How To Install Refrigerator Water Line Kit

Tapping a sink without a valve.

How to install refrigerator water line kit. Remove the parts from the packaging. Pex tubing and fittings. You may have to drill a hole through the wall or the floor if needed to get the other end to the water valve. Start the line from the refrigerator but do not install it onto the fridge yet.

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. Install one end of the line on the refrigerator by threading the line through the nut adding one of the brass ferrules to the line and screwing the nut in place on the refrigerator valve. Ensure the valves inlets. Water line must be connected to potable water only if the refrigerator is installed in area with low water pressure below 20psi a booster pump should be installed to compensate for the low pressure a universal water supply kit is available at extra cost from the dealer.

We recommend you get a 1 4 inch copper tubing kit which should include 1 4 inch copper tubing a 1 4 inch compression nut and a ferrule. Running a water line to a refrigerator to supply its ice maker and drinking water dispenser has never been easier. The water supply line is not included with the refrigerator and is typically sold as a kit at your local hardware store if you don t have one already installed in your home. Use either a self tap saddle valve or a tee stop valve.

Now there are convenient and less kink able 1 4 inch. 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. Whirlpool refrigerator water supply kit fits most major refrigerator brands. 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.

Connect the refrigerator water line to the third outlet of the tee fitting.