Re: anyone know VA plumbing code?

I just figured it would be appropriate for a fridge with icemaker,
seeing as it theoretically gets pulled out for cleaning every year.
(that, and that's what was on the shelf.) I didn't actually know
which was better, which is why I asked.

should the copper be replaced every x years then due to the
possibility of hardening/fatigue etc.? If so, what's "x"?

When you install the copper tubing, make a big loop. A *big* one, like
up to the top of the refrigerator and back. That way, when you pull the
fridge out, the tubing flexes all along a length of ten feet or more
instead of in one spot. Loop twice if you want. The extra length gives
you plenty of slack to move the machine out for the every-ten-years'
cleaning all my clients seem to do.

Now somebody can argue that more feet of tubing means more points of
failure. ;-)

--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA
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