Fitting an Integrated Fridge Freezer

ItchyFeet

Please could somebody tell me how a fully integrated fridge freezer should be fitted?

The cupboard is a standard B&Q 1880mm high, and the ff is only 1770 high, yet has brackets on the top indicating that it should be fixed to the top of the cupboard. Do i need to elevate the fridge freezer or ignore the top fixing brackets?

Also, should i have a vent in the plinth? The ff didn't come with one - do i need to obtain it separately?

Many thanks!

diable

RTFM ;o))))

ItchyFeet

diable wrote: »

RTFM ;o))))

Charming. It didn't come with a manual or any fixings so i was hoping for a quick response before i decide to send it back.

Ebe_Scrooge

The simplest would probably be to contact the shop where you bought it from and ask them to send you the manual - assuming it was bought new then it should have come with one ( and standard fixings should have been included as well, I would have thought ). Having said that, you can usually get manuals for most things online, just google for the make / model number.

I'm no expert, but in general you will need a vent of some sort, however it may be that the design of your particular layout already gives sufficient ventilation.

G42

Concentrate on getting the F/F doors lined up so that they meet with the cabinet integrated doors. In other words, where the integrated doors meet should be line up with the division between the fridge and freezer. This will likely mean elevating it to some degree. Careful measuring will be needed. This will probably mean that you won't be able to use the top fixing but that's of no concern as you will still have the bottom ones. Check the depth of the F/F as well as you may have to do away with the inside cabinet support at the back of the unit, if there is one, to get it to fit in.

I had the same problem with mine so I'm speaking from experience.

No real need for a vent.

keystone

ItchyFeet wrote: »

Do i need to elevate the fridge freezer

Yes use the adjustable feet.

or ignore the top fixing brackets?

No.

If you do that your door will not line up with the others.

Cheers

G42

keystone wrote: »

Yes use the adjustable feet.

No.


If you do that your door will not line up with the others.

Cheers

Sorry but you've got it wrong. Using the adjustable feet will put the cabinet out of line. Plinths are only so high. The F/F needs to be raised within the cabinet, the cabinet itself being properly aligned with the others.

The top fixing brackets are meant to fix the F/F to the top of the cabinet. They have nothing to do with the doors.

keystone

Sorry - you've misunderstood what I have written. The feet on the machine NOT the feet on the cabinet which would be illogical and impossible under the worktop anyway. If the height is adjusted so that top fixing brackets are used it makes it so much easier to fit the door to the outside of the machine so that it will line up with the others. Top fixing bracketry is also required to stop it jumping around - but you know that.

We are saying exactly the same thing methinks and therefore I haven't got it wrong at all.

Cheers

ItchyFeet

Thanks for all your help! I will pass your info onto the muscle (i'm the brains).