Mike Circo
01-11-2011, 10:53 AM
In the past 30 years, I've lived in three apartments, one townhouse, one old beat-up ranch house and my current home. Over those 30 years I have NEVER had a dishwasher leak in the kitchen..... Until 9 months after I just put in a wood floor !!!!!!!
You gotta be kidding me!
I lived on concrete slabs, with tile floors or vinyl that can take the water, or in places with somebody else responsible for the repairs. I've lived in places with beatup old dishwashers and bad plumbing, but Noooooo, those machines don't dump on the impermeable floors. The universe waits until I put in a wood floor to bust up a 7 year old dishwasher and turn my floor into an undulating mess.
Long story short.
Washer leaked between floating wood floor and the underlayment. It didn't leak into the basement, so I never saw it there and it never leaked above the floor to show up in the kitchen. Only after a few runs of the washer, did it reach critical point and warp the floor. Even then I couldn't believe that the fairly new washer was to blame. (flexible drain tube split)
I'll have to pull up a 10'x8' section of floor and replace it. (good thing it is still a stocked item, matching should be easy), and obviously replace the %^+<#! dishwasher.
What cosmic forces are out to get me I'll never know.
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You gotta be kidding me!
I lived on concrete slabs, with tile floors or vinyl that can take the water, or in places with somebody else responsible for the repairs. I've lived in places with beatup old dishwashers and bad plumbing, but Noooooo, those machines don't dump on the impermeable floors. The universe waits until I put in a wood floor to bust up a 7 year old dishwasher and turn my floor into an undulating mess.
Long story short.
Washer leaked between floating wood floor and the underlayment. It didn't leak into the basement, so I never saw it there and it never leaked above the floor to show up in the kitchen. Only after a few runs of the washer, did it reach critical point and warp the floor. Even then I couldn't believe that the fairly new washer was to blame. (flexible drain tube split)
I'll have to pull up a 10'x8' section of floor and replace it. (good thing it is still a stocked item, matching should be easy), and obviously replace the %^+<#! dishwasher.
What cosmic forces are out to get me I'll never know.
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