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Apprehensive-Egg374 OP t1_j6akkst wrote

Reply to comment by its8up in How can I add a second 1/4 inch water line to under my kitchen sink? by Apprehensive-Egg374

Thank you so much for the help! I’m from NY 😞 Would have loved the help. I’ll let you know how it goes!

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its8up t1_j6bgba7 wrote

New York?! The only place with prices as bad as California, or even worse? No wonder you don't want to hire a plumber! Good luck with the project!

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Apprehensive-Egg374 OP t1_j6bit8x wrote

Lmaooo I did bring two plumbers for quotes for the washing machine. They both asked for $4,000+ Crazy

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its8up t1_j6bsk4p wrote

Fucks sake. You mean, all this time I could have been commuting from Mississippi to New York to make a killing doing simple plumbing work? Meh. Probably too much licensing and permit requirements.

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Apprehensive-Egg374 OP t1_j6d5q2b wrote

Lmaooo you think the plumbers I called are licensed and insured?? That would cost even more.

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Apprehensive-Egg374 OP t1_j6d5xwm wrote

Many of the plumbers here, have no licenses or insurance.

Even the others, only the head of the company is a licensed and insured plumber. All their workers have no licenses.

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Apprehensive-Egg374 OP t1_j6d6f2m wrote

Plumbing and electrical is crazy here. They charge $200 just to come to your house. Then if the job is 5 minutes max (like just changing an outlet or a simple shutter valve) they’ll charge another $300 for labor. And charge you $500 total.

Keep in mind though, the boss is keeping all the money. The workers are just getting paid a low hourly wage and maybe some commission.

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its8up t1_j6dh2ae wrote

It's the same everywhere, in that a company will ride a bunch of low hourly workers on one guy's high hourly license. I get that service trucks and tools are expensive, but that guy can fuck right off. Idgaf how much profit he has after paying for all that equipment and whatnot. Would rather have a reasonable wage so I can afford my own damn equipment. I've picked up several trades out of necessity or to prevent having to deal with such vultures. Been a long time since I've had to call a mechanic, electrician, plumber, carpenter, welder, locksmith, appliance repairman, or hvac guy. The only licensing I ever bothered with was the EPA 608 license for hvac. Holy hell those hvac tools were expensive, but they paid for themselves in like 2 side jobs that I did for several thousand dollars less than the big guys quoted.

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Apprehensive-Egg374 OP t1_j6dytf8 wrote

To be honest, I’m getting tempted to just leave it all as it is, and just add in another 1/4 tee above the current 1/4 tee for the fridge and leave it all be. At the end of the day, my initial question was just “can I add a Tee on top of the Tee” and I got my answer which was a yes lol

At the end of the day, if the pipe coming out of the wall snaps, there doesn’t seem be anyway to solve the issue other than taking that pipe off. Which can then cause the pipe in the wall to snap off and cause a bigger headache. Worse, it’s possible that when I try to take off the valve, the piping in the wall is galvanized pipe and that snaps off in the wall. I don’t really have the thousands of dollars it would cost to hire a plumber to fix that issue. Given how I don’t know if the pipe in the wall is an old rusted and corroded galvanized pipe that could snap in an instant when I try to remove the old valve, I feel as though this is just to risky for me.

I don’t know. What do you think?

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its8up t1_j6f7n71 wrote

What I'd do: Add a 3/8 tee to the hot side and connect the dishwasher to a hot water source, as God intended. Add a valve to the old dishwasher cold water supply and connect the fridge to that.

There's no harm in leaving the dishwasher connected as it is and putting a tee on the cold side. However, a dishwasher issue will result in having to shut off the water. Only costs a few bucks to add a valve there.

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