Fridge Waterline Question

[Cbrace55]

Finally giving in to my wife and getting refrigerator with filtered water and ice maker. I don't have a shut-off built into the wall behind the fridge. Can I just drill a hole in the floor and run 1/4" PEX to a water line? Then cut the pipe and put in a "T". About a 15 foot run. Also, can I put a shutoff valve in pex.

 

[John Gayewski]

Yes.

 

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[Tuttles Revenge]

Yes. We prefer to have the shutoff valve accessible somewhere else besides behind the fridge. Our typical installation will be a shut off box behind the fridge, but that water is fed from the kitchen sink with a shutoff valve located there.

 

[Reach4]

1/4 inch PEX is pretty rare.

 

[Taylorjm]

1/4 inch PEX is pretty rare.

Yeah I wonder what he really means. 1/4" pex is 3/8" od. That's what I use for my ice maker line with john guest push fittings then reduce it down to 1/4" od copper behind the fridge.