I am debating with the wife on the merits of laying engineered wood under the refrigerator in the kitchen. Every fridge that I have pulled out looks like it has evidence of condensation and moisture underneath it--even if it is just some water being drawn out of the air on a humid day a few times a year, I think it would ruin the wood under the fridge.

I am trying to convince her to let me tile the little alcove that the refrigerator sits in and stop the wood just short of the fridge and seperate it with T moulding.

Any thoughts or experience on this?

Thanks,

--David

Many of the kitchen contractors I have worked with use an appliance pan under the refer. I don't know where they get them but they are usually a thin plastic pan with 3 sides and a bottom. This sits on the floor and the appliance (refer) is rolled into the pan and sits on top of it. It protects the floor from moisture.