The old refrigerator has been on its last leg since we moved in 6 years ago. We actually hate it, but always speak nicely about the darn thing whenever we are near it, for fear it will conk out. As THE Remodel is on the horizon, we began scouring the market place for our new appliances.
With frugality in mind, we found a snow-free window of opportunity to travel to The Westside (Seattle) to pick up our new units, opting for a site that specialized in customer returns and last year’s models. We purchased refrigerator, stove and new hood for the same price we paid for a fancy frig in California 8 years ago.
The stove and hood are currently sharing my garage space. The refrigerator needed to be put into service right away. All we needed to do was unload it from the stock trailer, which was easier said than done, that baby is heavy.
Team Offspring will be happy to know, that we asked our friend, Croquet Joe to assist My Loving Spouse (instead of them) to move the new unit.
The weather was cold. The refrigerator was heavy.
With the supervision of Pooh the barn cat, they got it up to the stairs. I was on hand to fetch a measuring stick, which proved that the refrigerator would not make it through the porch posts with out the doors being removed etc and so forth. Work was halted for the day, as men were cold and needed to go off to work.
The refrigerator had traveled on its side in the stock trailer, so it would need to remain upright for 48 before being put into use. My job was to secure the tarp.
It remained upright for 4 days….and it snowed.
The only way for the refrigerator to enter the house was for the doors to be completely removed. Refrigerator door removal is no easy task. The good news is that My Loving Spouse was able to get it done. He says, “It is quite an operation”. To say nothing of then getting the unit in through the door by himself, can you say stubborn?
The bad news is, that he will need to do it two more times. Once when the refrigerator moves out of the current kitchen during THE Remodel and then again, when it moves back into the new kitchen, whenever we reach that wonderful day.
Until then….we are blessed…and My Loving Spouse needs some Advil.
I have the same one love it!
Super! We just found the water filler inside too! Thanks, Cousin.
Hey. That’s really nice
Thank you, Doris!
It is beautiful! Thank God for Advil!
Thank you! Advil is our co-pilot!
When we lived in an old farmhouse in Maine, we moved a side-by-side fridge into the “pantry” just off the kitchen proper which ultimately required the guys moving it to PICK. IT. UP. and lift it horizontally over the cabinets/counter that were preventing it from going through the door in any normal fashion.
When we moved some years later to Costa Rica, there was no way in the world we were taking the fridge, even though it was in perfectly fine condition. No one could face what it would take to move it! 😉
Enjoy yours! I must confess that I love a really great refrigerator.
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Oh, my goodness, what an ordeal! We are so thankful to have a nice refrigerator again!
That looks like an absolutely lovely fridge! I can see you already have the family photos afixed to the side. Kudos to Your Loving Spouse for manhandling it in the house and doin the door removal. Is there anything that guy cannot do?!??!!!!!
As a tall person yourself, you’ll appreciate being able to actually see what is on the top 2 shelves! We do love it! Thanks so much.