The refrigerator is an absolutely ordinary household appliance for every modern home. True, sometimes it’s quite difficult to choose a model that will successfully fit into the atmosphere of the kitchen. This is due to the design features of the refrigerator. Most often, the doors of Indesit, LG, Samsung and many other brands of refrigerators open from left to right. This is not always convenient. If the arrangement of furniture in the kitchen requires a different arrangement, the question may arise about how to outweigh the refrigerator door.
Of course, the easiest way to call the wizard from the service center. For the appropriate reward, he will easily solve your problem. But if you want to save a little, then reading this article, you can easily do it.
Why is it necessary
As practice shows, the right-hand location of the refrigerator door is not always convenient enough. The way out of the situation was the outweighed refrigerator doors, which are designed and successfully used in many models.
There may be several reasons why you have to perform such an operation:
- redevelopment of the kitchen, in which the right-hand position is simply inconvenient;
- the desire of the left-handed owner to make his life more comfortable;
- weak pressure of the refrigerator door to the housing due to subsidence of the fasteners.
Most often, reinstalling the door is included in the warranty service. But, firstly, the guarantee tends to end. And, secondly, it often happens that during its operation you outweighed the door in a comfortable position, and then decided to return everything back. How to be Everything is very simple. Even a superficial knowledge of how to outweigh the door of the refrigerator will allow you to perform all the work yourself, without the help of a specialist.
Preparatory work
So let's get started. Before you outweigh the refrigerator door, you need to find out if this is possible in principle. It is very easy to do. Carefully read the unit passport. There is certainly information about this.
If you have not found your passports or operating instructions, it doesn’t matter. Carefully inspect the door. On the side opposite the hinges, you will see similar technological holes. If there are none, the re-hung refrigerator doors are not provided for this model. You will have to look for a more suitable place for the refrigerator.
Before you remove the door of the refrigerator, you need to free it from food, be sure to disconnect it from the power supply and thoroughly defrost it. If this is not done, then ensure a tight fit of the door does not work. It is also worth moving the unit away from the wall and other pieces of furniture, pulling out all the drawers and shelves (especially glass ones), and removing magnets and other decorations.
Some unfortunate specialists suggest putting the refrigerator on the floor for convenience. In no case should this be done. It is especially dangerous to lay the unit flat on the back wall. By doing this, you risk damaging the compressor and the cooling system as a whole.
Instruments
For work you will need:
- a set of ordinary and socket wrenches;
- Phillips and slotted screwdrivers ;
- a knife or putty knife to pry off decorative caps and other elements;
- masking tape;
- a piece of paper, with its help, the elastic for the refrigerator is checked.
Work step by step
When all the preparatory work is completed, and the tools are prepared, you can begin work.
- First of all, securely fasten the door with masking tape. This is necessary so that it does not deform when you unscrew one of the fasteners.
- Now, using a knife or spatula, remove all the decorative elements that block access to the bolts.
- Using a key or a screwdriver (depending on the type of fastening), carefully unscrew the fasteners holding the door in an upright position.
- After removing the tape, remove the door from the hinges and carefully lean it against the wall. To avoid accidental damage, you can put it on the floor, after laying a piece of cardboard or an old blanket. This item is especially important for those who decide to rearrange the industrial refrigerator. The glass door in such models breaks quite often.
- Arm yourself with the right tool and remove the hinges one at a time, then install them on the right side using the appropriate process holes.
- During installation, make sure that the fasteners do not swap places. The fact is that each loop has a specific output. By interchanging the lower and upper mounts, you risk not achieving a very good result.
- Move the door to a new position and put the fasteners back in place. Attach the door handle if it is removable.
- Using a piece of paper, check to see if the gum fits snugly. For the refrigerator, this is very important, if there is no tightness, it will not work properly.
- Conducting such a check is very simple. It is necessary to squeeze a piece of paper between the door and the body and try to pull it out. If you failed to do this, or the sheet goes through with difficulty, then you did everything right. If the paper slipped out easily, the door needs to be adjusted.
If your refrigerator is two-chamber
If your refrigerator has two or three cameras, you have to tinker a bit. The difficulty may lie in dismantling the middle loops.
In this case, remove all the doors one after the other, moving from top to bottom, and assemble in the opposite direction.
- We fix the lower and upper doors with masking tape.
- We remove the protective elements and unscrew the upper fastener of the upper door.
- We remove the tape from the upper compartment and carefully lift the door from the mounting pin and set it aside.
- We place the plugs in the formed holes.
- Now you need to dismantle the middle mount. At the same time, care must be taken not to damage the lower compartment door.
- Remove the bottom door and carefully remove it to the side.
- We outweigh the bottom mount on the right side, return the door to its place and fasten it again with adhesive tape.
- Now install the middle mount and hang the top door.
- We fix it with tape and return the upper mount to its place.
- We insert plugs into all the vacated openings, fasten the handles and check for leaks.
- If necessary - adjustable.
How to outweigh a door with a display
Some models of refrigerators have a control module integrated in the door. Let's look at how to outweigh the refrigerator door in this case. In general, the procedure is no different from that described above. The difference can only be that, among other things, you have to independently transfer to the other side and the cable loop.
If you worry that you can’t do this kind of work yourself, it’s best to invite a specialist.
But you can do without it.
- Armed with the right tool, remove the top case cover.
- Locate the wiring harness that “leaves” the inside of the door and carefully disconnect them. Remember to remember or sketch how and what you did.
- Remove the upper chamber door and remove the cover under which the wires are hidden. Most often it is located on top.
- Unroll the loop and transfer the loop to the opposite side, and then mount everything in the reverse order.
- Hide the wires under the cover.
After you hang the doors, connect the wires to the common circuit and close the top panel of the refrigerator case.
Some tips
- If your refrigerator is single-chamber, do not forget to change the location of the door of the freezer compartment.
- If you moved the refrigerator to any position, then after the repair is complete, do not turn it on for at least 6-8 hours.
- To better adjust the door's tightness, tilt the refrigerator slightly back with the adjusting feet.
- If your refrigerator is still under warranty, it is best to invite a specialist for repairs. Do-it-yourself intervention may deprive you of a more serious warranty repair.