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Billbill84

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So I'm sick of everyone's (wife's people) always coming over and not knowing how to properly dispense water or ice cubes from our 2013 Samsung refrigerator without leaving a huge puddle of water on my expensive high end hardwood floors. What do they care it's not their house right? I'm sick of wiping it up because they either don't care or are too dumb to notice the puddle. Anyway, I'm going to simply shut the supply to the fridge off which will kill the ice cube and water dispenser supply...fine by me! I'll just say the pump went out what does she know right?
Is there anything other than cubes and drinking water that the fridge would use to cool mechanically or anything? I wanna make sure after I terminate the water supply to it that I don't damage the darn fridge? Thx
 
You should be fine to turn it off. If you are going to leave it off for a length of time it would be best to drain it also so you don’t get sludge or growth forming in the water lines.
 
Fill both the upper and lower ice cube trays, periodically.
 
I would start with some magnetic signage stuck to the fridge saying. “If you can’t dispense ice and water without messing up my expensive hardwood floors please use the sink.” “This area is being monitored by surveillance equipment 24/7 and violators will be punished to the full extent of the law.”


Have several signs made 8x10 should be large enough and I would suggest safety yellow as a background color. Likely the first few will be removed and lost so at that point I would attach them with contact glue or pop rivets.


Should solve the problem and still provide cold drinks.
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pjones said:
You should be fine to turn it off. If you are going to leave it off for a length of time it would be best to drain it also so you don’t get sludge or growth forming in the water lines.
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By draining it u mean after I valve the supply water off to just run the dispenser until it's empty right?
 
The line will hold water. Depends on if you feel after a few years the water trapped in the line will go bad. Take the line off and blow air thru it.


My guess after a few weeks the wife will call the appliance repair guy and he will come out and tell her there is no pump on a fridge and he will show her where the water valve is.
 
bud16415 said:
My guess after a few weeks the wife will call the appliance repair guy and he will come out and tell her there is no pump on a fridge and he will show her where the water valve is.
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Lol, not without my permission she knows better than that! With all the jobs I have going on around the house she knows that when she asks me to see about getting it "fixed" I'll tell her my usual ...yes ma'am your request will be processed in the order it was received. Lol
 
pjones said:
If it has a water filter then you will want to remove and drain that also.
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Ugh yes it has a filter, great point! This seems like a lot of work than I thought for sanitary reasons you all provided I'm thankful for that. My thoughts are telling me that after I shut and drain I should get a plug to put in place of the water filter that's inside fridge? Or leave it in place but have a backup incase it ever sees water again?
 
Billbill84 said:
Ugh yes it has a filter, great point! This seems like a lot of work than I thought for sanitary reasons you all provided I'm thankful for that. My thoughts are telling me that after I shut and drain I should get a plug to put in place of the water filter that's inside fridge? Or leave it in place but have a backup incase it ever sees water again?
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You don't need to come up with a plug to replace the filter, just put in a clean and dry filter after you've finished draining the system. The new filter will be fine sitting there without moisture
 
I have only known 4 people that put hardwood in their kitchen and 3 of them had major issues. All 3 from dishwasher leaks that eventually buckled the floor. Nobody I know ever had issued from small spills. Just FYI.
 
Seems like a drastic way to solve a problem that a small mat in front of the fridge could solve.
I'm with 68bucks on this one, why would you put "expensive high end hardwood flooring" in a kitchen? And why would your wife need your "permission" to do anything. If her family senses your hostility, they might be doing it on purpose.:horse:
 
slownsteady said:
Seems like a drastic way to solve a problem that a small mat in front of the fridge could solve.
I'm with 68bucks on this one, why would you put "expensive high end hardwood flooring" in a kitchen? And why would your wife need your "permission" to do anything. If her family senses your hostility, they might be doing it on purpose.:horse:
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I bought the house with the hardwood already installed. I wasn't gonna walk from the deal because it had hardwood in the kitchen. I'm just here trying to learn some ideas to help protect what I have that's nice. I already installed custom made spill pans from my HVAC buddy, under the kitchen sink, dishwasher, and fridge with water sensors so, for now I am here because the only damage I see happening is 100% preventable aka "operator error" which is ridiculous to me
 
I think putting down an absorbent cotton rug in front of the fridge would solve the problem, inexpensively, and allow the continued use of the icemaker/water dispenser. I would try that first... along with a "Do Not Leave Ice/Water On The Floor. Violators Will Be Prosecuted" sing above the dispenser.
 
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