Fitting Integrated Fridge Door Hinges

How to fit an integrated fridge freezer door slider.

Fitting integrated fridge door hinges.

One is a sliding system which uses a sliding rail to connect the cabinet door to the refrigerator door. When you are buying a new integrated fridge freezer or fridge freezer look for the door being fitted with decent hinges such as the ingol hinges from coni such as the. First notice above that our integrated fridge freezer came with hole markers where to fit the door slider attachments. See our buying guide for more about fridge freezer split types.

There is plenty of information online describing what the difference is between fixed hinges door carried by the appliance and sliding hinges door carried by the carcass for integrated fridge freezers but i haven t come across any discussion of pros and cons of each. The unit door for where the freezer door would be is 72cm level with the height of the kitchen units. Check the hinges on the integrated appliance that you are buying are suitable for the door that you are fitting before you buy is our advice as after you fit it it s too late. So i marked where halfway was.

When the cabinet door is opened the sliding rail opens the fridge door as well. Remember if you re replacing an integrated model make sure the split type is the same so that cupboard doors fit. So if your current model has a split of 70 30 which means the fridge is bigger than the freezer choose an appliance with the same layout. As you can see the actual hinge carries the full weight of both the fridge door and the outer furniture or kitchen cupboard door along with the fridge door itself.

There are two main systems for fitting integrated fridge doors. A kit for this should include screws and the sliding rail itself in addition to a template. All in one door hinges. This is a typical ingol type door hinge that is fitted in this case to an integrated fridge door.