How do I repair the water damage to my kitchen sink?

Hello guys,

I had a leak in my kitchen faucet. I did not take it seriously but now I just found out the extent of the damage and dont know what to do. Here is what happened. The faucet leaked and the water went between the back of the faucet and the wall and damaged the laminate countertop and the wood to which it was glued on. Then after the wood absorbed all that water, the water apparently started dripping under the counter and the cabinet underneath the faucet got damaged. The peice of wood that goes behind the cabinet along the wall is all swollen and spongy and the base of the cabinet caved down after it weakend and got rotten due to the weight of the utensils lying on top of it. so now I dont know how to repair it and if I will be able to find the exact same material to replace everything that has damaged. I was thinking to cut the damaged part out and get the replacement material from home depot and nail/glue it back.

Please let me know if you guys can give me some advice. If possible provide me with the 'how to do' video link or a write up with lots of pictures and most importantly an estimate of how much will the repair cost me.

Thank you everyone,
Skyruler87

UPDATE: Finally, I went and googled and found a forum called "Home Repair Forum". There I left a message on a forum that somebody else had started a few years back and this guy "mrcaptainbob" helped me out and now its all done. Thanks to Mrcaptainbob for all his help.

If you guys have any similar problem I highly recommend "www.homerepairforum.com". If you want to learn about how I fixed all of this mess then here's the link: http://www.homerepairforum.com/forum/cabinets-shelving/3420-undersink-water-d.... This link is to the forum where I asked questions every time I got stuck or didn't understand anything.

I have also uploaded all the photos online. These pictures were taken before, during, and after the counter top was fixed.
LINK TO PICTURES:
http://picasaweb.google.com/112202191947655952319/Cabinet?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/112202191947655952319/Stage2?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/112202191947655952319/Stage3?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/112202191947655952319/FinalStage?feat=directlink

I hope my experience will help someone out someday.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Kitchen
• Cabinet
• faucet
• countertop
• repair

[fromthelittlehouse]

I am a producer on a DIY home improvement show and am really interested in this story to possibly feature on the show. I can be reached at through my You Tube Account - would love to connect with you! Thanks.

[ravensdale98051]

To Those That Have Left Comments B4 Me Please answer the following question-- when to removing all of the damaged area how far into the good? 1/8 " or 1/4/" ?

As 4 the video above-

Kudos for this being your first if it is, get a tripod to mount the camera or software- may I suiggest motion director to help with the motion sickness thing that is going on.

[1971SuperLead]

Remove everything that is damaged and then replace everything you removed with new items.

[Rettungsliegerfan]

build an arc and rescue yourselfe!

[CabinetryExpert]

This is a tragic thing....I feel sea sick after watching your video footage. Whoa!