That's annoying

[dormouse1953]

Having breakfast this morning and the milk on my cereal was not cold.  Checked the fridge and it's at room temperature.

I got the fridge-freezer with the house when I moved in 17 years ago and thought it might be time to buy a new one.  Checked in Currys just now (Comet now no longer being an option) and they don't stock them the same size as the one I've got.  Mine is 50cm wide and 176cm tall, and fits snugly into the space between two cupboards.  They do stock 50cm wide fridge-freezers but they are much shorter.  (I had a similar problem when buying a new tumble dryer a few years ago, but settled one shorter than the old one.)

What's more, the fridge is sitting on a wooden shelf and that is beginning to buckle.  I asked at Currys if they'd fix this and instead they won't install it if the installer believes the set up unstable.

So it looks as if I can't get a new fridge until I get that fixed, and even then I can only get one smaller than my current model.

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

This one from Argos is close - very slightly wider than you want though.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4872090.htm

Size H171, W54.5, D60cm.

Looks like Argos have several that size.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

I did say "snugly". Fridge is exactly 50cm wide by my measure. I can't even slip a plastic ruler into the gap on either side, so the space is less than 50.5cm by my guess.

55cm is the next standard width up from 50cm, but I'd have to have the kitchen refitted to get one of those in.

Good news is that the support doesn't look as bad as I first thought, but not quite sure how to fix it.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Crap. Maybe separate fridge and freezer units with one stacked on top? Or put in a shelf to hold one off the floor?

Have you tried the manufacturer of your old fridge / freezer?

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

It's a Bosch, so if they still do that size, I'd expect to be able to find them, but a quick google yesterday didn't turn anything up. (In fact, just googled bosch fridge freezers and appliances on-line didn't even offer a 50cm wide model.)