Replacing Integrated Fridge

leeegglestone

When I bought my House, it already had a Fridge inside a Cupboard, where the Fridge door is connected to the Cupboard door meaning only one door to open

Im at the stage where I need to replace the Fridge.

Ive took some Pics of the way its connected up at present.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7416/019ai.jpg
http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=027et.jpg
http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=031hn.jpg
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Now what do I do to replace it? i know its not as simple as buying a fridge around the same size and slotting it in there

delluver

That's a diy job isn't it? Can't you keep the original brackets and get a fridge the same size, and put it back in with the brackets the way it is at the mo?

leeegglestone

Not sure, think Id have to get my Dad to take the Freeze outta there to take a Look, it seems to have some sort of overhang on the Fridge Door

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9182/783637528sx.jpg

Also im not sure the fridge itself and the Fridge door as attached to the side of the Cabinet.

Plus Ive just read someone elses post regarding ventilation, id assume when this one was put it, they took that into consideration

delluver

Good luck with it - wish I could help more.

Your mortgage term is a bit long isn't it, especially seeing as you don't owe that much?!

x

leeegglestone

live on my own and poorly paid. Matched Betting is gonna take care of the Mortgage

boom

Hi

I've just been through this with my mum's fridge that gave up after 7 years and needed replacing.

I removed the existing fridge from the cabinet (easy job) and then bought another one that was exactly the same size. In our case it was a Zannusi model and we bought a newer Zannusi fridge that was the same size. But we could have gone for one that was ever so slightly smaller or larger.

The overhang thing you've linked to (http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9182/783637528sx.jpg) had several holes in it on the Zannusi - these were used to screw it to the piece of wood shown just above it in your photo. However in your photo there is a gap so you can't really do that! As long as it's screwed in at the bottom I suppose there is no danger of it falling out.

The door/cupboard connectors you've shown are pretty standard and you will find that pretty much all built in fridges come with a fixing kit anyway. I decided to use the existing connectors rather than the new ones that came with the new fridge.

Ventilation is an issue - in our case the fridge comes with a small plastic grille to fix on the bottom of the fridge and this ensures that air can circulate or whatever.

The key thing to do is to make sure that you don't get an "under worktop" fridge as these have slightly different fittings and stuff.

boom

Hi

I've just been through this with my mum's fridge that gave up after 7 years and needed replacing.

I removed the existing fridge from the cabinet (easy job) and then bought another one that was exactly the same size. In our case it was a Zannusi model and we bought a newer Zannusi fridge that was the same size. But we could have gone for one that was ever so slightly smaller or larger.

The overhang thing you've linked to (http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9182/783637528sx.jpg) had several holes in it on the Zannusi - these were used to screw it to the piece of wood shown just above it in your photo. However in your photo there is a gap so you can't really do that! As long as it's screwed in at the bottom I suppose there is no danger of it falling out.

The door/cupboard connectors you've shown are pretty standard and you will find that pretty much all built in fridges come with a fixing kit anyway. I decided to use the existing connectors rather than the new ones that came with the new fridge.

Ventilation is an issue - in our case the fridge comes with a small plastic grille to fix on the bottom of the fridge and this ensures that air can circulate or whatever.

The key thing to do is to make sure that you don't get an "under worktop" fridge as these have slightly different fittings and stuff.