Kitchen leak cleanup in Joliet usually means a slow leak that went unnoticed for weeks. A dishwasher supply line, a loose drain connection under the sink, or a refrigerator ice maker line drips behind the cabinets, and the first sign is a soft spot in the floor or laminate that starts to cup.
Kitchens are hard to dry because the water hides. Base cabinets sit on the subfloor, the toe kick covers the gap, and the cabinet bottoms are often particleboard, which swells and doesn't come back once it's soaked. Water also runs under the flooring into the next room.
Our crew checks the floor and walls with a moisture meter and a thermal camera to map where the water went. We may pull toe kicks and drill small holes under the cabinets to push drying air in, so the cabinets can stay in place. When the cabinet bottoms have swollen or the subfloor has rotted, those pieces come out.
Laminate and engineered flooring usually can't be dried once water gets under them. Solid hardwood sometimes can, with drying mats.
Dishwasher and refrigerator leaks often run down to the basement too. See ceiling water damage and structural drying. Call (815) 595-0220.
