It’s a ground floor apartment, though the apartment itself has two stories, so maybe it’s more like a townhome? Anyway, there’s a 2 foot by 2 foot section of floor that feels squishy at the ground level and when I step on it water comes out. The swishy floor is wood or linoleum? It doesn’t seem to be getting better or worse. There’s no toilet clog, it’s dry under the sinks and around the tub. It’s wet under the dishwasher, but not in the dishwasher. The dishwasher doesn’t look clogged to me. The dishwasher is in between the fridge and where the squishy floor is at the entrace between the livingroom and kitchen.
How do I handle this situation? What’s happening? Did I do something wrong? The owner is traveling and hard to reach. I don’t know anything about pluming or floors.
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Do you have contact information for the landlord? Can you ask the neighbor for their contact information if you can’t get in touch with person who hired you? This definitely means there is water in/under the floor and it needs to be addressed as soon as possible or it will cause much much more damage
You should find the water shutoff and use it.
Then bleed the lines by turning on a faucet (lowest one in the place) until it stops.