How to Change a Refrigerator Water Filter!

Nate is here to show you how to replace water filters. Watch the video below.

Why you should replace your water filter
Changing out your water filter can keep small weird chunks out of your ice and will make your water and ice more clear. The water filter stops you from drinking some of the hard water, mineral buildup, or other chemicals that could be harmful. The filter can also protect you and your family from drinking some of the bad bacteria and microscopic organisms that can make people get sick. Some people even say that they can taste and/ or smell the water when there is a buildup of minerals in the water.

When and how to replace your water filter
Most refrigerators now a days will have a light or some type of alarm that goes off to notify you when you should change it to get fresh water. If your refrigerator does not have this capability, the rule of thumb is to change it out every 6- 12 months.

The location of the water filer can be in different locations depending on the brand and model of your refrigerator. Please see your manual to find the location. Once you find it, open pop the lid and twist the filter with a half turn and it will pop right off. After you change it, make sure to run your water 2-3 gallons to get rid of the air bubbles and get all of the sediments out. Let your ice machine make one cycle of ice and trough it out. You should be all set after this!

We definitely recommend that you should be filtering your water to not only make it taste and smell better, but because it is healthier for you. Let us know if you have any specific questions about your water filter. Find one of our locations near you to buy a new one.

How to Change a Refrigerator Water Filter!

Nate is here to show you how to change your refrigerator water filter and why it is important to change it regularly.



You should change your water filter every 6-12 months to keep the water tasting fresh and to keep your ice from not creating weird chunks and keeping the ice chunks clear.

In this demonstration, Nate shows you how to swap out a water filter in a Kitchen Aid French Door. Different brands and models might be slightly different or in a different area, but is roughly the same process.

Find the access button to the water filter, and push the access button. Twist the filter about a quarter turn and pull off the filter. When putting the new filter in just twist the opposite way and you should be good to go.

Once your replace the filter, you will want to run the water for about 2-3 gallons to get all the air bubbles out and to make sure you are getting the "new" water that is going through the filter. For your ice, you will want to run one tray of ice and toss it out so that you have nice and fresh ice with no sediments.

There you go! You should be all set.

If you have any questions about how to change your water filter, leave them in the comments or call one of the stores and they can help you out.

Skip the Bottled Water

The other day I was fancying an ice cold bottle of water.  The weather in Colorado being unusually nice these days, it was hot and nothing sounded better than cold, naturally pure water.  I happened to be in a place where a bottled water dispenser was available and I quickly put 2 crisp dollar bills into the machine and waited anxiously to hear the “drop” of the bottle dispensing from the machine.

I took a quick swig and for some reason decided to read the label on the bottle.  “Source:  Public Water Supply.”   What?  What happened to the all natural water sourced from the volcanic tunnels of an exotic island and naturally purified using reverse osmosis and then distilled using an advanced state of the art process powered by solar energy?

My first thought after reading the label….what a waste of $2.  Americans spend over $10 billion dollars each year on bottled water.   That figure represents roughly $1.25 per gallon which is 300x the cost of tap water.  There has to be a better solution.

I’ve got one.  Most households have this already sitting in their home.  Their kitchen specifically.  It’s called a refrigerator with a water and ice dispenser.   Your refrigerator’s water dispenser typically provides additional filtration.  Filtration that removes 99% of potential harmful contaminants such as chlorine taste and odor, heavy metals and chemicals and microbial cysts including parasites.

So, put your money back in your pocket, save the Earth from plastic bottles (only 28% are recycled) and push your glass up against your refrigerator’s water dispenser.  You will find tons of different refrigerators that have water dispensers built in that have different features. The Kitchen Aid makes a great refrigerator that has 5 different doors and has a great built-in water and ice dispenser, check it out.