Laying vinyl/lino around fridge freezer

pimento

We're replacing the lino in our kitchen. We can take everything out of the room except for our American style fridge freezer. It won't go out of the kitchen door without taking the doors off the fridge freezer and we really don't want to do this.

Is this likely to be a big problem? On fitting day there will be three large blokes (dad, husband, brother in law) who will be able and willing to move the fridge around the fitter.

I know that when we had the last lot of lino laid, (before we owned the large ff), the fitter moved our washing machine around on an upturned off-cut of vinyl, but of course, our fridge freezer is larger that this.

We will be emtying it which will make it lighter and it does have small wheels that are fixed to go just backwards and forwards..

Any fitters here who can give me advice on how to do this?

ormus

three big blokes will/should lift the fridge freezer with no problems.
get a piece of old carpet or plywood to stand it on, temporary.

broonbear

i come across this quite often, the 3 strong lads you have will need to lift the fridge completely off the ground so the fitter can lay out the vinyl underneath it. It doesn't matter if it's got wheels it needs to be a complete lift. If it was a standard fridge you could have tilted it back and layed the vinyl under the front then tilt it forward and pull the vinyl out the back but as its an american style you'll find that near impossible

skiTTish

It depends on the experience and indeed the mood of the fitters!
We had a carpet fitter who was fab we used him a lot but he HATED fitting lino with a passion and he could be a mardy git and refuse to fit if there was anything in the room .
Just keep the fitter in cups of tea and biscuits and you should be fine

pimento

Would it need to be lifted perpendicular? I'm a bit wary of tilting a fridge right over. It would be difficult to lift, not because of the weight, but because of the orientation. It's about 1.7m high, about 0.7m deep and 0.9m wide so has a high centre of gravity.

pimento

Also, would it be easier if we moved the beast into a corner? We have a kind of alcove about 1.6m wide. The fridge could go into there temporarily so instead of having to roll a square piece under the ff, we would only need to get a triangle piece (internal corner piece) under it once everything else had been laid.

I always over think stuff....

skiddlydiddly

We're having lino fitted in the kitchen next week and plan on moving the fridge into the hall for the day out of the fitters way.I imagine the last thing they want is difficult obstacles to work around and it could result in a botched job if you make it more difficult than it has to be for them.

Slightly offtopic.After pulling up the old lino we have 30 year old vinyl tiles underneath and some of the corners chipped away.Whats the best stuff to use to level it out(so it doesn't show through the new flooring)bearing in mind they are only small areas of a few cm squared each and needs to set quickly?

Barneysmom

If you do move the ff, when you put it back leave it for at least an hour before switching back on to let the gas settle. Also if you tilt it, make sure you tilt it back/forward, not side to side as you could wreck the compressor.

diggerman123

Slightly offtopic.After pulling up the old lino we have 30 year old vinyl tiles underneath and some of the corners chipped away.Whats the best stuff to use to level it out(so it doesn't show through the new flooring)bearing in mind they are only small areas of a few cm squared each and needs to set quickly?[/QUOTE]

you can get small tubs of floor levelling compound from most diy shops. it generally sets within an hour