How To Install Refrigerator Water Line Pex

Pex is available in a variety of lengths from short 10 foot pieces for small repairs to rolls over 500 feet long which are used to install a home s entire water supply system.

How to install refrigerator water line pex. At the ice maker end of the newly added pex line if you had decided to run the distance with pex you would need to select the appropriate type of adapter. I decided to decline the 120 install for a water line to my fridge since i figure that s an easy enough job for me to tackle myself. The nice guy at sears sold me a 40 kit that includes 25 of copper tubing a saddle valve and a few compression fittings. 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.

I ll be showing both ways to install one as you may not be familiar with sweating copper pipe. An alternative method is to use a more conventional nylon tubing supply line toward the ice maker and connect that to the pex tubing with a integrated valve type t fitting like this. Connect the new supply line to the connection on the back of the refrigerator or appliance. Now there are convenient and less kink able 1 4 inch.

This video is for entertainment purposes only in this video i show you how i installed a flexible poly tubing line from my cold main water line to the ba. Attach the end of the water line to the connection point and use a wrench to tighten the nut. This could include a push to connect pex line that you simply push into the stop to the required depth or a flex hose that threads onto the stop. Running a water line to a refrigerator to supply its ice maker and drinking water dispenser has never been easier.

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 valve.