Floor Under Fridge Looks Scorched

Locate the drain tubes at the rear of the refrigerator or freezer.

Floor under fridge looks scorched. A leak coming from the bottom of the fridge. Measure twice cut once. Pour a mild solution of soapy water and ammonia down the drain tube to kill bacteria. We extended the floors under the dishwasher stove and the fridge.

Do to the increased floor height we had to get a new fridge. The water from the baster will end up in the drain pan under the fridge. Push a small plastic tube or a pipe cleaner through the tubes. They are not moist and they are not soft.

My house is 25 years old. I just noticed that in the center of the room there is a lift of the wood flooring. I went under the house and noticed that in the lifted area there s a support beam directly in that area. Check the fridge s drain pan several times for excess water accumulation.

Leaks in the kitchen don t always come from the sink or dishwasher. There has always been one dark spot that kind of looks like a burn mark as if someone placed something too hot on it. Due to the added water you should check and empty as needed the drain pan 1 2 times per day over the next 2 3 days. One way to remove.

Score around the burned area with a utility knife and remove it from the floor. All the spots are are equal distance from each other in a line about 3 feet from each other. It s usually located behind the fridge or under the kitchen sink. It looks like there s a wave in the flooring.

Posted by ruthless bunny at 7 17 am on february 12 2013. A faulty refrigerator might be to blame even if it doesn t have an ice maker or. Now this spot has grown larger and there are two new spots about 3 to 4 inches across. If you have a turkey baster or syringe use it to squeeze water into the hole.

For a frozen waterline rather than a physical kink first turn off the water supply with the shut off valve. 2 lay the cutout piece over a new piece of linoleum either from remnants or a hidden area of the floor. We yanked out the appliances including the fridge when we replaced the yukky circa 1971 laminate with hardwoods in our kitchen.