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I need advice; Residential refrigerator installation

How do you hold the refrigerator in place?
Tim Dianics
Pam Sapienza
Vader PupZilla Labrador Canine Beast (AKA Pup)
Columbia, MO
1996 U320 4000
2021 Jeep Gladiator, Diesel

Re: I need advice; Residential refrigerator installation

Reply #1 –
Quote from: TGordon –
How do you hold the refrigerator in place?

Our Samsung RF18 is held in place by brackets screwed in place at the front lower area of the refrigerator. These have been in place for nearly four years and thousands of miles with no problem.
David and Carolyn Osborn
1995 U320C SE 40' Build 4726 Feb 1995
FMCA 147762
Motorcade 17186

Re: I need advice; Residential refrigerator installation

Reply #2 –
Same here but I also added trim on both sides and across the top. Not going anywhere.
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

Re: I need advice; Residential refrigerator installation

Reply #3 –
Anchored to floor through bottom frame.

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Jack and Cathy
1992 U280 Unihome 36' Build #4034
Cummins 8.3 /  Allison MT647/ PacBrake
Apopka, FL / Barre Center, NY

Re: I need advice; Residential refrigerator installation

Reply #4 –
I made tracks for my Samsung and a front trim piece where the front leveling feet fit when screwed down.  My trim fits close (maybe 1/8") on the sides and at the top. With the feet screwed down it has never moved since 2014.  The back end of the tracks are slightly higher than the front so that the front of the refrigerator is even with the front of the cabinet from the bottom to the top.  My refrigerator normally tips slightly back to help close the doors.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: I need advice; Residential refrigerator installation

Reply #5 –
Roger,
Do your tracks slide in and out?
Tim Dianics
Pam Sapienza
Vader PupZilla Labrador Canine Beast (AKA Pup)
Columbia, MO
1996 U320 4000
2021 Jeep Gladiator, Diesel
 

Re: I need advice; Residential refrigerator installation

Reply #6 –
No, they are fixed with short sides to keep the wheels in place.  With the doors and drawers out of the refrigerator and it sitting on a short rolling dolly to move it into position the refrigerator moved onto the forward track and rotated onto the rear track and then slid in place. We had it in and out a few times for final placement and height adjustment at the rear of the track. I repositioned plumbing and wiring along the coach wall to get the refrigerator in as far as I needed it to go.  The front of the refrigerator face without doors should be flush with your trim.  I moved the electrical plug-in box to the space under bottom kitchen drawer next to the refrigerator space, easier to get to.  Eventually I added a small inverter in the same space to run the refrigerator without having to use the big inverter.

I made a sliding door cover for the outside vent to close it up in the winter and added a narrow pantry in the extra space towards the rear of the coach.  The roof top vent can stay or be sealed up as I did while leaving an entry path for solar cables.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN