Moving frozen food to new freezer

themull1

We just leave all white goods on the drive - the scrap men collect them - is that not something you can do?

chrisw

themull1 wrote: »

We just leave all white goods on the drive - the scrap men collect them - is that not something you can do?

The scrap men, or at least the legitimate ones, won't take fridges or freezers.

MissLC

Ectophile wrote: »

Another way to keep food frozen is to wrap it in old blankets.

Pile all the food together in a heap on a blanket, then just keep wrapping.

My mum suggested this to me recently. I haven't done it myself but though

jamesd

The blankets work well when combined with the box(es) which do a better job of stopping air flow.

If there's time to freeze bottles or bags of water to go between the food and the box/blanket layers the food part will probably stay frozen for a couple of days, though you'd want to put ice cream in the middle of the heap, not at the edge. I've done this sort of thing myself and a couple of days is cautious, not ambitious, once you have a sufficiently large heap of frozen things and plenty of insulation around it all.

David_IC

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[Deleted User]

I never understand why people allow these chains to take away their old appliances unless they are truly broken.

Surely the MSE way would be to sell it to someone who can't afford new or to donate it to charity.

Alfrescodave

I'd take advantage of their free removal as it can be difficult to dispose of an old fridge / freezer. Our local "scrap dealers" wont take them and the council charge £30 to dispose. Check the council web site to see what your local council charges before you rely on that method.

audigex

Deleted_User wrote: »

I never understand why people allow these chains to take away their old appliances unless they are truly broken.

Surely the MSE way would be to sell it to someone who can't afford new or to donate it to charity.

The companies will often give it to a refurbishment charity or similar. And the fact is that while some people live super-MSE lives, most of us are just trying to get reasonably good deals and understand money.

Sometimes I'll sell something for the money, but other times I can't be bothered with the hassle of having the Freezer sit in my front room for 3 days, finding a buyer (including messing about on Facebook or eBay or whatever), waiting in for someone who may or may not turn up, helping them load a freezer into a too-small car etc, all for £20... sometimes you just want rid of whatever it is.