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JoshuaCook1217 (MI)
This is my first time EVER doing anything with plumbing but after being quoted $200 from a plumber, I figured I should learn a couple things.
I have PEX piping running on my basement ceiling (I need to measure it to find out if it's 1/2 or 3/4). I want to install a water line so I can use the ice maker on the fridge which is DIRECTLY below the line.
What tools/kits will I need??? If possible, please post one for 1/2 inch and one for 3/4 inch. I have had trouble looking for 3/4 kits, but I am not even sure if I need a kit.
Most of the things I have found online don't show you how to cut into PEX piping to install a line, only copper.
Thanks in advance!!
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
3/4" X 3/4" X 1/2" pex tee, 1/2" X 1/8" brass 1/4 turn ball valve, 1/8" copper tubing. Assuming you have a 3/4" main line. Drop the pex down behind the refrigerator, and install an icemaker box, which will have 1/2" pex X 1/8" compression ball valve. Use enough copper tubing so that there's enough slack to pull the refrigerator out from the wall 3 or 4 feet.
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JoshuaCook1217 (MI)
Thank you! Very informative!! Since it's a basement fridge, and the section of the basement my fridge is in has no drywall, I can skip the ice maker box, correct? Sorry if it's a dumb question. Really new to DIY and trying to learn!!
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
I usually use a box anyway. It contains the valve you need and it is easily secured to the wall or cinderblocks. It makes for a neat secure connection.
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packy (MA)
if you have 1/2 inch pex within 15 or so feet from the fridge, all you need is a kit from the big box store. everything is included. you just need to make a neat cut in the pex, slip on the tee which has a 1/4 inch shutoff built in. everything is push fit so no special tools needed.
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JoshuaCook1217 (MI)
It is 3/4 inch PEX (just measured last night)...so no kit for me
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