integrated fridge freezer?

BONJOEY

i am looking everywhere fora cheap integrated fridge freezer, can anyone help? xx:o

Smiley_Mum

Have a look at this website, if you have one of the shops near you there may be something available.

http://www.emmaus.org.uk/index.php?Q=14a&Id=28

BONJOEY

nice thought, and nice website, but not really what i was lookin for, thanks anywayx

Smiley_Mum

You did say cheap, second hand is cheap, for nothing is better.

If you state your budget for the integrated fridge freezer etc then someone might see something and post it up. What about Comet, don't they have some kind of auction site where you can bid on white goods. Someone might have details.

BONJOEY

i got one now, but are lookin for an integrated washer, approx 200 max

ill keep wishing

andrewmoorcroft

I bought a 550 wide stand alone one and fitted in a 600 wide unit. People warned me against it but i had no problems whatsoever. I made sure i left lots of ventilation at the top, bottom and back where i could. It was much cheaper than a built in one and it meant i could use one with damaged sides etc because it wouldn't be seen. The only thing i had to fiddle with was that the door split of the appliance was not in the same position of the door split on the unit so i had to put a sheet of PLY on the bottom shelf of the unit to raise the fridge to make the door postions match. 15 years later - still happy!

BONJOEY

good idea!!!!

Smiley_Mum

I had a look and although not integrated, for £229 you can get this Zanussi washing machine, very good make, reliable etc. Free delivery on it too. There is Beko which is a cheap make and may last a year and then conk out, you could pick one of them up for around £170. Check here for the Zanussi machine...

http://www.trade-appliances.co.uk/_1002021_Zanussi_ZWF1221W.html

gromituk

andrewmoorcroft wrote:

I bought a 550 wide stand alone one and fitted in a 600 wide unit.

I've done the same, although it was an afterthought so it's a notionally 600mm wide fridge which just goes into a 600m wide unit. I had to take a hammer to the corners IIRC!

In order to get the cupboard doors to pull the fridge/freezer doors open I ordered the connecting sliders as a spare part for another built-in fridge. They came with self-tapping screws which fit easily into holes drilled in the doors' outer skins.

I too ensured plenty of ventilation and it worked OK to begin with, but is now nearly 20 years old and unfortunately the fridge section now ices up - I'm not sure why - probably failing insulation (it's not a blocked drain hole).

As you say, a tricky thing to do is to match the door heights, and that's the chief obstacle to replacing it - I made some fiendish arrangement of cupboard doors attached to drawer fronts (which really doesn't look nearly as bad as it sounds!).

I think built-in fridges have gone out of fashion, to be replaced by built-under ones and those dreadful "American-style" monsters - the Chelsea tractors of refrigeration.

Carrera74

I got mine from MFI, cheap and cheerful

tawnyowls

andrewmoorcroft wrote:

I bought a 550 wide stand alone one and fitted in a 600 wide unit. People warned me against it but i had no problems whatsoever. I made sure i left lots of ventilation at the top, bottom and back where i could. It was much cheaper than a built in one and it meant i could use one with damaged sides etc because it wouldn't be seen. The only thing i had to fiddle with was that the door split of the appliance was not in the same position of the door split on the unit so i had to put a sheet of PLY on the bottom shelf of the unit to raise the fridge to make the door postions match. 15 years later - still happy!

Me too, and put the WM and DW behind doors under an extra-deep worktop. The ventilation's almost exclusively at the back and underneath anyway, so as long as you leave the back off and don't have a plinth, there shouldn't be a problem putting an FF in a cupboard.