Ice Maker Water Inlet Valve Repair
The electric valve that lets water into the ice maker, tested and replaced when it will not open, opens only partway, or keeps dripping after it should have closed.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Low to moderate cost band
- 5 steps on the visit
- 5 problems it answers
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What the ice maker water inlet valve repair
involves.
Every plumbed ice maker has an inlet valve: a small electric gate on the back of the cabinet or behind the kickplate, where the household water line meets the appliance. When the control asks for a fill, a coil pulls the valve open for a few seconds, then lets it snap shut. Three things go wrong with it. It may not open at all, and the mold stays dry. It may open only partway, because its tiny inlet screen is clogged with sediment or the coil is weak, and the cubes come out small and hollow. Or it may not close fully, and a slow drip freezes in the fill tube or, on an undercounter unit, keeps the reservoir overflowing. The technician measures the coil, checks the pressure at the inlet, looks at the screen and the fittings, and replaces the valve when the readings show it is the weak link in that chain.
How the visit goesWhat it usually costsLow to moderate · Water inlet valve and its fittings
The valve itself is a modest part. Rolling the appliance out, fitting new compression nuts and leak-testing every joint on the way back make up most of the job.
Answers 5 problemsIce Maker Making Small or Hollow Cubes
Ice Maker Fill Tube Frozen · Ice Maker Leaking on the Floor · Ice Maker Water Line Leaking Behind the Cabinet · No Ice Coming From the Ice Maker
Comes up most onDoor ice maker
Freezer ice maker · Undercounter ice maker
Codes that lead hereMaking Ice and Filter lights flashing alternately · Leak Detected · Err · Add Water
Café undercounter ice maker alternating Making Ice and Filter lights.
Ice maker water inlet valve repair,
step by step.
Turn the water back on, check every joint for weeping, and leave you with a valve that fills the ice maker fully and closes cleanly.
Shut off the water at the supply valve and move the appliance forward, protecting the floor.
Measure the pressure reaching the inlet and the resistance of the valve coil, and inspect the inlet screen.
Check the fittings, the line and the fill tube for drips, frost or signs of a valve that does not close.
Replace the valve with the one listed for your model, with new fittings where the old ones are worn.
Turn the water back on, check every joint for weeping, and leave you with a valve that fills the ice maker fully and closes cleanly.
The problems
it answers.
5 of them, from ice maker making small or hollow cubes to no ice coming from the ice maker.
All problems
Ice Maker Making Small or Hollow Cubes
6 causes, cheapest first
Before you call
Tell us this when you book
- Whether the cubes have become smaller, hollow or fewer over time
- Whether you have seen ice in the fill tube or water around the back of the appliance
- Whether the water line is plastic, braided or copper, if you can see it
- Whether the house has low water pressure elsewhere, or a whole-house filter or softener
It also answers
Low to moderate,
on the site's scale.
The valve itself is a modest part. Rolling the appliance out, fitting new compression nuts and leak-testing every joint on the way back make up most of the job.
Read the full cost guideWhere it
comes up most.
Most bookings: Door ice maker, Freezer ice maker, Undercounter ice maker.
All ice maker types
The makes
we see it on.
27 makes on this site, and the ice maker water inlet valve repair on any of them. Each mark opens that make's own page.
All 27 brandsIce maker water inlet valve repair,
where we come out.
The kitchen, the climate and the building all change how the ice maker water inlet valve repair goes. These notes are about that, metro by metro.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Tampa Bay's changing blend of well, river and desalinated water leaves grit and scale on the inlet valve's screen, so a slow fill there is cleaned at the screen and tested with a pressure reading before a new valve goes in.
OrlandoFL · 30 areas
An inlet valve in an Orlando vacation home that sat closed between bookings can stick in either direction, so a valve that no longer shuts off, or no longer opens, is tested with power and water before it is replaced.
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
A weeping inlet valve behind a South Florida condo's built-in unit can drip for weeks into the floor of the tower, so a valve that leaks at its body or its fitting is replaced promptly and the floor under the unit is checked for water.
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
Upper floors in New York buildings fed from roof tanks can sit near the low end of what an ice maker's inlet valve needs, so a slow fill is measured at the valve before a new one is fitted, since a valve cannot make up for pressure the building does not supply.
HoustonTX · 36 areas
Power surges when the grid returns after a Houston storm can burn out an inlet valve's coil, and a unit that hums but never fills afterward has its coil tested with a meter before the whole valve is replaced.
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Chicagoland ice makers on lake water scale their inlet valves slowly, so a valve that fails here is often a cracked body from a winter when the line froze, so the tubing and its fittings are checked for splits along with the new valve.
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
Los Angeles water can scale an inlet valve until it no longer closes tightly, and a valve that lets water trickle into the mold between cycles leaves the ice fused into a slab, so a scaled valve is replaced rather than cleaned.
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
In San Diego a mineral-heavy supply stiffens the diaphragm of an inlet valve over time, so a door ice maker that fills unevenly is tested at the valve, and any softener in the garage is checked for salt and settings as well.
San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas
Hetch Hetchy and Mokelumne water carries almost no minerals, so a Bay Area ice maker's inlet valve seldom scales shut; when one quits, the technician meters its solenoid and looks for a split body from an earthquake jolt or a line pulled taut behind the unit.
Questions about
the ice maker water inlet valve repair.
What water pressure does an ice maker valve need?
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Back to your everyday
Ready to book the ice maker water inlet valve repair?
Have these to hand: whether the cubes have become smaller, hollow or fewer over time, whether you have seen ice in the fill tube or water around the back of the appliance, whether the water line is plastic, braided or copper, if you can see it, whether the house has low water pressure elsewhere, or a whole-house filter or softener.