Replacing the seals in the refrigerator. Replacing the sealing gum in the refrigerator.

Replacing the seal in the refrigerator - this problem occurs when the old sealing rubber wears out and begins to poorly perform its basic functions. The gasket provides the refrigerator with features such as airtight and comfortable use.

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Understand that this part requires an urgent replacement by several factors:

The refrigerator starts to close poorly, the door must be pressed firmly;

The back wall and freezer are covered with a thick layer of ice.

Many people leave this problem as it is, but in fact, a poor-quality or simply unsuitable for normal operation seal first leads to poor functioning of the refrigerator, that is, poor freezing and cooling of products, and then it can even cause a breakdown.

Replacing the seal yourself is quite difficult, so it will help to eliminate this problem in the shortest possible time.

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For each model, it is better to use an original seal, which is initially suitable in size. Professionals always take this into account, so when you call the wizard, you don’t have to think about this nuance.

  When buying a roll or sheet of material, you must first measure the dimensions of the refrigerator.

Then prepare all the necessary tools, namely:

Flat screwdriver;

Self-tapping screw;

Mounting hair dryer;

Self-tapping screws.

So, when everything is prepared, you can proceed directly to the procedure for replacing rubber. First, in several stages you need to get rid of the old rubber, for this:

1. Grasp the sealing rubber by the very edge, pull it off and, inserting a screwdriver between the metal and the rubber, carefully tear the mounting foam.

2. Get rid of rubber by fully pulling it out from under the plastic.

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  Now you need to install a new seal:

1. First, tighten the corners, after inserting a screwdriver between the metal and plastic parts.

2. Remove the rest of the seal under the plastic.

3. Having taken self-tapping screws on 16 (with a press washer), to tighten a sealant. To do this, you must again pull off the seal, and observing the indent from 10 to 20 cm, screw in the screws.

4. Using a hair dryer installed at 300 degrees, warm the sealing rubber.

After this, the replacement procedure can be considered complete and the Indesit refrigerator door should open with force, and close vice versa with ease. If this does not happen, then somewhere a mistake was made, or the cause of the breakdown is not in the sealant. To understand, it is necessary to call a specialist using the service of repairing refrigerators in Moscow at home cheaply.

If there is no opportunity to purchase the original rubber or call the master at home, you must first measure the refrigerator, and then get to work.



  It is necessary to dismantle the old material, using the technique described above or another, depending on what it is fixed. If glue was used for the installation, then all of its residues must then be removed so that the new rubber will lay down without problems.

The fixed seal is removed using a spatula, but if it was fixed with screws, they should simply be unscrewed, after which it is possible to easily get rid of the rubber.

After trying on a new sealant and preparing the surface using an acrylic solvent (it is used for cleaning), you need to install the rubber in the way that it was fixed before. It can be glued, or screwed on.

Choose your brand of refrigerator

The service life of the refrigerator declared by the manufacturer often does not pass the test of time without repair. Complex failures are repaired at the service center. But there are cases when the refrigerator can be repaired by yourself. Today, no kitchen is complete without a refrigerator. Like any other household appliances, this unit requires proper care, and sometimes repair. A problem that often needs to be fixed is a worn rubber seal on the refrigerator door.

The deterioration of the seal on the refrigerator door leads to a violation of the temperature regime. The seal should be changed if:

• ice forms on the back of the refrigerator;
• the refrigerator door does not close or does not close properly.

Even a slight defect in the seal leads to the fact that the refrigeration unit does not cope well with its duties. This may not affect the quality of food storage, but because of the thermal air that enters the refrigerator, the compressor needs to be turned on more often. From this, the life of the refrigerator is reduced.

You can check the need to replace the door seal with a plain sheet of paper. It must be placed in the gap between the door and the camera and close the door. Paper should not move freely from side to side.

Seals of refrigerator doors come in several forms and are fastened in several ways.

It could be:

1. fastening with screws and screws;
2. adhesive bonding;
3. installing a seal in the grooves of the refrigerator doors.
4. Repair may not be needed

You can try to revive the slightly deformed rubber gasket of the refrigerator door. To do this, you need a hairdryer. They need to warm up the rubber gasket and stretch it in a problem place. After that, the refrigerator door closes tightly until the seal has cooled down.

Another resuscitation method is to soak the sealant with water. It should be removed from the refrigerator and placed in hot water. You can return the seal to its place after it softens under the influence of hot water and becomes more elastic.

