<p>Leak where my refrigerator is. There are cabinets between my refigerator and dishwasher…maybe 3 feet a space. Why am I having this leak? </p>
<p>Any plumbers out here? </p>
<p>Can you detail the layout of your sink, DW, and fridge? how do they all line up?</p>
<p>Does it go fridge, cabs, DW, then immediately sink?</p>
<p>Does it leak shortly after the DW cycle starts? or when the draining cycle is going on?</p>
<p>I am facing my dishwasher…to the right are the cabinets…to the left is the fridge…</p>
<p>Leaked shortly after I turned on the dishwasher…</p>
<p>Yesterday, I could have sworn there was a pool of water under the right front of the fridge a few hours after my wife used the water dispenser in the fridge. The water dispenser is on the same side as the fridge…</p>
<p>Sink is to the left of dishwasher… </p>
<p>So its sink, dishwasher, cabinets, refrigerator. </p>
<p>I would guess that the dishwasher cycle is probably just a coincidence and that you have a leak in the water dispenser/ice maker line to the fridge. Those lines seem to break with some regularity every few years, especially the plastic lines.</p>
<p>Depending on where the broken tube is, you could have a situation where it only leaks when the ice maker is filling, giving the appearance of a random intermittent leak. I suppose it might be possible for the same to occur with the water dispenser. Not sure on that one.</p>
<p>The other occasional culprit is a blocked/frozen drain on the auto-defrost mechanism on the freezer. This is a heater element that turns on and melts any accumlated ice/frost on the cooling coils inside the freezer. The melted water drains out a tube into the big pan underneath the fridge where it evaporates. Occasionally, the drain freezes up with a big block of ice (often caused by a small thermistat failure) and any new water drains out into the bottom of the fridge or the floor. There’s usually a panel in the back of the fridge to get to this catch basin. If it’s a solid block of ice, you can turn off the fridge and melt the ice with a hair dryer.</p>
<p>But, the broken water line to the ice maker is MUCH more common.</p>
<p>Interesteddad, thanks. Refrigerator guy is coming tomorrow. I hsve been dealing with this for several days. I had a plumber come out twice but he couldnt find anything. </p>
<p>You look good in the photo. Fit and trim.</p>
<p>Another extremely simple thing to check is to look under the sink to see if the drain hose for the dishwasher is where it should be. They need to go up above the height where they connect into the disposal or whatever you have under the sink drain. If they fall down, get knocked down, etc., then water will come back in some amount. </p>
<p>Had the same thing happen last week and the leak was definitely from the dishwasher. After 15 years, our trusty Bosch finally died. Naturally we had recently put down a new floor in the kitchen and somehow it had caught on the dishwasher and it wasn’t budging. Max and Spykid had to dismantle the dishwasher to remove it.</p>
<p>We now have a ripped up floor and a new dishwasher. Just want we wanted to purchase after making our first tuition payment. :(</p>
<p>@dstark: hope he finds your leak.</p>
<p>Agentninetynine,
Sorry to read your episode.</p>
<p>I ran the dishwasher again and no leak. I think interesteddad is right. </p>
<p>I have two boards that two boards that are soft. </p>
<p>Ok…the repairman came in and fixed the problem permanently. Interesteddad was correct. It was a blocked drain tube so water had nowhere to go except on my hardwood floor. 
The repairman said it is a common problem.</p>
<p>Good job, Interesteddad! Glad you got the repair completed.</p>
<p>All from experience! I’ve had the blocked drain tube. Fortunately, it was pretty easy to get to on my freezer, and obvious as ice was forming in the bottom of the freezer. I was able to take one panel off (a couple of screws) and fix with hot water and a hair dryer to melt the ice. Best book I’ve ever had was a Time/Life Book called “How Things Work in your Home”. Now, a book like that has been supplanted by the internet.</p>
<p>Here’s a YouTube that explains the gist of the clogged defrost drain:</p>
<p><a href=“How to fix a leaking refrigerator - frozen defrost drain tube - YouTube”>How to fix a leaking refrigerator - frozen defrost drain tube - YouTube;