How to build a freezer: how to do it

The presence of a refrigerator in the kitchen is a must for the day. But this is not an excuse to expose it to the public and make this big spot public.

It is much better to buy a built-in refrigerator with a freezer and hide it in one of the drawers of the kitchen cupboard. The only time can spoil the whole event. The refrigerator along with the camera occupies a large volume of kitchen space. In this case, one can act wisely, and these two freezing aggregates are spread over different places of space. Thus, we will get an integrated freezer and built-in refrigerator.

Installation instructions

In order to build a freezer in the kitchen cabinet, you need to perform certain tasks. In general they are the following:

1. In order for the equipment to ideally fit into the allotted space, it is necessary to focus on the dimensions of the kitchen niche and the dimensions of the built-in freezers when buying the product. In addition, they are guided by the performance characteristics of the models and their configuration.
2. Make a box under the freezer. The dimensions of the box are increased by the amount required for normal ventilation. The dimensions of the ventilation threshold are specified in the product manual.
3. The model is installed in a niche and the legs are adjusted. The rear legs should be a few degrees higher than those in the front.
4. The doors are installed using the pantograph system. There is no provision for fixing the doors to the kitchen furniture, they are installed on the refrigerator door.

Choice of freezer

When purchasing household appliances, it is necessary to provide technical characteristics, dimensions and configuration of the product. The right choice makes it easy to integrate the freezer into the kitchen furniture.

The main criteria that guide when choosing a freezer:

• Dimensions;
• power;
• capacity;
• Type of attachment.

Configuration Selection

The freezing chambers are divided into semi and fully built-in chambers. The difference between them is small, but it does exist. It is believed that a half-built-in freezer under the countertop can be mounted or remain a stand-alone technique. The front wall of the model is not covered by the kitchen façade.

Fully built-in appliances are mounted under the countertop. Depending on the location of the freezer installation, the ventilation openings are provided. For models that will be placed under the countertop, the ventilation grille is made at the bottom of the technique. Freezers, built into the columns, have ventilation holes in the upper part.

Freezing chambers are divided into two groups according to the method of opening the door. The vertical version is the most familiar and familiar, the door opens like an ordinary kitchen cabinet.

To build a horizontal freezer is possible only if there is free space above the freezer, because its door opens like a chest - up.

There is one compressor in the freezer compartment. The built-in freezer of vertical design can be equipped with two compressors - in this case the energy consumption of the equipment increases. But it wears less and will work for a longer period.

Dimensions of built-in freezers

The dimensions of the built-in appliances on the market correspond to the standard sizes of kitchen furniture. When making a kitchen under an order, this must be taken into account in order for the built-in technology to easily fit into the niche intended for it.

It is clear that the dimensions of the built-in refrigerating chambers taking into account the installation clearances should be smaller than the dimensions of the niche in the kitchen cupboard. Standard cupboards comfortably place a deep-freezer 60 cm deep. For non-standard kitchen furniture, an in-built freezer and a depth of 80 cm are produced. The height of the freezing cabinets can be from 60 cm to 210 cm. The number of shelves depends on the height.

Freezing chests are made by a height of 85 cm, a depth of 60 cm, and due to the width it is possible to purchase a larger freezer.

Before you build a freezer, you need to familiarize yourself with its technical characteristics.

Criteria for freezing

The freezing power or the number of products that the model is able to freeze during the day can be from 7 to 25 kg. Of course, this figure significantly affects the cost of the product. But 25 kg of products at once the average family in practice does not freeze, it is enough from 8 to 11 kg.

The quality of preservation of products in frozen form is determined by the number of asterisks on the door:

• One asterisk informs about -6 ⁰ С and about possibility of safety of products up to a week;
• Two asterisks correspond to -12 ⁰ C, which allows you to store products for a period of one month;
• Three stars correspond to a temperature of -18 ⁰ C, which involves storage of up to three months;
• Four stars indicate a temperature lower than -18 ^° C, which allows you to store products for a year.

Defrosting

No less important quality, which must be taken into account, before the freezer is integrated. Modern models are designed for two technologies:

1. Manual defrosting involves performing the defrosting process in manual mode at a frequency of once a year.
2. The No Frost function does not require defrosting. But the requirements to storage of products are tightened, only the closed state of plastic bags is allowed.

Freezing power

This criterion is determined by the time that products will remain frozen when electricity is cut off. This time interval can be from 12 hours to 32 hours.

Energy saving. To reduce the consumption of electricity in the choice of technology, Class A and A + are preferred. Models marked B, C and D are clearly losing in this respect.

Climatic class. Great importance for the technique, which is used to cool the products, has an ambient temperature. The climatic class determines the temperature of the room, in which the technician can work. Our locality requires a technique manufactured in class N and SN.