When resuscitation did not help

If resuscitation does not help, you will need to purchase a new seal and replace.
  The seal can be replaced in several ways, which depend, including on how it was originally installed.

The sealant can be replaced in two ways.

1. Cut the old rubber gasket with a sharp knife. The new seal is cut along the inner edge so that it does not extend outside the door. Glue a new gasket with double-sided adhesive tape in place of the previous seal.

2. Use a screwdriver to pry the trim around the edge and pull the seal out. The new skin is pushed into the plastic grooves with a screwdriver, with a hard edge inward.

To keep the seal well, you can drip for reliability at the place of its fastening to the door of superglue. If the old seal was attached to the foam, a sharp knife will be required to dismantle it. And to install a new one - self-tapping screws. The refrigerator doors must be removed and laid on a flat, stable surface. Go to the place where the seal is attached to the door with a knife and carefully tear it off. To clear a door of the remains of foam. Holes need to be drilled around the perimeter of the door, they are needed for fastening self-tapping screws. Cut the gasket to the required length and fix it to the door using self-tapping screws. The rubber mount must be loose, without tension. Install the door on the refrigerator. Using canopies to adjust the density and uniformity of the door to the refrigerator.

Conclusion

Not every breakdown of your favorite household appliances requires visits to service centers. Sometimes you can do it all yourself - it’s economical and practical.

What harms the refrigerator damaged seal rubber refrigerators

1. In the refrigerator (freezer), a buildup of snow or ice is formed, which makes it difficult to extend the drawers and access to products.

2. You pay more for electricity, substantially more, due to clause 3.

3. The motor (compressor) has to work longer and longer, which can lead to its premature failure. The accompanying refrigerator parts are also not enthusiastic about more intensive work.

It should be noted that with loose fit, replacement is not always required. Just fix it. To do this, heat the seal with a hair dryer around the entire perimeter and carefully adjust its position. At the same time, it is important to ensure that the heating is not excessive, otherwise it may dry out or melt and then it will definitely require a replacement.

How do we do it

1. You tell us the brand, model and number of doors on which you need to replace the seal. The application arrives at the door repair team; the rubber for your model is checked for availability.

2. Within an hour you are contacted and clarified the availability, timing and convenient time for work.

3. If we have never installed a gasket on your refrigerator model, a measurer is sent to you first.

4. Typically, installation is carried out within 1-3 days from the date of application due to the very high workload of the team of sealers.

5. Directly replacing rubber takes 1-1.5 hours, depending on the number of doors and type of refrigerator.

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Which seal we install for refrigerators

1. The original seal is placed only on the model of the refrigerator, where the rubber is placed in the groove. These are quite rare models and the installation cost is higher due to the originality. We were unable to find an analog replacement for them. Exceptions: Stinol, Ariston, Insesit, Atlant - the original sealant is placed on the model of these brands of refrigerator.

For Liebherr and Miele grades, the original seal does not exist in nature, as the factory sells them only along with the door from the refrigerator.

2. Most put analog refrigerator seal (rubber). For 17 years, a huge number of profiles (drawings) of sealants have passed through our hands. To date, a number of standard profiles have been developed; production is located in Yaroslavl. Rubber is perfect, you will not notice the difference.

3. Installation is always carried out on self-tapping screws under the rubber by a hidden method. We went through adhesives, sealants, special super-mega soldering agents. All this does not hold, only self-tapping screws hold. Since 2005, when we finally switched to self-tapping screws, we have not a single complaint about the installed seal. Below it is shown how the refrigerator rubber seal is technologically attached.

4. And the last: the seal is always white. Our favorite color :) Even on a black refrigerator, the rubber looks great.

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Let's see why the designers came up with a seal in the refrigerator. First of all, such measures were taken to ensure that the inner chamber was airtight. For this, dense high-quality seals are selected, if the gum is passed, then in addition to ice and snow, the refrigerator itself will have to be replaced, because it will not last that long. Now we will learn how to replace the sealing gum on the refrigerator.

Kinds

In the market of household accessories, different models of these same rubber bands are presented. They can be single-balloon and two-balloon. An important part when choosing a seal is the adhesive part, because if it moves away, what kind of tightness can be discussed. As a rule, in many models special hollows are provided in which it is enough to simply insert a sealing gum. If there is none, we turn our attention to the seals that can be glued. This is a less convenient option, it complicates the process of washing the refrigerator, unlike the first option where it is enough to simply remove the rubber from the groove.

