Eastman 1/2 Inch PEX Connection x 1/4 Inch OD Compression Ice Maker Outlet Box, Quarter Turn Ball Valve, Pre-Assembled, 60233

Next time I am going with metal. I did not follow directions and sweated copper pipe causing the plastic to melt and deform. You either use the pex version or are an expert sweater of pipes. I did everything cheap and myself because I live on the west coast and most homes have one story with gross crawl space.My options were tap into the water from either the crawl space, which would be just using the regular screw type kits. I was worried about leaks and moisture rotting the insulation and the messy installation so said no to that. The other option was use to tap kit and go through a wall from the garage water heater supply to the kitchen. Since that meant going through a wall I decided to just sweat the pipe.What I did was rip out the wall using a saw to cut a 4" section. Then I disconnected the cold water union to the water heater using a propane torch to melt the solder. I then soldered a tee onto the supply pipe, replacing the elbow that had been there. I connected pipe to run vertically up into the attic, then across to the kitchen wall. I used a hole saw from a door installation kit to cut a 3/4 hole for the pipe through the ceiling joist after the 1/2" hole I drilled was too tight.After drilling my hole I stuffed 1/2" copper pipe in there and began making the connections of elbows and pipe. This was easy. The hard part was soldering the female 3/4" to 1/2" tee onto the water supply as it was in the wall and I had removed a small portion. The supply pipe was strapped to studs and using the torch in a wall is difficult not to burn things. I took the curved metal cover of the water heater and used it as a blast shield. If fit inside the wall where I needed it to and resisted the heat from the torch. Other things I tried before using the cover got to hot or melted.After sweating everything including the Eastman valve I flushed the system before hooking up my refrigerator. Flushing the system removed dust and debris that accumlated during the process. There was copper filings from sawing the pipe, wood splinters/drywall from poking it into place, and some insulation from the attic. I made the pipe very dirty but it was clean after I flushed it.I left the wall unclosed for a day to make sure that the pipes did not leak and my connections were tight before closing up the wall. Unit works good but it is a little tricky soldering it without the copper pipe itself getting so hot it deforms the plastic collar. I do not know how that is supposed to be done.

Installed with expansion pex, I had to retro fit into an already closed up wall but was able to nip out enough sheetrock to skirt this into the hole and get it onto a stud where the cover hides the extra dry wall I had to remove.I will say the barb is a little tight so make sure to expand the PEX enough to get it all the way on!Valve works so bit much more I can say.

Purchased my first house this valve was broken was unable to turn it on or off. Cut out the dry wall learned how to weld copper on YouTube. Saved 375 dollars and 25 dollars cheaper then home Depot. Well worth the price! Thank you

Very easy to install work well

After being in our house for 25 years we purchased a new refrigerator that had a water dispenser. I decided to add a new water line myself and bought this to add a water hookup.Several issues: This is made for new construction, not for existing work. I had to cut back the Sheetrock farther than I wanted and then had to apply plaster to finish. If you are not a professional, this part is not for you. I am pleased with how it finished off, even if I had not planned on some of the extra work.The box is perhaps a bit light, I would not recommend this for a public or commercial application. The valve seems of decent quality and connected quickly to the Pex water line.If you are buying this, be aware that it requires knowledge of several trades to install well.

I have a small wet bar in my home office with a standalone ice maker. For a while now it has been connected to a sink in an adjoining room with a long braided stainless hose, but this is really not the right way to have this installed through concealed areas. We are in the process of remodeling the adjoining room and it was a perfect time to "T" off the pex and run a line for this.I was able to find push to connect ice maker boxes and even one Pex A (expansion) box but was not having luck with Pex B (crimp) locally. Amazon had this available for next day delivery and that worked out great.One thing I noticed in other reviews.. pay attention to what type of Pex connections you need to make. If you are expanding Pex (ie, Pex A) this is NOT what you want. This is for Pex B which uses rings on the outside of the Pex tubing which are then crimped/compressed to make the connection. Pex B will slide over the barb connection easily but without extra play and that is what you want.

Worked great. I put it in the wall of the closet under the stairs in the basement so it was easy to get to both sides. I used #10 counter sunk machine screws through the drywall and the outer holes in the tabs with nuts on the back and they were hidden by the cover. The one mistake was using the outside of the face frame for the hole. Had to cut more. Use the back shell as the template as it must set in the wall a bit for the tabs to be flat on the back of the drywall.

My old valve box was leaking and after reviewing ice maker boxes this product with the pex fittings the perfect replacement.

Fuerte y resistente

Received it with a slight crack in one of the inside corners. I still installed it. I didn't notify anyone or give them an opportunity to rectify it. So I'm just giving the seller the benefit of the doubt and giving it a good rating regardless. Product works as it should.

I used this ice maker outlet box in an old-work application behind my refrigerator, just like Tom from the US showed in his review. I forgot to take a picture before I put it in the wall, but the modifications were just screwing some small pieces of wood behind the mounting tabs on each side. The tricky bit is getting the box through the hole in the drywall: you need to take the valve off, tilt the box and slide it in sideways, then slide the box up the wall cavity to put the valve on and make the pex connection before fastening it to the drywall with a few drywall screws into the wood. Make sure you centre it between studs so you have room to manoeuvre it.Quality-wise, it's decent. In your hands the box feels somewhat flimsy, but once it's installed it feels solid. Make sure you fasten it on both sides. The valve is solid brass and looks to be high quality to my uneducated eyes.Three minor niggles:1. The valve handle is pretty stiff.2. The faceplate ratchets are too coarse, making it impossible to get it perfectly tight against the drywall if the ratchet doesn't line up.3. The Eastman brand name is stamped into the front of the faceplate in large letters.(But 2 and 3 don't really matter because it's behind the refrigerator where it won't be seen often.)I have not connected the other end of the 1/2" pex tubing to the water supply yet, so can't comment on whether or not it leaks, etc.

Fit perfect and nice quality. great for recessed install. was easy to trim and adjust. simple and straightforward!

Flash shipping 😊This product of arrived just as the description said.Easy install just what I need it for my new fridge setup.Lots of places was sold out in town.You can always count on Amazon.