Onoff Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) I need to source an upright freezer for my elderly parents. Got to the point where they don't venture out much so the plan is to stock up on home made bulk dinners they can defrost, ready meals and other frozen stuff. Spent a couple of hours reversing the door on the Hotpoint fridge / freezer today and putting into an alcove. The new freezer will go alongside. To gain space I had to lose the skirting either side. Left with <560mm to get a freezer in. As an aside what a biatch to reverse the door. Mr Average wouldn't have done it: 3 hinges for two doors. The top two hinges the same but had different fixing screws. I needed to drill the metal case of the fridge to fit the middle hinge though the dimples were at least there. Two plastic fittings middle and bottom at first glance reversible. I had to multitool both. The bottom hinge, the holes in the plastic on were massively oversize for the screws when I swapped the door over. Longer screws out of the Screwfix case went into "something". Pita job! Needs to be: White Frost free Reversible door <560mm wide NOT Hotpoint or Beko! I must tbh check the model number of the existing fridge freezer after what I've just read ref Grenfell etc. Edited December 9, 2017 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 25 minutes ago, Onoff said: As an aside what a biatch to reverse the door. Mr Average wouldn't have done it: Good to see that you are over your self deprocating of this morning. How about this one. https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/f170h/white-knight-f170h-freestanding-freezer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, MikeSharp01 said: Good to see that you are over your self deprocating of this morning. How about this one. https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/f170h/white-knight-f170h-freestanding-freezer Ta. A name I'm not familiar with but had seen through searching. Digging into the brand: http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/about-the-appliance-industry/manufacturer-information/2893-white-knight-domestic-appliances According to the link above the White Knight refrigeration side might be made by Hisense Kelon and not much is known about them : http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/about-the-appliance-industry/manufacturer-information/3550-hisense The cold reality is that any freezer will probably only need to last 5 -10 years max! Edited December 9, 2017 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryder72 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Steer clear of the Beko's, White Knights, Hotpoints etc. Fire risk comes free with these products but the price to pay may be too high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I looked to replace ours earlier this week. As I was browsing I read a BBC article that many new fridges aren't upto a good fire safety standard. Plastic backs worse than metal backs etc. At this point I gave up and decided to wait till the old one breaks. Seems the fire safety regs need an upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Debating say a better make but an integrated one which will be narrower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I have Tenants who have had White Knight. The experience seems to be that they are inexpensive to buy but not so inexpensive to run. That was some time ago, though. Appliance World let you filter your appliance search by exact width. HEre is one for freezers 540mm to 560mm wide. 45 models, which you could buy elsewhere. http://www.appliance-world.co.uk/freezers?perpage=36&sort=na&price_slider=£159+-+£4345&opt[]=23_4815&opt[]=23_5387&opt[]=23_4183&opt[]=23_5487&opt[]=23_5390&opt[]=23_4401&opt[]=23_5236&opt[]=23_4190 F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) So trying to rearrange the elderly parents kitchen. They are hoarders in the worst sense and very, very resistive to change. Too many cups, trays, pans etc. As above I've moved the fridge freezer into the alcove but only have 550mm (560mm 'ish less some tolerance). All the narrow, 1750mm high freezers are crap makes like Beko etc. So I'm thinking about this integrated Zanussi: https://ao.com/product/zbf22456s1-zanussi-upright-freezer-white-42471-34.aspx What's a "sliding door fixing kit"? Do I have to "intergrate" it or can it be freestanding? Do I have to fit a "cover" on the door? Cheers Edited January 23, 2018 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 It's to attach the freezer door to the kitchen unit door it's hidden (or integrated) behind. Usually white plastic sliders with self adhesive backing. Without a box unit to house it I'd expect it would look ugly and unfinished as although perfectly workable as a freezer. Oh it might not have a door handle though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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