Fridge Freezer built into fitted Magnet kitchen unit

[rockette]

I wonder if anyone can help. I have a fitted Magnet Old English kitchen. Over 10 years old now but popular at the time with thousands sold. Mine is still going fine in general. I gather they no longer make them and there are no spare parts. (It seems modern kitchens have a different size spec e.g shallower plinths. )

My kitchen includes a fitted Phillips Whirlpool fridge freezer built into a Magnet housing unit. (By that I mean it has Magnet doors on the front and is inside a tall unit.) It recently packed up. So my questions are - how do I find someone who will know how to dismantle it from the unit to find out if damage is terminal and secondly, I recall being told when I bought it that fridge freezers built into units were made specifically for fitted kitchens (shallower) and conventional fridge freezers were a different size.

Does this mean I can't buy a replacement and fit it into the housing? I have looked at the manual which came with the fridge freezer and surprise surprise it gives no measurements! But I can't measure all the dimensions as it is built into the housing.

Any advice please (excluding asking Phillips Whirlpool - past bad experience there ).

rockette

 

[tiredengineer]

Any engineer should be able to do this job. Integrated appliances are an everyday part of the job.
There should be no difference in depth of the appliance. The main thing to watch is the door heights. Integrated fridge freezers normally have flat doors and are more expensive than free standing ones.
If it's a 50/50 split it will be easy to get a replacement.


Unplug your appliance before working on it.

 

[rockette]

Quick follow up question - plinth sizes have changed on standard kitchen units since I bought my kitchen and fridge freezer. Have appliance heights changed as well? If I need a replacement, will a modern fridge freezer still fit into my old style housing or will it be too tall?
rockette

 

[suggs]

Had similar problem, new integrated f/f is around £500 managed to locate conventional f/f to fit almost exactly for £200