Ottakee Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 When we bought our house almost 6 years ago we bought a new fridge with water in the door/ice maker. Because the opening was small, the ONLY fridge that would fit that had an ice and water was a side by side. I LOVED that feature but have hated the fridge itself ever since we bought it. Day 2 of having it here I woke up to our brand new laminate flooring BUCKLED all over. Come to find out the guys that installed it had not tightened the water line and it had leaked. We ended up getting our flooring replaced by them since it was their fault. Fast forward to today.....I woke up this morning and noticed a few small places where the laminate floor wasn't smooth. I questioned the kids and no one said they had spilled water, etc. and the floor was dry. Tonight I noticed another small spot buckled up so I had ds and his friend carefully move my fridge. Come to find out there is a small plastic piece in the back near the water line that had a small crack in it and it was leaking from there and because it was in the far back corner of the fridge it was actually running UNDER my flooring.....which made it buckle even though the top of the floor was dry. Water is now off and leak has stopped. Floor is still a bit buckled but possibly will go down as it dries from underneath. NEVER EVER put laminate in a kitchen.....esp. not with a fridge that leaks. We would have done luxury vinyl plank flooring had that been an option back then. The question now is.........do I get a new fridge that I would actually LIKE and maybe even LOVE minus the ice/water in the door or just suck it up and keep this fridge as it does work and now with the water off it doesn't leak. Possibility 3 is to call and see about it being repaired or googling it once we figure out model number and see if we can replace the piece. The flooring is just going to have to stay for now as this is an open concept home and the same flooring runs kitchen, dining area, hearth room, down 2 halls, into one bathrooms, our master bedroom, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 If you plan on living with this house for a while and can afford it, buy the new fridge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Our current plan is still stay here for 2 years............or forever. The only reason we would move is to downsize but we have no mortgage and we have the lowest tax rate in the county so it would have to be a really good deal for us to move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I would keep it. Maybe even turn the water/ice feature back on if you can trust it is done correctly. Refrigerators are expensive. I want every year out of them I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I'd check into repairing it. Turning the water off means no automatic ice right? That would be a deal breaker here. I'm not interested in making ice manually. Weird- I'll make noodles from scratch and think it's perfectly reasonable but I balk at filling ice trays. Moral: Don't listen to me. I am lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 My I Hate This Fridge side is arguing with my Dutch Squeeze Every Penny side. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I would just disconnect the water and live without that feature until the fridge died. But I'm not a big fan of ice water. We do fill trays of ice but that is for when I want a whiskey on the rocks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I am a needs ice kind of person, so would be in the market for a fridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 They have tabletop ice makers you can turn on and off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyS Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I detest laminate flooring (and I do have some), so I would be saving all of my pennies to replace that, because my fridge needs are pretty simple (I actually got rid of the fridge our house came with because it had a water/ice line, to me that is just something else to break). BUT, if you are greatly troubled by the fridge, then sell the one you have (fix it first, it's easy enough), and use that as partial payment towards one you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 My I Hate This Fridge side is arguing with my Dutch Squeeze Every Penny side. If you hate it and it won't break the budget, replace it. Sell the old one as is or keep it as an overflow fridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel-in-CA Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I'd find out how much the repair cost. We moved into a house w/water in the door and we're never going back. We also have tile in the kitchen, which is a good thing as the kids and the dog are both messy w/their water. So we'd have drips even w/o the water in the door of the refer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 There were 1 or 2 threads on WTM recently about people who had refrigerators with water/ice issues caused by a piece of metal being slightly out of alignment. What would it cost for a service person to come to your house and check out your refrigerator? Possibly it is something that can be fixed inexpensively? I seem to remember many years ago being told that if I bought a refrigerator without an ice maker I would probably never have any problems with it. That may also apply to water in the door and other high-end features? the feature one does not have is a feature one will never have issues with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 I can live with it minus the water and ice. I could see about getting it fixed (DH is finding the manual and we will google the part). I just hate the side by side style. It is so hard to fit things in the fridge or freezer, things get shoved in the back and you can't see them, etc. I just don't think I can justify the cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Ottakee---watch the craigslist in your area. We see working refrigerators go on all of the time---people doing fancy remodels, apartments swapping out units, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) I hate side by sides. I also don't like the noise from ice makers in fridges, it's so random and annoying. If I had unlimited funds, in your situation I would buy a new 3 door fridge with a bottom freezer, or maybe even a 4 door with one of those compartments that is as wide as a sheet cake and can be set to either freezer or fridge temperatures. I would try to find one without a water system, or if it had a water system I would not hook it up. And then I would also buy a stand alone ice maker and put it in the basement. I'd keep ice in the kitchen freezer from it, in one of those rectangular buckets with a diagonal opening (similar to a magazine box) that fits along the side wall of it. And I'd only have to run the ice maker 1-2X per week. https://www.lowes.com/pd/NewAir-3-6-lb-Ice-Maker/1000207643 Edited June 1, 2017 by Carol in Cal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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