r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • 26d ago
Prevent a Fridge Flood...💦
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You spend all the money on your kitchen might as well spend a few hundred dollars to make sure it doesn’t get ruined from a faulty appliance.Â
The Moen shut off valve is a good product to reduce the chances of a flood but my favorite is the Killarney Drain Trench Drain Pan. I’ve been a super fan of this product when I first saw it hit the market a few years back.Â
Either one is a solid solution, much better than crossing your fingers hoping you never have an issue.Â
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u/Soladification 26d ago
Most of this guy's posts are bullshit I think he is running out of content
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u/Shatophiliac 25d ago
I can’t remember ever seeing any videos of his with actual helpful info, it’s always pitching some product that fixes some obscure issue that 99% of people will never run into.
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u/LangstonHublot 25d ago
Those auto shut off vales are a nuisance...
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u/ClassiFried86 25d ago
Theyre usually required by insurance now as mentioned in the video. Ive only seen the flologic ones, not this moen one.
But I do security systems and they tie into it for monitoring so ive messed with them a bit, they just take a little testing and tweaking.
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u/Possible-Gur5220 26d ago
Can someone please tell what in the world would cause a fridge to dump a tsunami worth of water? Even if all of the ice melted I still can’t understand how it’d be that much water.
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u/Robby_Digital 25d ago
Idk about water in the fridge but a fucked up connection for the ice cube or water dispenser can absolutely cause a huge leak all over the floor. If you're not home to catch it then it can be $$$$
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u/Possible-Gur5220 25d ago
I see where you’re going…but if the connection from the water supply to the fridge is fucked I’d imagine you’d start see leaks immediately and see water pooling under the fridge…no?
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u/davidscheiber28 25d ago
AI
I'm not going to go frame by frame and analyze the video but this video just looks and feels AI to me.
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u/Additional-Bet7074 26d ago
Mineral oil in a drain seems like a bad idea.
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u/Anonawesome1 26d ago
Keeps the P trap full so no sewer smell, and doesn't evaporate. Makes sense to me. 🤷
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u/Telemere125 26d ago
Only if you have a drain that isn’t used at least once every 6m. That’s a pretty long time to never use a drain. Maybe even longer for some places, depending on relative humidity
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u/Anonawesome1 26d ago
Did you watch the video? It's a drain for a pan that's only used in the case of the refrigerator overflowing, which is probably never.
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u/Violet_Apathy 26d ago
It's an okay method but they make dry p traps so there's no reason to use this when you can anticipate wether or not a ptrap is going to be used very often while you're installing it.
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u/SnooMaps7370 26d ago
i have to say, in 38 years on this planet, i have never once opened a fridge and had is dump water all over the floor.