Help! Fridge Freezer is building ice and leaking!
Recently i bought a chest freezer because were stuffing too much in the fridge freezer. When we had finally set up the chest freezer, we moved a bunch of stuff from the fridge freezer to the chest freezer. The temperature of the fridge freezer obviously went up. In the next couple of days, i noticed my hardwood had actually swollen or bowed and then I realized that there was pretty big puddle of water next to it. When i went to inspect it, I noticed that the fridge freezer had build up a huge amount of ice on the bottom. somehow some of it was defrosting and seeping through the freezer onto my floor. We took out all the frozen food and turned the freezer off. Grabbed a blowdryer (because we didn't have a heat gun) and then started chiseling away at the frozen base. Once it was all dry, we turned the freezer back and when it went back to 0 degrees, we put all our frozen food back. I had thought this had fixed the problem. A week later today, I see another puddle and of course another build up of ice again!! This time, i didn't need to blowdry it as I was able to just chisel it away (it wasn't as thick as the first time).
What's could be causing this issue? do i need to call a repair man to fix this? Will my bowed hardwood go back to normal? should i run a dehumidifier to help the process?
I've posted pictures of the build up of ice in the freezer that's causing the leak (after I had chipped most of it out). Any help would be greatly appreciated. water damage is my worst nightmare.
UPDATE**
So I hope i fixed my freezer!! i took out the rubber duckbill. it was filthy and blocked. it definitely looked like it was the culprit. I cleaned it up and it looks like someone had already cut both the ends or is this how it's supposed to look like? See attached picture. Then I went to take out the tray (which was very difficult and caused me to swear a lot) and the door (which was much easier). I tried to take out the metal backing with the grates because that would allow me to defrost the exit hole to the tray in the back. However, the ice machine was in the way and I did not know how to remove the metal backing without removing the icemaker. Therefore, I just decided to chip away at the ice as best as i could through the grates and by pouring hot water in the exit hole. While chipping, I accidentally damaged the plastic and made a very small incision near the exit hole (see picture). I'm so mad at myself for not being more careful. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there some type of paste or tape that can block this off? i'm not entirely sure if it's necessary because there's a metal tray that leads to the exit hole and technically there wouldn't be any water going into that small incision i made. However, for peace of mind, part of me wants to just close that incision. Any help is greatly appreciated.
What's could be causing this issue? do i need to call a repair man to fix this? Will my bowed hardwood go back to normal? should i run a dehumidifier to help the process?
I've posted pictures of the build up of ice in the freezer that's causing the leak (after I had chipped most of it out). Any help would be greatly appreciated. water damage is my worst nightmare.
UPDATE**
So I hope i fixed my freezer!! i took out the rubber duckbill. it was filthy and blocked. it definitely looked like it was the culprit. I cleaned it up and it looks like someone had already cut both the ends or is this how it's supposed to look like? See attached picture. Then I went to take out the tray (which was very difficult and caused me to swear a lot) and the door (which was much easier). I tried to take out the metal backing with the grates because that would allow me to defrost the exit hole to the tray in the back. However, the ice machine was in the way and I did not know how to remove the metal backing without removing the icemaker. Therefore, I just decided to chip away at the ice as best as i could through the grates and by pouring hot water in the exit hole. While chipping, I accidentally damaged the plastic and made a very small incision near the exit hole (see picture). I'm so mad at myself for not being more careful. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there some type of paste or tape that can block this off? i'm not entirely sure if it's necessary because there's a metal tray that leads to the exit hole and technically there wouldn't be any water going into that small incision i made. However, for peace of mind, part of me wants to just close that incision. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Last edited by otaknap on Jul 26th, 2017 11:00 pm, edited 5 times in total.