Thread 2927576 - /diy/

Anonymous
6/29/2025, 3:56:52 PM No.2927576
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I've never done any plumbing before
I need to run a water line to my fridge for an ice maker.
This supply is right behind the fridge, but on the other side of a wall.

Is there any reason I shouldn't just run a braided steel line right through the wall? I know that's kinda hacky but the holes would be behind a toilet and behind a fridge so who cares.

Also, please verify that I've ordered the correct parts - more pictures incoming
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 3:57:46 PM No.2927577
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This is what's on the fridge. The manual says "1/4 compression or flare" so I'm assuming this is 1/4" NPT, right?
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 3:58:20 PM No.2927578
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This is the Tee fitting I ordered for the supply line
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 3:58:50 PM No.2927579
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This is the line I ordered from the Tee to the fridge
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 4:03:45 PM No.2927582
>>2927576 (OP)
btw this nut measured a bit over 16mm, so I'm just assuming it's 3/8 and I'm also assuming these fittings are measured by the hardware rather than the line OD, please correct me if I'm wrong
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 5:34:12 PM No.2927600
you could unscrew the toilet line and measure the thread
Anonymous
6/29/2025, 5:58:49 PM No.2927602
should work fine bud, i'd get a longer supply line though so it's easier to move the fridge and get behind it
you don't need tape/dope with compression fittings
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 5:59:50 PM No.2927603
>>2927602
also identify your house shutoff before you start working in case that gate valve fails, pretty common
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 6:07:53 PM No.2927607
>>2927577
If you're burger then it should be NPT.
>>2927582
The gauge is always given by the thread, with the exception of solid pipe sections, those can be a bit fuckier.
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Anonymous
6/30/2025, 3:15:27 AM No.2927731
>>2927602
>>2927607
thanks guys, I appreciate the sanity check
Anonymous
6/30/2025, 6:34:11 AM No.2927753
>>2927579
If you don't have access to the side of the fridge while it is in it's final position, is a 5' line long enough to pull it away from the wall and get access?
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Anonymous
6/30/2025, 9:46:01 PM No.2927941
>>2927753
The side of the fridge with the water inlet is completely open to the kitchen so it should be fine
Anonymous
7/2/2025, 10:50:23 AM No.2928340
What is this called and is it sold on its own
What is this called and is it sold on its own
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>>2927576 (OP)
there is no stupid questions thread, so i ask here
What is this called? Is it sold on its own? the store told me its not sold on its and would not even tell me what its called. Mercy.
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 4:16:13 AM No.2928572
>>2928340
what is it from? looks like and adaptable aerator
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 8:46:12 AM No.2928618
>>2928572
>adaptable aerator
a connector from a bathroom faucet/shower mix. You connect the hose for the shower "pistol." I had this but the small part above got stuck from the salt deposits and i have to find a new one in order to make the shower usable again, and the faucet.
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 9:06:25 AM No.2928622
I have a question.

I want to replace the valve on an old side entry toilet, but the outside of it isn't really accessible - I can barely touch the outside nut with my fingers. Huge problems with it.

Could I thread it on the outside nut from the inside just by turning the valve itself or am I incredibly retarded and it would never work?
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 1:39:30 PM No.2928671
>>2928622
depends on what type of valve it is.
youd have to post a picture.
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:39:41 PM No.2928718
>>2927576 (OP)
can you not get under the floor find the pipe and go up again on the fridge side? usually fridges are tapped with a saddle valve and use 1/4" plastic tube.
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 8:25:57 PM No.2928741
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>>2928671
It's a bit of a shitshow right now, I have another toilet that's much more respectable so this one has been neglected.

Problems started when water started to come up over the relief valve and I would have to try to bend the arm of the floating device to adjust it, though it was tricky to get it right and not end up with it too low. There was no other way to adjust it. A few days ago with too much force applied to the valve it simply came apart.

The screwdriver is holding up the arm of the float device as it's the only way I could get it to shut off. There is no isolation valve anywhere - I tried to see if I could twist that indent you see with a screwdriver and could maybe shut it off that way but it's not possible. And yes it has to be that high and in that position despite how the floating device never went remotely that high. It actually took about 20 minutes for me to get it in that position to stop the valve. There is no way to turn off the valve otherwise except to go out in the road and turn it off there which turns off the water for not only the whole house but the farm also - old houses man. I've purchased isolation valves though I really don't know where they would go.

