I swear to you—it’s houses. Wherever water is, water can be.
But I am going to try drying it all out. We’ve got the side panel off the dishwasher, which gives access to the under-cabinet space, and we’ve got a fan running.
Bashed my hand—or stressed it: I’ve got a heckuva ‘mouse’ between my first and second knuckles: not the first time that’s happened, but it twinges every time I use the index finger. Does wonders for your concentration while typing.
Jane meanwhile has the bathroom spackling job, and is sanding away. She’s working on 3 hours sleep a night, and can’t rest. I couldn’t load the dishwasher problem onto her. Meanwhile my back is out: you know, that lovely twist where your left shoulder is going at an angle while you’re walking straight ahead. We’re going to have to take one afternoon off and get me to the chiropractor, and that means I lose a whole day on muscle relaxant, plus the driving.
Without seeing the actual dishwasher I might offer that water piping on a dishwasher frequently is not covered by a panel and a poor installation such as my girlfriend had can put a hole in an exposed hose on the side of the machine. And it may take a while for the leak to manifest.
Phil Brown
Well, we’ve called the insurance guy.
We’ve got the leak stopped. It involved a garbage disposal, a steel sink, and the energy of the pump from the dishwasher pushing water into the garbage disposal: running the disposal yes, unscrewed the garbage disposal, and the energetic water jet is why we had so very much leakage: Christmas baking had us running the dishwasher a lot. We have now tightened it all back up, and are drying out the kitchen floor, but the floor is now buckling as it dries. Lucky us.