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        I have a slab foundation and need
        To move the refrigerator water line
        To the opposite wall can I run it
        In the attic and how would I do it?
         
        Posts: 26 | Registered: Aug 12, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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        in the warm desert, yes. in cold zones like Minnesota, emphatically heck, no. water line has to be run in a temperate zone or it will freeze out and flood you.

        you can cut a strip of drywall off walls, drill for flex line, run it from any likely location, put protector plates over those stud locations where you drilled in the water line, and rerock the wall.

        do NOT use those laughable "saddle valves" that put holes in your pipes. run a half inch line over to the fridge, use the correct shutoff that goes down to a quarter-inch compression fitting, and then your fridge connection. saddle valves are against code in many places, and against common sense everywhere.


        sig: if this is a new economy, how come they still want my old-fashioned money?
         
        Posts: 4689 | Location: North Burbs, MN | Registered: Mar 14, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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        Can you run it behind cabinets to get where you need to?
         
        Posts: 2424 | Registered: Apr 11, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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        It is on the other side of kitchen
         
        Posts: 26 | Registered: Aug 12, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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        up and over
        you can tape a heat trace line to the pipe
        its a wire that will keep the pipe warm
        heat trace it and insulate it.
         
        Posts: 3258 | Location: I live in southern mississippi | Registered: Jun 01, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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