Handleless Door Fitting Question

I take it the fridge and freezer are being fitted into a tall 600 appliance housing ? If they are you will have to move the hinge plates on the housing to line up with the hinge holes on your doors.

 

What make and model number are the fridge and freezer John ? I'll have a look at them and get back to you.

 

Ahhhhhhhhh, somehow i thought it might be a Beko. They have THE worst door mounting system of any integrated fridges and freezers. I'm afraid you simply will not be able to mount a J profile handled door onto either of them. Even a normal door is a pain to mount because there is no adjustment available. If they are new, send them back and and change them for another set of another make. Even the likes of Hotpoint do a mounting system for doors that beats that lol.

 

If you don't want to go down the route of replacing the fridge and freezer. I think the following would be worth a try. If you have any single hole L brackets laying around ? That's a small L bracket with one hole in each L. Drill a hole in the side of fridge/freezer door and screw the bracket to it flush with the front of the hinge but below the handle position, that then gives you a mounting point.

 

If it does work you may well need to keep moving the door to align it with the doors next to it, once you think the alignment is correct fix a couple more small L brackets to each side below the first one. It will make the mount more secure, especially on the opening side.

 

I've got the same door (Magnet) and an under counter fridge, my L brackets I turned upside down so just managed to get a small grub screw into the door rather than on the 'gutter' as you call it...

WOI

 

The OP only has 1 Bracket on the top of his fridge and freezer door on the opening side. The only means supplied by Beko to secure the hinge side is to screw through the hinge itself at the top of the door................which of course would destroy his handle.

Even having to turn your L brackets upside down is a Rubbish and inaccurate method of fitting a door to an integrated fridge or freezer. It just stinks of cheaping out by the manufacturer.

 

Are they new. Drilling loads of holes in it may void warranty, beware!

 

In the fridge itself it would defo void the warranty, but not in the side of the door. Most if not all tall integrated fridge freezers have to be drilled in the door sides to fix the mounting brackets. It has no effect on the operation of a fridge or freezer.

 

There is no up and down adjustment or side to side for that matter. If you think about it for a min..............the hinge side is fixed............it won't move.
The firm we fit for at the moment has sold a few of these lately and they are a complete nightmare to fit and get right. Because there is No adjustment you have to get your screws in spot on first time. They are pants and should be avoided even though they are cheap.

Once you have put 2 screws in the opening bracket and then the hinge at the top, moving the door 2mm to the right or left and then raising or lowering the left or right side by 2mm is impossible. These things simply should not be sold as integrated appliances.

Plus of course you cant raise or lower the back legs from the front.

 

Well you won't be able to use an 'L' bracket on the hinge side and have adjustment!

 

The point is though John, all the manufactures charge a Premium for integrated appliances, including the like's of Beko and Fagor. Both come up with the same crappy way of fitting a door because it costs them nothing but costs a fitter hours of time that should really take mins with something designed properly. When i fit a kitchen now, if it's an under counter Beko or fagor fridge or freezer instead of £60 i charge at least £120 to fit it..........................if the customer baulks at it.....................then buy a proper integrated fridge or freezer is my answer because i'm not paying for it with my time for a another multinational to make make money at my expense.