How difficult/expensive to move a refrigerator and it's water line?

[Judy in Austin]

Doing a conservative renovation in my kitchen and one thing I'd like to do
is move my refrigerator but it has it's water line already hooked up to
it. I just want to push it down about 5 feet - would that be terribly
difficult? I assume the water line is running through the wall that's
behind the unit and behind where I want it to go - you think? Thanks for
any advice.

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[micky]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:44:01 +0000, Judy in Austin
<caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:

>Doing a conservative renovation in my kitchen and one thing I'd like to do

You Texans won't even do a liberal renovation.

>is move my refrigerator but it has it's water line already hooked up to
>it. I just want to push it down about 5 feet - would that be terribly
>difficult?

Probably not. Certainly not difficult enough to warrant not moving
the fridge if that's part of the plan.

>I assume the water line is running through the wall that's
>behind the unit and behind where I want it to go - you think? Thanks for
>any advice.

My brother lived in two houses in Texas. Neither had a basement, but
both had a slab. So you probably don't have a basement either, right?

There might be enough slack in the line to reach the new location. Let
me rephrase. They put in enough slack so you can pull your fridge out
from the wall, and that is almost surely enough to reach the new
location. But if you put cabinets next to the new location, between
old and new locations, there probably is't enough slack to reach the new
location and also pull the fridge away from the wall. (You can't just
move it sideways to where it was to gain use of the slack again.)

What's behind that wall? a place where the copper tubing is connected?

You are using copper, arent' you? Strangely, a lot of things come
polyethylene tubing (plastic, halfway between clear and white) even
though no one should use that. It will spring a leak all by itself.
Get copper. You won't need a flaring or other special tool. They also
sell ends that go one with regular tools.

You can replace the length you have now with almost any length you
want. You can poke a new hole through the wall, and leave enough slack
so you can pull the fridge out. In fact the fridge will probably be out
when you attach the tube. Gently push it back, making sure it doesn't
kink. If the hole in the wall is pretty far from matching up with the
attachment point on the fridge, it's not likely to kink but you can use
a flashlight to look and a yardstick to push if needed.

[micky]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:44:01 +0000, Judy in Austin
<caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:

I missed the part about how expensive but it's your fault for not
putting everything you wanted to say in the body of the post.

Would you write a paper for school, including grad school, and put part
of it only on the title page, or would you include it in the paper?

Anyhow, we're talking at most 15 minutes, so if you cant' do this
yourself, I'd wait until I had other chores for a handyman or plumber to
do. Surely you can find the valve for the icemaker, turn it off,
disconnect the line from the fridge, and do without automatic ice until
you have some other chores for him to do. Otherwise a plumber will
charge you his minimum house call, which might be an hour of his work or
more.

[dadiOH]

The water line may or may not be in the wall, depends. Certainly, the
CONNECTION between it and the fridge is not. The norm is to make the
connection outside the wall and leave a coil of excess tubing that is long
enough for one to move the fridge out so one can clean under it.

That means you can easily move the fridge to a different location and run a
longer line to it. Whether or not you can HIDE that new, longer line
depends upon what else is there. If cabinets, it could be run through the
back portion of them or - especially if new cabinets are going in - between
them and the wall. v If there should be just a blank wall, the tubing for
the water cut be hidden in the drywall...cut a groove, run tubing, patch
drywall.

Main thing is to keep both water shut off and any connections easily
accesible.

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[tra...@optonline.net]

On Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:16:13 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:44:01 +0000, Judy in Austin
>
> <caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> >Doing a conservative renovation in my kitchen and one thing I'd like to do
>
> >is move my refrigerator but it has it's water line already hooked up to
>
> >it. I just want to push it down about 5 feet - would that be terribly
>
> >difficult? I assume the water line is running through the wall that's
>
> >behind the unit and behind where I want it to go - you think? Thanks for
>
> >any advice.
>
>
>
> I missed the part about how expensive but it's your fault for not
>
> putting everything you wanted to say in the body of the post.
>
>
>
> Would you write a paper for school, including grad school, and put part
>
> of it only on the title page, or would you include it in the paper?
>
>
>
> Anyhow, we're talking at most 15 minutes, so if you cant' do this
>
> yourself, I'd wait until I had other chores for a handyman or plumber to
>
> do.

IDK how you can say it's 15 mins when she says she thinks
the tubing runs in the wall. If it's just move it over 5ft
and the pipe extension will be hidden, then it's an easy
job and could be 15 mins, assuming you have the needed
materials, etc. If it required re-routing the pipe in the wall, then
it could be a lot more involved, eg holes in the wall, patching,
painting, etc. And if there is a basement underneath, where
the pipe can be re-routed, then it's somewhere in between,
but not a 15 min job either.

Surely you can find the valve for the icemaker, turn it off,
>
> disconnect the line from the fridge, and do without automatic ice until
>
> you have some other chores for him to do. Otherwise a plumber will
>
> charge you his minimum house call, which might be an hour of his work or
>
> more.

This is also a job that a good handyman could do. Especially
if it involved holes, patching, painting, etc.

[micky]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:12:33 -0800 (PST), "tra...@optonline.net"
<tra...@optonline.net> wrote:

>On Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:16:13 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:44:01 +0000, Judy in Austin
>>
>> <caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >Doing a conservative renovation in my kitchen and one thing I'd like to do
>>
>> >is move my refrigerator but it has it's water line already hooked up to
>>
>> >it. I just want to push it down about 5 feet - would that be terribly
>>
>> >difficult? I assume the water line is running through the wall that's
>>
>> >behind the unit and behind where I want it to go - you think? Thanks for
>>
>> >any advice.
>>
>>
>>
>> I missed the part about how expensive but it's your fault for not
>>
>> putting everything you wanted to say in the body of the post.
>>
>>
>>
>> Would you write a paper for school, including grad school, and put part
>>
>> of it only on the title page, or would you include it in the paper?
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyhow, we're talking at most 15 minutes, so if you cant' do this
>>
>> yourself, I'd wait until I had other chores for a handyman or plumber to

====================

>> do.
>
>IDK how you can say it's 15 mins when she says she thinks
>the tubing runs in the wall.

I think it just runs through the wall, from some utility room on the
other side of it. I asked her if the house was on a slab, and I'm
waiting to hear back.