Floor Under Fridge Looks Scorched

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

Floor under fridge looks scorched.

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. If you have a turkey baster or syringe use it to squeeze water into the hole. A faulty refrigerator might be to blame even if it doesn t have an ice maker or. Posted by ruthless bunny at 7 17 am on february 12 2013.

They are not moist and they are not soft. A leak coming from the bottom of the fridge. The water from the baster will end up in the drain pan under the fridge. For a frozen waterline rather than a physical kink first turn off the water supply with the shut off valve.

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. It s usually located behind the fridge or under the kitchen sink. It looks like there s a wave in the flooring. All the spots are are equal distance from each other in a line about 3 feet from each other.

I went under the house and noticed that in the lifted area there s a support beam directly in that area. Push a small plastic tube or a pipe cleaner through the tubes. Check the fridge s drain pan several times for excess water accumulation. There has always been one dark spot that kind of looks like a burn mark as if someone placed something too hot on it.

Score around the burned area with a utility knife and remove it from the floor. Measure twice cut once. 2 lay the cutout piece over a new piece of linoleum either from remnants or a hidden area of the floor. Now this spot has grown larger and there are two new spots about 3 to 4 inches across.

Do to the increased floor height we had to get a new fridge. We yanked out the appliances including the fridge when we replaced the yukky circa 1971 laminate with hardwoods in our kitchen. Pour a mild solution of soapy water and ammonia down the drain tube to kill bacteria. The wood flooring looks to be completely intact to subfloor.

We extended the floors under the dishwasher stove and the fridge. One way to remove. My house is 25 years old.