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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue
Yes, my main concerns are:
1. Getting the old fridge out and the new one in. I know the delivery guys will do it for me, but still, I don't want to have to take doors off hinges and the like. No idea how the current fridge got into the kitchen, since we inherited it.
2. The cold water line for an icemaker. My current fridge doesn't have an automatic ice maker. Not only do I want one, but it's hard to find a decent fridge today that doesn't have one. Our fridge is not that close to our sink. I don't know if the installation guys will do it or if I will need to get a plumber.
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We had to buy a new fridge when we moved into our house 8 years ago.
We got one with an icemaker. Most places (Sears, Home Depot) sell a kit with all the necessities to make the connection.
2 options: run a line to the sink, or, drill through the floor to connect to a line in the basement (assuming your kitchen isn't in some odd location I guess).
Our sink is about 6 feet or so from where the fridge went. I wasn't real keen on the idea of drilling through the floor, not knowing what I might hit along the way.
The kit includes a saddle valve (I think that's the right term) and the copper tubing, along with the compression valves and other junk you need inside the line connecting to the fridge. Took me total time maybe an hour.
On a scalre of 1-10, 1 being I can't tie my shoes, 10 being my driver's license reads Bob Vila....I'm a 6 or so on the fix-it meter.
The only downsides I've found - the filters are sort of expensive. They recommend changing them every 3 months, but it's not like the water turns black. We've gone as long as 6 months, maybe more, without changing them without much noticeable difference.
And, if you have kids, and they learn to play with it, you find puddles on the floor alot.