JHZR2
Staff member
Hello,
Our refrigerator has water service for ice and water supply. We recentrly had to pull the refrigerator for service, and found that the water supply valve that is tapped into the pipe in our basement is not shutting off fully. Because of this, Ive lost confidence and want to replace. The pipe is plastic, looks like nylon, PEX or something like this. Quite long run too...
The thing that is installed into our pipe looks somewhat like the clamp-on water pipe ground attachments. It has two screws which are tightened down to connect the item to the pipe. The actual valve is just a very small thing, which sits on some sort of a soft rubber o-ring to maintain the seal. I think this is a saddle valve.
Im going to shut down the water supply, pull the thing off and hopefully replace it with an identical item. Any recommendations of how to be sure to have success? This doesnt seem like a big deal so long as the new stuff is lined up and inline with the old hole.
Is this thought process right? Am I better off installing something else? Ultimately I'd prefer to tee off of the water line, install a ball valve to shut off completely, and then just cap a length of pipe that would be tapped. Not sure if that is the most prudent either though...
Thanks!
Our refrigerator has water service for ice and water supply. We recentrly had to pull the refrigerator for service, and found that the water supply valve that is tapped into the pipe in our basement is not shutting off fully. Because of this, Ive lost confidence and want to replace. The pipe is plastic, looks like nylon, PEX or something like this. Quite long run too...
The thing that is installed into our pipe looks somewhat like the clamp-on water pipe ground attachments. It has two screws which are tightened down to connect the item to the pipe. The actual valve is just a very small thing, which sits on some sort of a soft rubber o-ring to maintain the seal. I think this is a saddle valve.
Im going to shut down the water supply, pull the thing off and hopefully replace it with an identical item. Any recommendations of how to be sure to have success? This doesnt seem like a big deal so long as the new stuff is lined up and inline with the old hole.
Is this thought process right? Am I better off installing something else? Ultimately I'd prefer to tee off of the water line, install a ball valve to shut off completely, and then just cap a length of pipe that would be tapped. Not sure if that is the most prudent either though...
Thanks!