How To Install Refrigerator Water Line Under Sink

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How to install refrigerator water line under sink. Cut the supply line with a pipe cutter leaving enough room between the escutcheon plate and the cut to allow installation of the valve fitting. Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool. Connect the sink water supply line to the tee fitting. Examine the space under your cabinet to determine the route you should take with the flexible water line.

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. Thread the water line included in the ice maker installation kit from the area behind the refrigerator to beneath the sink. 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. Leave the excess water line behind the refrigerator.

If the line is just being replaced unscrew the brass nut on the valve for the old icemaker line under the sink and remove the line. How to correctly run a water supply line to your refrigerator or ice maker. I removed the existing line from the refrigerator by unscrewing the brass nut holding the water line in the valve. Connect the refrigerator water line to the third outlet of the tee fitting.

We removed the drainpipes to clearly show this project be sure to keep the tubing. 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. The line is generally located at the lower right edge of the back of the refrigerator.

Working on the kitchen. Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve. Plan to run the line along the bottom of the cabinet in as straight a line as possible. 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.

Check out our how to hook up a gas stove video here. Open the faucet to drain the line. When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so. Place a bucket under the old valve.