I had a repair man come to check my refrigerator for a repair and the cost was more than a new refrigerator, so I did just that bought a new fridge. When replacing the old one the water shutoff valve from behind the refrigerator the wall was very stiff, but I was able to shut the water off. I now connected the new refrigerator and nothing is dispensing. it doesn't seem like the wall valve is dispensing any water almost like its stuck in the closed position. I removed the fridge line and opened the valve from the wall and no water comes out or drips out at all. I looked under the nearby cabinets and under my sink and can not find another water shut off valve anywhere. What should I do next? I can try and move my old refrigerator back to the kitchen to see if its the new refrigerator, but I don't think so since no water comes out of the valve when it is opened.
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Best Answer
The valve at the wall may not be the problem at all even though it was stiff. I have on quite a few occasions found water supply lines for refrigerators and ice machines connected using a saddle valve the type that you strap around a pipe and it punches a hole in the pipe, this is where I find the problem much of the time the tiny opening gets blocked or corroded and the water stops flowing, I usually turn off the water cut the pipe and install a T with a 1/4” fitting and valve reconnect the waterline and things work again. Copper and pvc/cpvc are easy with galvanized shark bite fittings do the job , I don’t use the saddle valves because they always fail in time and it is usually a leak, only sometimes no water.