Icemaker/Water Filter Dilemma

[Michael Roback]

I went to spec out the install of the subzero that I have coming and realized that the guy that ran my icemaker feed ran it from a branch line that originates somewhere on the lower level of the house off a bathroom. Why did he not run it from under the kitchen sink so that I can run a filter at the kitchen sink and to feed the frig if I so choose. Because he was an idiot :-). So, now I am relegated to running some sort of 1/4" icemaker line around 12 feet of kitchen through cabinets. Also, he cut all of the angle stops under the sink back to the wall and installed trim rings, so I don't even have a stubout long enough to tap a saddle valve into. What I do have is an icemaker connection inset into the wall behind the frig that taps into a line coming from downstairs! What do I do? Is there such a thing as a double headed angle stop or an angle stop with a 1/4" connection coming out of it so I can tap a line from it under the kitchen sink? I imagine that I can run braided stainless steel 1/4" icemaker line through the cabinets and thread them togther with brass couplers. I don't know if just running neoprene line would work? There is a 30" run behind a viking stove where the line would have to be exposed. Would the heat of the stove damage it? I could forget the filter and just put tap water into the icemaker but what a waste. The whole point of a high end frig is for performance and clean purified water and ice.

Any help would be appreciated. :-)

[Speedy Jim]

3-way stops are a common item: Use 1/4" soft copper tube rather than plastic.

Jim

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Slow down a bit. Is the line exposed someplace on the lower level? In the bathroom? If so, put the filter there.

In my house, the filter is in the line coming through the lower level utility area. I have to stand on something to change it as it is ceiling height. I find that much preferable to crawling under the sink to change it.

If the line is hidden the entire way, then you have a good gripe. Perhaps you can run a new line from a place more accessible?

Don't know about Sub Zero, but many of the new fridges have a filter built in eliminating any problems. Ed [e-mail]

[Bulletsnbrains]

Hey Ed,

S-Z's do not have filters. Don't know if they ever will?!? My recommendation to the OP would be a whole house filter just after the main meter.

Brian

[Edwin Pawlowski]

That will work, but you wear them out fast. I use a main line filter for rust and sediment, charcoal only on the drinking lines though. Ed