replacing inbuilt under counter freezer

ryder72

I would recommend getting the freezer that most suits your requirements rather that finding one that is an easy fit. None of them are fundamentally difficult.

You may need a ventilation slot in the plinth (most undercounter fridges and freezers do).

wallofbeans

ryder72 wrote: »

I would recommend getting the freezer that most suits your requirements rather that finding one that is an easy fit. None of them are fundamentally difficult.

You may need a ventilation slot in the plinth (most undercounter fridges and freezers do).

You mentioned "ventilation slot" and that led me to realise that what I thought was part of the freezer and perfectly aligned with the 'kick strip', was in fact a separate item attached to the bottom of the freezer and to the top of the wood beneath.

This is making a lot more sense now. I think I can easily reuse this current ventilation slot but it probably wont be quite wide enough to match the slightly wider freezers that seem to now be available. Can I buy a new one of these somewhere? Any ideas where? Or do they come with the freezers?

EDIT: It looks like they all possibly come with the vent. So then the question becomes how deep is the vent and how do I know it will match the gap between the bottom of the freezer and the top of the kick strip? The gap between those two points on my current freezer is 7cm and I wonder if that is standard?

jennifernil

Do you have a separate piece of stuff under just the freezer (I call it the plinth) or is it continuous? Continuous is more usual these days.

Either way, a vent under the appliance is normal and I doubt the vent grilles are of a standard size. Can you not just keep the existing vent?

We fitted one for our daughter a few years back and it was not attached to the appliance, just fitted into the plinth.

Personally, I would be buying a new piece of plinth, preferably to be continuous under the whole run of units, and cutting a slot in it for the new vent, if you do need to fit a different one.

The appliance will come with a template and instructions on how to fit the decorative door, read the instructions carefully to get a good fit.

wallofbeans

jennifernil wrote: »

Do you have a separate piece of stuff under just the freezer (I call it the plinth) or is it continuous? Continuous is more usual these days.

Either way, a vent under the appliance is normal and I doubt the vent grilles are of a standard size. Can you not just keep the existing vent?

We fitted one for our daughter a few years back and it was not attached to the appliance, just fitted into the plinth.

Personally, I would be buying a new piece of plinth, preferably to be continuous under the whole run of units, and cutting a slot in it for the new vent, if you do need to fit a different one.

The appliance will come with a template and instructions on how to fit the decorative door, read the instructions carefully to get a good fit.

It's continuous. Well, it's two pieces but they are both long and between them cover the length of the kitchen on one side.

I'm hopeful that a new vent will fit, and yes I could use the current one I think, but the current freezer is only 58cm wide (it has a gap that has been filled with a strip of wood) so the new ones that are all just under 60cm will fit perfectly in the space. But the current vent will be a couple of cm's short and so I hope the new one will work better.

Thanks for the advice. All this is incredibly helpful and gets me closer to picking the right freezer for the space.