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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.

 

 

 

 

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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! :(

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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

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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

 

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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).

 

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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

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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.

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