Dishwasher Disaster Zone
January 2, 2005 at 10:23 pm
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As I wrote the other day, we realized that the periodic damp spot on the
counter in the basement was caused by leaking from the dishwasher. I pulled the
grate off the bottom of the dishwasher tonight and looked underneath. Whoa. What
a mess.
It looks like either the motor or the water line (I assume the former since
it only happens when we run it) has been leaking. The floor under the dishwasher
is buckled and ruined as well. It's so warped that it looks like a wave under
there. I looked at the linoleum and floor just on the other side of the vertical
cabinet wall where the dishwasher is and the the flooring is pealing back. I
pulled it back and smelled mildew and rot. The water damage extends for three or
so inches on that side as well.
I went downstairs and peered at the ceiling, behind ducks and cabinets, etc.
in the area below and where the small puddle has been noticed before. I see no
visible signs of water damage and the dry wall isn't brittle like it is in my
bathroom ceiling where we had the leak. I'm hoping that this means that the
dishwasher, which we only run about once a week, only destroyed the flooring
underneath of it and that the damage isn't extensive beyond that.
I'm going to try to figure out how to disconnect the dishwasher without
spraying water from it's feed line. I may have to call a plumber but I would
hope to avoid it for something as simple as disconnecting a dishwasher. Really,
what I'll need is a carpenter contractor to rip up the flooring when the
dishwasher is pulled out to see how extensive the damage is and to repair it.
I'm not going to pay someone $85 an hour for that, that's for sure. If anyone
local to me has a good carpenter for this sort of work, let me know.
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