold water supply line you ll either need a push fitting or a dedicated tee with a sweat on valve 1 2 male sweat shut off.
In this video i ll show you step by step how to install a water line to your refrigerator for an ice maker or simply for a drinking water supply.
This video show you how to disconnect a water line if you need to change out the hose or if your moving the fridge.