So this morning the love of my life and I are doing the morning routine in the kitchen and "What the frack?!?! Where'd the water come from?" She looks. "I've no idea." Neither do I. Wipe it up. Put on a pair of dry socks. Carry on.

Later, having finished breakfast bar & OJ, getting ready for that first cup of coffee... "Honey, there's water coming out of the kitchen cabinet!" "Say what?"

So there's a bunch of water on the bottom of the kitchen cabinet under the sink. Wonderful. Just what I wanted to do today. So much for my plans. She clears all the stuff out and dries it up. I look. Nothing obvious. Run water into each sink, hot, cold and indifferent. Nothing. Plug the left sink, put a couple inches in. Look. Nothing. Repeat on other side. Nothing. Back to the left sink, which is used most. Put about 5-6" of water in. Wait twenty minutes. Nope. Pull plug. Nope. Dishwasher drain? Looks solid, but... Run a rinse cycle and drain it. Nada.

*sigh*...

Our kitchen sink sprayer leaks under the cabinet when it's used. Everything else is fine. My fix was to place a glass dish inside the cabinet to catch the drips whenever we use it! No plumbing skills required.

Yeah. Went thru much the same. Dishwasher leaking from the heating coil gasket only when it ran. Took me forever to find it.

RMD

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Originally posted by tsmccull:
Our kitchen sink sprayer leaks...

Ours leaked and did a lot of floor damage before we found out. There doesn't seem to be a true quality kitchen sprayer on the market.

Disposals can vibrate enough to loosen connections under it. Check them regularly.

Whatever the case, working under kitchen sinks and bathroom lavs sucks.

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Originally posted by Ripley:
Whatever the case, working under kitchen sinks and bathroom lavs sucks.

Amen!

Plumbing of all sorts is my least favorite work to do around the house. Anything else is fine but I despise plumbing.

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Originally posted by Ripley:
Whatever the case, working under kitchen sinks and bathroom lavs sucks.

Especially when the cabinet facing frame has a center stile in it.
 

Almost all bathroom vanities are particle board. inside. A slow drip from a faucet in the bathroom can ruin the vanity before you realize there's any damage.

I keep thinking it would be good to add a waterproof pan or liner under each sink with a lip around all but the front edges. That should hold the water for a while and drip out the front before it causes actual damage.

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I keep thinking it would be good to add a waterproof pan or liner under each sink with a lip around all but the front edges. That should hold the water for a while and drip out the front before it causes actual damage.

Good idea. As a homeowner I would like to see more of this stuff in homes. My elevated water heater now has a pan beneath it and a drain installed in case of overflow.

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Originally posted by henryaz:
Especially when the cabinet facing frame has a center stile in it.  

A giant AMEN to that!!!

I literally "Feel your PAIN"!

Don

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Originally posted by bryan11:
I keep thinking it would be good to add a waterproof pan or liner under each sink with a lip around all but the front edges.

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Originally posted by bryan11:
That should hold the water for a while and drip out the front before it causes actual damage.

In fact my wife had lined the bottom of ours with some-or-another plastic, trimmed to fit, and that's just what happened.

After she wiped-up most of the water, when she removed the plastic most of the rest came with it. When I went to check out what was going on, the wood underneath was dry and undamaged.

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Originally posted by ZSMI]
Good idea. As a homeowner I would like to see more of this stuff in homes. My elevated water heater now has a pan beneath it and a drain installed in case of overflow.

When mine died two years ago the new codes required a pan and drain.
Funny. We had the vent drain going into the wall and nobody could find where it went. Never did find it so we fixed that too

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by bryan11:
I keep thinking it would be good to add a waterproof pan or liner under each sink with a lip around all but the front edges.

Submit your idea to WeatherTech

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Originally posted by bryan11:
That should hold the water for a while and drip out the front before it causes actual damage.

In fact my wife had lined the bottom of ours with some-or-another plastic, trimmed to fit, and that's just what happened.

After she wiped-up most of the water, when she removed the plastic most of the rest came with it. When I went to check out what was going on, the wood underneath was dry and undamaged.

Lets not forget to add a water alarm so you know there is a leak prior to the matt overflowing.