When you see water pooling up around your fridge, it might be a little worrying, but there are many perfectly natural explanations for why this might be happening. There is no need to panic.
The first thing to check is whether or not someone in your family had a spill and didn’t clean it up. No need to be upset, you just got one less thing to worry about in your life.
Next, you should check the likely culprit to figure out what you need to do. If your fridge is equipped with an ice-maker and water dispenser, checking the waterline for damage as well as making sure that the mechanism shuts off properly when not in use will let you know whether that is the culprit.
If your freezer is self-defrosting, it could be a blocked defrost drain. This is what is used for funneling water away from the freezer when it is in defrosting mode, but if it is blocked, it can back up and leak out. There could also be damage to the defrost drain pan underneath the refrigerator.
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