Floor Under Fridge Looks Scorched

Leaks in the kitchen don t always come from the sink or dishwasher.

Floor under fridge looks scorched.

For a frozen waterline rather than a physical kink first turn off the water supply with the shut off valve. We yanked out the appliances including the fridge when we replaced the yukky circa 1971 laminate with hardwoods in our kitchen. I have a very old ge refrigerator causing burn mark on floor under compessor checked checked contol components found that the refrigerator goes into defrost cuts off all fans but compressor keeps running what are some suggestions to fix this problem. 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.

Locate the drain tubes at the rear of the refrigerator or freezer. Measure twice cut once. It looks like there s a wave in the flooring. We extended the floors under the dishwasher stove and the fridge.

My house is 25 years old. A faulty refrigerator might be to blame even if it doesn t have an ice maker or. The wood flooring looks to be completely intact to subfloor. 2 lay the cutout piece over a new piece of linoleum either from remnants or a hidden area of the floor.

Do to the increased floor height we had to get a new fridge. One way to remove. Push a small plastic tube or a pipe cleaner through the tubes. If you have a turkey baster or syringe use it to squeeze water into the hole.

Score around the burned area with a utility knife and remove it from the floor. The water from the baster will end up in the drain pan under the fridge. Older models of refrigerators and sometimes newer ones have a plastic or metal catch basin located under the bottom of the fridge that excess water or fluids that get spilled inside the fridge. All the spots are are equal distance from each other in a line about 3 feet from each other.

Check the fridge s drain pan several times for excess water accumulation. Posted by ruthless bunny at 7 17 am on february 12 2013. It s usually located behind the fridge or under the kitchen sink. There has always been one dark spot that kind of looks like a burn mark as if someone placed something too hot on it.

I went under the house and noticed that in the lifted area there s a support beam directly in that area. A leak coming from the bottom of the fridge. They are not moist and they are not soft.