Tracy wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Tracy wrote:
>>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>> ... an item for your kitchen that you have been wanting for ages, but
>>>> still don't have (assuming money was no object) what would it be? i.e.
>>>> anything from pots/pans, utensils, ranges, ovens and other appliances
>>>> (both big and small) etc.
>>>> If there is more than one thing that you have been 'lusting after' for
>>>> ever, give us a list ;-)
>>>>
>>>> I know what I would buy... a dishwasher.
>>>>
>>>> I am also considering a rice cooker, after hearing many good things
>>>> about them here...
>>>
>>> Easy. An icemaker in my freezer.
>>> It's not a matter of money - we rent right now and we are currently
>>> looking to buy sometime next summer.
>>> If what we buy does not have a fridge with an icemaker, I am buying one.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Tracy
>> Most modern refrigerators can be retrofitted with an icemaker. Did
>> that to the one before the one we're using now. Turns out most of
>> them, no matter the brand, take the same icemaker. This does not
>> include the through the door dispenser types.
>
>
> Yeah, my current freezer has the capability but it's not mine to mess
> with. Plus - don't you need access to a water line? My fridge isn't near
> a water line and it can't be moved.
>
> Tracy
My waterline runs through the bottom of the cabinets the twelve feet
necessary to reach the fridge. Either copper tubing or one of the newer
non-reactive plastic lines (what I'm using) will do the trick. I had
retrofitted for the old fridge and then the compressor went kerplunk and
had to buy a new fridge.