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Please........I'm tired of throwing food away I have a second refrigerator in the garage and this morning when I went out the top freezer door "again" was not closed. Of course I threw almost everything away.
What is happening is when someone (not mentioning names) closes (slams) the bottom refrigerator door air or something seems to pop open the freezer door. This frig is only 2 years old and there is nothing wrong with the seal in the door and it's leveled.
Can someone think of some kind of lock or something I can use without drilling holes. It's not a side by side, the freezer is on the top. I checked out child locks but they seem to be for side by side.
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Bella, that seems to happen to us in two instances: 1) if the freezer's too full and something is pushing against the door just enough or 2) if there's too much stuff in the door.
Good luck. I don't like throwing away food, either.
It's really simple. You're not exactly protecting Fort Knox so just get a very simple (very short screw) hasp and a small padlock. You probably won't even need to mechanically drill. A regular screwdriver can easily attach the two sides of the hasp to the exterior solid body of the top door and the main fridge frame, then just pop on the little padlock and, voila, mission accomplished! Keep one of the padlock keys inside the house or on your keyring or whatever and hang the other on a hook attached to the side of the fridge. Cheers!
Nomoresnow, yep, your correct on both. I have too much stuff in the freezer but it did close
Movingtohouston, Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I could try one of those child locks but I'm thinking the top handle is too far from the bottom handle. They are made for side by side refrigerators. I'll try Target today and take a look.
Stt, Hey, it's Ft. Knox to me. I had a lot of frozen banana's and ice cream in there
Nomoresnow, yep, your correct on both. I have too much stuff in the freezer but it did close
Movingtohouston, Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I could try one of those child locks but I'm thinking the top handle is too far from the bottom handle. They are made for side by side refrigerators. I'll try Target today and take a look.
Stt, Hey, it's Ft. Knox to me. I had a lot of frozen banana's and ice cream in there
They might have changed how they make them or I might be confusing it with the stove door lock. The ones I remember have a straight piece that attaches to the side of the fridge and the other goes on the front. It kind of looks like like a L bracket that somehow hooks together?
Just glue a strap with a male Velcro pad on it to the (exterior front of the) door and the corresponding pad of female Velcro to the (exterior) side of the fridge. When you close the door you just pull the strap over and join the two pieces.
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Nomoresnow, yep, your correct on both. I have too much stuff in the freezer but it did close
Movingtohouston, Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I could try one of those child locks but I'm thinking the top handle is too far from the bottom handle. They are made for side by side refrigerators. I'll try Target today and take a look.
Stt, Hey, it's Ft. Knox to me. I had a lot of frozen banana's and ice cream in there
We found if it was too full, even if the door closed, it would open very easily when somebody opened and shut the bottom door, even lightly.
Just get yourself a couple long bungee cords and wrap around the whole thing, that will keep the door closed.
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I have a second refrigerator in the garage and this morning when I went out the top freezer door "again" was not closed. Of course I threw almost everything away.
Thanks.
Try a Velcro strap
