I have a copper tube water supply line coming in thru the wall behind my fridge.

It used to supply my old fridge's icemaker.

I was told to use a plastic flex tube to connect the line to my new fridge.

Since the shutoff valve for the water supply is in my basement and not at the wall near my fridge, the folks who delivered my fridge refused to connect the line.

Of course, I connected the copper line directly to the icemaker myself. The result was that the icemaker did not work properly.

I now believe that I must connect the flex hose (which they provided me) in order for the icemaker to operate properly.

I now need to cut down the copper tubing coming thru the wall, install a shutoff valve, and connect the flex hosing from the shutoff valve to the icemaker at the back of the fridge.

I would like to do this with out soldering. I have been told I can do this using Sharkbite fittings.

How do I proceed with this project?

YOU don't.

The copper supply WILL work with the new fridge's icemaker.

Water does not care if it travels through copper or plastic.

either:

Hook it up yourself

or

Hire a plumber

HOWEVER

If you post a picture on this forum of what you actually have we will try to 'walk you through' the installation.

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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

Thanks for the reply.

I hooked up the copper tubing to my new fridge, even after they told me to use the flex hose.

After I turned the water supply back on (in the basement), I found that I had water coming in to the icemaker, but instead of a container full of beautifully formed ice cubes, I had a mess of frozen water everywhere.

I suppose, I could have taken delivery of a brand new refrigerator with a bad icemaker, but I thought maybe it was because I didn't use the recommended flex hose.

After the mess, I shut off the water and disconnected it and have gone old-school with ice cube trays.

I would like to install the flex hose to the copper tube with a shutoff valve between.



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the flex plastic tube (albeit 'covered' with S/S braid) is a step DOWN in quality

you can always add a compression valve to the existing copper tube behind the fridge

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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638