How To Repair A Small Chest Freezer Door Seal

It's Irish potato's constabulary that if something tin can go wrong, it will. . . and about ofttimes this occurs when you're already overextended and can't afford to crush out money on all the same another unexpected expense. Near recently in our firm, the gasket on our side past side upright freezer suddenly stopped working altogether.

At first, I blamed my spouse, telling him he left the freezer open up when he grabbed ice. He insisted he hadn't even been in the freezer to get water ice, he'd gotten something out of the fridge. When I got in the fridge and closed the door, I noticed that the freezer door popped open.

And so we started looking closely at the freezer to see if information technology was no longer level, no longer tilted properly, how the gasket looked. Well, to be honest, information technology looked similar crap. It's peeling off in the corner, again.

Listen yous, in the x years we've had this junk Kenmore freezer, we've replaced quite a few parts in it, including the gasket, twice.

The first two times we paid a repairman to replace information technology, which entailed making an date, waiting over 2 MONTHS for someone to NOT show up, then another two weeks for them to reschedule and evidence. Nosotros actually had to purchase a breast freezer in the meantime to put everything in because, in gild to replace the gasket on this model, they have to accept the door completely off and remove panels.

It was a nightmare and it was expensive, to the tune of over $250 each time, for the service call and parts, and so you can imagine my extreme displeasure when the outcome started all over again.

This fourth dimension, I found a much cheaper solution that doesn't involve calling a repairman, doesn't involve waiting 2 months for him to show up, doesn't involve duct-taping my refrigerator or freezer shut and so scraping the residuum off every couple days and reapplying tape merely to ensure it stays closed and we don't lose food, or risk our health.

Nope, this involves 2 minutes of "labor" and less than ten dollars.

Instead, we purchased some dual action multi-use latches, that actually match our fridge/freezer coloring quite well.

DIY Dirt Cheap Cleaved Fridge-Freezer Gasket Remedy

Does your Refrigerator or Freezer Pop Open all the time?

How to Employ:

Decide where to install latch earlier removing adhesive.
Clean and dry all surfaces earlier mounting apparatus latch.
Once the location is adamant, remove adhesive backing and firmly press latch to surface. Brand certain the back plate is level with lock.
Clean the surface where the latch will exist installed. Be sure information technology is dry.
Remove the backing, printing the product onto the surface.

Here's why we love them

- Secures cabinets, drawers, appliances, toilet seats, and more than which is great when you have nosy pets or small children.
- Requires dual button functioning to release, release and rotate when non in employ
- Flexible strap allows latching effectually corners, we use them in our RV likewise.
- Piece of cake to install with provided adhesive – won't damage furniture and is easy to remove
- The latches are durable, even when used multiple times daily.

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