Upon removing the mat, we found that the dishwasher had leaked badly. Perhaps it has been leaking for sometime, I don't know. If so, I never noticed the water. I have someone who helps me with the mopping once a month and she said she hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary there last month. So maybe it has only been leaking a week or so. I have no way to know.
My husband and nephew yanked the dishwasher out of the wall and carried it outside.
I called the insurance company to see if our policy covered this type of thing. It does. Boy, do they move fast when you tell them you're allergic to mold.
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| Where the dishwasher sat. See the dark colored wood? Damaged wood. |
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| The water went to the sides of the dishwasher, and up the cabinets. |
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| This was the worse damage to the floor. |
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| This doesn't look so good either. That's the side of the kitchen cabinet. |
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| What to do? |
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| This is the bottom of the dishwasher. My husband said this is the pump casing and it split apart. |
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| By 4:30 Monday, a "mitigation team" was out here and they determined all that wood had to come up. ::sniff:: My beautiful parquet floor. |
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| Because the glue was wet (and 30 years old), it came up fairly easily. |
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| This damage is troubling, to say the least. |
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| I kept this floor looking nice for 30 years. They last if you take care of them. |
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| Now I don't know what happens next. The insurance company will decide my floor's fate, I suppose. |
This looks like the beginning of a very long process.
I have parquet floor in my living room and down a hall. (No my doings, previous owners) but I know you can’t find it anymore. I want to get rid of the ceramic title in my kitchen and put down a similar color laminate but who knows when that will happen, I’m stretched pretty far as it is with things that need to be done. Again, so sorry about your kitchen. :-(
ReplyDeleteGlad your insurance will cover the damage, but what a mess. Water (especially undetected water) is brutal. Do keep us posted!!
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