Chest freezer seal problems

Viberduo

Not sure if it was because I bought it second hand and first thing I did was remove seal as it was dirty and wipe all the frame of the freezer.

I did notice it get frosted up around the edges a lot since I got it and every so often just broke off the ice with force, it wasnt until a friend noticed there was a space between seal and the frame.

So I took seal off and just used fingers to stretch the seal, I did this last night but still the bottom left corner of the door doesnt shut 100% theres a tiny gap of about a millimeter or two but rest is fine.

Checked it today and not a single bit of ice has occured on the seal area or under the lid as before.

Just wondering about getting the door down completly and if it was a common thing and either way would that gap mean my food will go off quicker and the freezer use more electric?

MoneyMate

Have you tried Carefully Twisting the door as it may be distorted ?

cyclonebri1

Take the seal off and boil it it a stew pot/cauldron.
Softens it all up and reseats itself

Viberduo

Thanks, I thought I would update since after a day the seal I stretched with my fingers went back to that solid shape so I go frost again, I did have a thought to boiling it myself but how would I go about that since the seal is far too big to boil in a pot, its as wide as my sink worktop if not bigger(must be about 6 feet maybe more) unless I can boil it in sections

imho

Put it in bath with hot water but i think it will just shrink back again.
Have you looked online to see how much a new seal costs?

Viberduo

I put it in bath for a few hours of hot water and after I lifted it out about 10 little holes of water came off(as well as a huge amount of dirt1)

Seems to fit perfect not but will give it a few days to see if it messes up again.