How To Repair A Freezer Gasket

Information technology's Murphy'due south law that if something can go wrong, it will. . . and nigh oft this occurs when you're already overextended and can't afford to shell out coin on yet another unexpected expense. Most recently in our house, the gasket on our side by side upright freezer suddenly stopped working altogether.

At first, I blamed my spouse, telling him he left the freezer open when he grabbed ice. He insisted he hadn't even been in the freezer to get 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.

So we started looking closely at the freezer to see if it was no longer level, no longer tilted properly, how the gasket looked. Well, to be honest, it looked like crap. Information technology's peeling off in the corner, again.

Mind you, in the x years we've had this junk Kenmore freezer, we've replaced quite a few parts in information technology, including the gasket, twice.

The beginning ii times nosotros paid a repairman to supersede it, which entailed making an appointment, waiting over 2 MONTHS for someone to NOT show up, then another two weeks for them to reschedule and bear witness. We actually had to purchase a chest freezer in the meantime to put everything in because, in order to replace the gasket on this model, they have to take the door completely off and remove panels.

It was a nightmare and it was expensive, to the tune of over $250 each fourth dimension, for the service call and parts, so yous tin can imagine my extreme displeasure when the effect started all over once more.

This time, I constitute a much cheaper solution that doesn't involve calling a repairman, doesn't involve waiting 2 months for him to evidence up, doesn't involve duct-taping my fridge or freezer shut and then scraping the remainder off every couple days and reapplying tape just to ensure information technology stays closed and we don't lose food, or risk our health.

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

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

DIY Clay Cheap Cleaved Fridge-Freezer Gasket Remedy

Does your Fridge or Freezer Popular Open all the fourth dimension?

How to Apply:

Make up one's mind where to install latch earlier removing adhesive.
Clean and dry all surfaces before mounting apparatus latch.
Once the location is adamant, remove agglutinative bankroll 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 it is dry.
Remove the backing, press 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 push operation to release, release and rotate when not in apply
- Flexible strap allows latching around corners, nosotros use them in our RV also.
- Easy to install with provided agglutinative – won't harm article of furniture and is easy to remove
- The latches are durable, even when used multiple times daily.

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