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We had our dishwasher start leaking through the door seals the other day and I remembered seeing this video a few months ago. Now rewatching it and seeing you dishwasher pan it looks as if it doesn't extend out as far as the door and might miss leaks from a failed door seal. Did you intend to capture that sort of leak or more of a hose failure?
This guy loves the zip system waaay too much 🤣
Good for toilets too. Especially if you have a bad aim.
Whens the video on removing all that shiplap that isn't in style anymore 😀
Just zip-tape floor too, skip the pans?
those are some kick ass ideas
For years I have installed 'peel and stick' flooring tiles in kitchen and bathroom cabinets to protect the particle board. i run scrap pieces about an inch up the inside and then use super glue to seal all seams. finally I use caulking rope around all pipes and install an escutcheon around the pipe. (if I'm having to be cheap i just drill a hole in a plastic bottle cap to make my own escutcheon)
Man I love the build show.. It has positively
Totally changed the way I see and approach the trades and building and I'm not even a builder..
I work as an insurance adjuster and these types of leaks are the majority of my work. Pans, drains and water sensors would save millions in mitigation and repairs. I would argue installing these features should warrant a discount on insurance rates.
The voiceover at 3:54 lol
How do you roll your fridge out to clean behind it if it's in a pan?
The welding on that pan is horrible….
I think the p-trap is a better option vs a rubber product that could dry out
great ideas. What can be done to protect from potential leaks inside walls, such as behind shower faucet and nozzle? most times such leaks aren't noticeable until considerable damage has been done. i wish this thoughtfulness had been put into the house gramma had built, where i am now dealing with leaks and such.
If the washing machine hose fails , that pan will do nothing
That last device is called a duckbill. Have them on my boat for the toilet system. They dry out and leak and need to be changed say every 5 years or so.
Never heard of drain seals but i need one!
5/4 is 1" ?
Hey Matt, awesome video as usual. Do you have any concern about power outage and the possibility of the freezer and or ice maker defrosting and draining on the floor? I'm a contractor and I recently remodeled a kitchen that started with that exact problem and ruined the floors
My sh!tty Whirlpool dishwasher that is less than 3 years old leaks all the time because the the rubber door gasket only goes around the top and sides.
I wouldn't bee too bothered except the kitchen has hardwood floors 🤦🏾♂️
Love that solution
Great video and prevention ideas like this are worth it As when things go wrong you will wish you did this. 20 years in the aquarium industry I know what water damage can do and the every else that goes with dealing with that
I own an apartment complex and l know from experience that most leaks occur under kitchen sinks and in water heater or AC air handlers which non of these this guy has protected.
I took Mapei aqua defense and painted the whole inside and floor of the dishwasher space with five coats reinforcing the corners with mesh tape
They make fine mesh aluminum screen you could put inside the drain on the outside of the home to keep insects out. I use it with spray foam to keep rodents out of my shed. I would roll up enough to fit inside the pvc on the outside to fill it up
I did similar after a catastrophic slow leak that destroyed subfloor. I built it to drain below and luckily there is a sink in the basement below. So the pipe goes through the ceiling. Awesome 'overbuild' AKA not half-arsing it.
Great tip on the mineral oil, but isn't that dishwasher pan behind the door gasket -one of the most common leak locations?
Love these best practices tips. Did you say how much to fabricate that DW pan? Wish more contractors were interested in the building science and took more pride in the craft (of execution).
You know you missed a really important step and that is how you get that dishwasher underneath and the refrigerator to go into those pans
I use Flood Stop for my washer, dishwasher, and refrigerator water lines. It works so much better than the pan. When the sensor detects water it shuts off at the supply line valve. I was in the appliance business for many years and I seen the damage a ruptured hose can cause in minutes. Washing machine hoses are under constant pressure 24 hours a day and I've seen them break during the middle of the night or when a family was on vacation. The customer was always instructed to shut off the valves when not in use, but not 1 in 1000 does. A device like Flood stop is cheap insurance and a couple of minutes to install. There are several other manufactures of similar devices.
I've had a GE Profile fridge fail by overcooling which cracked the cold water reservoir inside the fridge. When it thawed out, it dumped a LOT of water ruining the hardwood kitchen floor. I'd want a drain under the fridge in the future.
My Bosch dishwasher has a float at the bottom of the unit that shuts off the inlet valve if there is any water gathering there.
"Simple" just run new drain lines through your concrete slab
I don't get it.
Why would you need a P-trap when there are no gases you need to prevent from entering the home? You only need some sort of check valve to prevent insects or animals from entering the pipe.
Second, this is far from a simple trick. Matt custom-fabricated a stainless steel pan. He also created a dedicated drain system which required excavating a small trench.
You need those metal fab people to make you some in wall toilet tank protectors.
My water line on my fridge split and sprayed all over…
Called 4 different appliance places.. said it's very common… Only a few bucks to replace… But one heck of a mess
My house built in 1981, had a metal drain pan with floor drain for the washing machine on the main floor. I removed it because it was a pain installing/removing the heavy appliances.
This man is Legend level
I work in insurance restoration and gotta tell you dont start manufacturing these or we will lose thousands of dollars in jobs every year. Great idea I gotta say for people that want to protect their house.
“How to have companies pay for your entire house construction, plus write the whole house off on top as a educational video series”
So good you’ll never know you have a leak, and just think the water bill Company is nickel snd dime screwing you
Matt I used to work in Insurance restoration and Id say the majority of our calls were actually from the Plastic water lines going to the Fridge stay away from those and you should be golden