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Water leaked out from turned off fridge and ruined floor
At approximately 7 PM on a Wednesday, we turned off the refrigerator to do some electrical work. There were ice cubes in the ice maker (completely filled.) and on Friday morning the wood parquet floor (approximately 11 pieces in various spots to the left of the refrigerator) were buckled.
The contractor has blamed this on the turning off of the refrigerator on Wednesday night? At first I bought this, but now do not believe that ice cubes would melt enough to completely fill the drip pan at the bottom and run over onto the floor and stand long enough to buckle the floor. The refrigerator is approximately 13 years old, GE, top of the line two door with water and ice in the door.
The question is, in 34 hours would the ice melt and spill out approximately 4 feet to the left of the refrigerator? I would appreciate your wisdom and any comments. Bob
Hmmm....even if the ice cubes melted no water should spill out. The water that would result would stay in the ice maker tray and the ice bin. This is because ice takes up more volume then water.
I do know that sometimes when a working refrigerator is first turned off or disconnected water spills out under certain circumstances. The main reason is a vapor barrier failure in the freezer door. This is never noticed when the unit is running because the frost that develops inside the freezer door stays in place.
Another reason I've seen for frost in the freezer door is that water leaks down from underneath the ice dispenser.
So to check this out, take the liner off the freezer door and see if the insulation is wet or frosted. At any rate I'm sorry to say that the floor is likely buckled due to water that leaked somewhere from the refrigerator and expanded the K3 board underneath it.
The question should be, is it common practice to install parquet flooring in a kitchen over top a substance that expands if it gets wet?
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