![]() Somehow I seem to raise questions that most people don't bother with. They agreed with me that the brass fitting, over time measured in years, will fail. Maybe they were out of them.Īfter Lowe's I went to a real plumbing store, but they too didn't have a solution, oddly. I looked for and didn't find the 3/8 OD to 1/4" MIP that would have let me reduce the number of junctions. I went back to Lowes today, and came away empty handed. Even if your connections are perfect, the ones inside the appliance are made by the lowest bidder. ![]() Just a thought, as those little drips from multiple connections that weren't quite perfect add up over time. ) and the most expensive was around $50k (paid by insurance, as it was a hose-bib issue in a condo and the condo was required to maintain everything outside of the inside of the dwelling (whew for him!!!!) The cheapest fix was $5k, with much of the work being done by the homeowner (me. done by a professional when the house was built) or appliances like the fridge, dishwasher, garbage disposal etc. I'm not the most social person, but I know 6 people who have had water damage from either in-wall plumbing (i.e. Water can cause really annoying and expensive damage. In my opinion, regardless of the solution, see if there is a good way to put a tray (or at least block off the perimeter of the fridge with a little curb) to trap water and put an audible water alert sensor in the tray. WTH? Why is this so complicated? And so many joints introduce lots of failure modes. ![]() I have to use three pieces: a valve with 3/8 push on both ends, then a short length of 3/8, then a 3/8 push to 1/4 MIP, then a 1/4 MIP to 1/4 compression adapter. I would assume there should be exactly this piece for sale, as my situation of replacing old fridge is hardly unique.īit apparently they don't make a 3/8 push to 1/4 comp valve. So I need to adapt my 3/8 feed line to 1/4" compression fittings, with a valve in there. The NEW fridge comes with a screw port for 1/4" compression fittings, and will arrive with a 6 foot stainless hose with the compression fittings (female) on both ends. There's a simple coupler valve using push connect fittings to connect the plastic tubing that is part of the fridge. The ice maker in it is fed by my reverse osmosis water system that uses 3/8" OD PET tubing. It will go to light duty to serve out its remaining time. Old fridge goes into the garage.Īnyway, the old fridge is over two decades old and has been a reliable workhorse. This is just a mini rant in my "why is everything I do so much harder than it should be?" Series.
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