Floor Under Fridge Looks Scorched

We yanked out the appliances including the fridge when we replaced the yukky circa 1971 laminate with hardwoods in our kitchen.

Floor under fridge looks scorched.

Posted by ruthless bunny at 7 17 am on february 12 2013. We extended the floors under the dishwasher stove and the fridge. It s usually located behind the fridge or under the kitchen sink. Do to the increased floor height we had to get a new fridge.

There has always been one dark spot that kind of looks like a burn mark as if someone placed something too hot on it. My house is 25 years old. 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.

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. 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.

Locate the drain tubes at the rear of the refrigerator or freezer. Push a small plastic tube or a pipe cleaner through the tubes. I went under the house and noticed that in the lifted area there s a support beam directly in that area. 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.

I just noticed that in the center of the room there is a lift of the wood flooring. If you have a turkey baster or syringe use it to squeeze water into the hole. Now this spot has grown larger and there are two new spots about 3 to 4 inches across. Score around the burned area with a utility knife and remove it from the floor.

Leaks in the kitchen don t always come from the sink or dishwasher. A faulty refrigerator might be to blame even if it doesn t have an ice maker or. 2 lay the cutout piece over a new piece of linoleum either from remnants or a hidden area of the floor. The water from the baster will end up in the drain pan under the fridge.

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. Check the fridge s drain pan several times for excess water accumulation. Measure twice cut once.