Ice Maker Saddle Valve Pex

Pex ice maker installation kit 25 feet of tubing for appliance water lines with self piercing saddle valve for quick installation 1 4 compression fittings flexible hose for potable drinking water brand.

Ice maker saddle valve pex. No soldering or plumbing skills. Everything you need to connect the water supply line to your ice maker. I would assume pex because it has a memory would just close up the hole when. Can i mount a saddle valve on the pex for an ice maker line only if you have a strong desire for a plumber to do work at your house.

Packy ma i recently did an install and my local supply house carried a tee that was 5 8 x 5 8 x 1 4. In this plumbing tutorial i show you how to install a saddle valve on a water supply pipe. Includes 25 of 1 4 o d. Self piercing saddle valves are designed to fit on copper or brass pipes and cannot be used with pex water pipe according to natural handyman.

Pex a saddle valve works by poking a hole in the pipe. Polyethylene tubing 1 each 1 4 union 2 each 1 4 delrin sleeves 2 each 1 4 brass inserts and 1 each self tapping saddle valve to fit. And installing a saddle valve on a cooper pipe. 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 fitting s to allow connection of the small diameter ice maker line.

Saddle valves and pex author. A cheap and easy way to connect a waterline to a refrigerator ice maker. Js jackson supplies 4 6 out of 5 stars 126 ratings. With copper the hole is a distortion of the pipe and it remains after the needle is withdrawn.

It had those ends that are like sharkbites. Most saddle valves are designed to work with standard rigid copper pipes they are not recommended for pvc cpvc or pex plastic pipe. A refrigerator water shut off valve should be installed on a cold water pipe because you don t want to feed your ice maker or water dispenser with hot water.