That nut there - should that go clockwise from this perspective side open it and take it off? That's how the analogous nut on my new device would go. Maybe I could try to hold the nut at the other end in place with my fingers while I unscrew this one. I genuinely have no idea how you would ever get to the other nuts, it's in a hole in a wooden panel, with a drainpipe and other pipes and electrical wire around. It's like they put it in first and then did everything else on top of it - drainpipe, other plumbing, electrical wires - all built on top of it and now no proper access to it.
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:09:15 AM No.2928792
>>2928741
please zoom out
>>2928618
your faucet and shower are connected by this? what? post some actual pictures
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:46:34 AM No.2928897
bath shower-faucet
bath shower-faucet
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>>2928792
its this type
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Anonymous
7/6/2025, 3:10:51 AM No.2929268
>>2928897
what the fuck is that
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Anonymous
7/6/2025, 12:49:09 PM No.2929325
>>2929268
bathroom faucet plus shower connector for hot/cold water.
Anonymous
7/6/2025, 1:49:57 PM No.2929329
>>2928340
Barrel nipple. Or search along those lines. Probly 1/2"
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Anonymous
7/7/2025, 12:11:45 AM No.2929409
>>2927577
Compression threads are different from NPT.

The supply line you got is compression thread.

So you accidentally got the right thing.

The tee you got will work with both lines out, but not line in. No idea what size it is, but clearly not only 1/8ths larger in size.
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 12:13:20 AM No.2929410
>>2928340
aerator to garden hose adapter. Theres like 6 different common size bizzarre threads for aerators. so good luck buying the correct one the first time.
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Anonymous
7/7/2025, 11:15:26 AM No.2929534
>>2929329
>aerator to garden hose adapter.
>>2929410
thanks
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 4:47:31 PM No.2929576
>>2928718
>usually fridges are tapped with a saddle valve
Only by hacks that don't know any better.
>>2927578
Good on you anon, that's the proper way to do this, not a saddle valve. As for
>Is there any reason I shouldn't just run a braided steel line right through the wall?
It's possibly against code in your area. The "totally correct" way would be to pull the valve, solder a copper T on, replace the valve and use the other port to run a pipe through the wall with a valve on the other side. That said, as long as you keep an eye out for signs of water, the braided hose shouldn't be an issue, and reverting back to compliance if/when you sell would be as simple as yanking the hose and T back off and patching the drywall.
Anonymous
7/8/2025, 6:27:29 PM No.2929842
>>2927603
This and verify the house shut off valve works too....

Find the supply line outside too, had a few jobs that needed all three off to mostly stop the water....
Anonymous
7/8/2025, 6:53:34 PM No.2929847
>>2928718
>saddle valve
You know those are against code pretty much everywhere, and for good reason, right?
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Anonymous
7/8/2025, 7:39:22 PM No.2929858
>>2929847
They are only against code because retards kept trying to use them in PEX instead of copper, as God in ten did.
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Anonymous
7/8/2025, 10:35:49 PM No.2929882
>>2929858
They've been against code for far longer than PEX has been popular.
Anonymous
7/9/2025, 7:49:31 AM No.2929980
>>2927576 (OP)
>line right through the wall
I did that with cable for my neighbor years ago when I was staying in an apartment waiting to sell / buy a house. He was poor as it gets, but really nice dude. From one closet to the other. Nobody was the wiser.
Anonymous
7/10/2025, 5:07:27 AM No.2930206
>>2927576 (OP)
Thatll work just fine, get a longer supply line to the fridge though if you ever need to pull it out
Anonymous
7/10/2025, 5:45:26 PM No.2930329
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>>2928741
As soon as an oil toilet gives me issues I just swap in one of these, replace the whole fill valve and the drain flap, they're cheap at the big box stores.
Anonymous
7/16/2025, 4:19:31 AM No.2931754
>>2927576 (OP)
Do what ever you want bro
Anonymous
7/18/2025, 8:27:07 AM No.2932325
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>>2929268
shower faucet