"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> Getting water to the fridge for an ice maker is the easiest part, it's
>> just
>> a small flexible plastic tube that can be fished throught cabinets if
>> need
>> be, in fact you don't want to bury it so that it is inaccessable in case
>> it
>> needs replacement... and the water can be tapped from any cold water
>> pipe,
>> whichever is nearest, perhaps a bathroom. It's really a job that the
>> homeowner can do themself, you don't even need any tools, why pay a
>> plumber.
>
> Not a good idea. It should be a plumbed-in metal
> connection, otherwise it will leak or burst someday.
> Several years ago, the late radio commentator Paul Harvey
> disappeared for a few days while others substituted for him
> on his radio show. When he reappeared, he explained that
> he had a second house, and the water line to the automatic
> ice maker in the refrigerator broke, causing tens of
> thousands of dollars worth of damage while the house was
> unoccupied. He recommended that if you have one of
> these things, you make it a metal connection.

He would have had the same damage had he been there... obviously the
connection was made incorrectly. And with such a small diameter pinhole
connection the water pressure isn't more than one can ****.

> And your advice seems to go against what you said
> a few months ago, he
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...n&dmode=source

What does installing a sink faucet have to do with connecting an icemaker,
nothing you schizoid.