Snow

If there is a lack of tightness due to a poor-quality seal, the refrigerator door cannot close well. In this case, there will be a gap between the door and the refrigerator. Here is the first reason for snow in the refrigerator.

The sealing gum on the refrigerator is checked with a special probe at 0.01 mm, in the absence of the probe you can check the width of the paper, which should be 3-4 cm. Specialists draw attention to the fact that the probe can not be taken aluminum and brass. We check for cracks, around the entire perimeter of the probe should be pressed, if this is not the case, fix the problem. How this is done, it all depends on the location of the gap, and on the shutter.

Replacement

We decided on the choice of gum, it remains to install it:

• You can screw it with screws, but this is not the best way, there is a risk of harming the door itself. The second disadvantage of this method is that it is possible to damage the gum itself and automatically forget about the tightness that was so sought;
• Also, the sealant can be glued with your own hands, but it will be very difficult to replace it, or rather, the difficulty will be to tear it off the surface;
• There are elastic bands made for certain models of refrigerators. If your model is not included in the list of models indicated in the sealer's instructions, you should not take it, it will not live up to expectations, even if it is a reliable brand. A professionally selected gum will deserve gratitude, and if it fails, a replacement is required.

Recovery

The seal on the refrigerator can be reanimated. More on this if the material is cracked, torn, or, well, or rotted altogether - here any methods are powerless. Need to get a new one.

BUT, if, as mentioned above, there are gaps, we simply eliminate them. Maybe it’s not even the seal at all, but the unregulated door. And the hands of a master or simply skillful male hands will save your friend from imminent death. If the gum has lost elasticity, it should be lowered into the burning water (not boiling water) for 5-10 minutes. Maybe there are holes on the surface that are provided by the manufacturer for another model, plug them. If there are holes in the sealant, you do not need to use water, use a hairdryer, the effect will be the same.

Any housewife without outside help can do it yourself with the help of glue for rubber products. It is enough to walk the surface with alcohol and clean it, since the better the contact, the better the result will be, as seen in the photo.

Instruction manual

Let's look at how the gum is replaced on the refrigerator:

• To start, remove the door, pile it on a horizontal surface;
• We proceed to remove the old seal with a sharp object (clerical knife) at the joints we make an incision;

• Now you can remove the seal from the recess using tweezers. Proceed slowly so as not to damage the surface of the door. We were convinced that the depth of the groove is the same with the height of the profile, we continue to remove the old gum, now on the other side. Control that everything is deleted;
• Now that the space for the new seal has been vacated, we proceed to the installation, use a solid spike for convenience, as shown in the video. I would like to draw attention to the reanimation of old refrigerators - it is difficult to choose the ideal seal, we will use improvised methods and the available gum. The main requirement is that it should be larger than the required size. And so we cut the parts vertically and join them with horizontal ones, fix the joints with glue or adhesive plaster. All the fridge is saved!

To summarize

After reading the article, we can conclude that you need to fight with snow in the refrigerator. And this does not mean at all that the refrigeration unit has become unusable. It is enough to know the reasons for the appearance of this very snow, and then a little dexterity and patience and problems are gone. It is not necessary to buy newer replacement parts, you can revive the existing ones. And your white friend will repay with quality and long work.

Not always the service life of some parts of the refrigerator matches the declared. Elements such as a seal often wear out. Its replacement will not require much time and money if you make repairs yourself. How to change the sealing gum on the refrigerator, we will tell in this article.

Why do you need sealing rubber for refrigerators? A sealant is an elastic band with which the refrigerator door is pressed firmly against the refrigerator so that air does not penetrate inside. If air enters, the refrigerator starts to wear. Damage to the seal can be determined by the fact that ice inside the refrigerator begins to freeze, which usually accumulates on the back wall, as well as if. The gap can be seen even with the naked eye.

Depreciation of the old seal: what to do?

The gap in the refrigerator is determined using a plain sheet of paper. To do this, insert it into the slot and move it. If the sheet moves freely, then it is necessary to replace the gum, otherwise everything works correctly.

In some cases, you can quickly restore the seal for the refrigerator with your own hands. Of course, if the seal is torn or rotted, you will have to change it. If the sealing rubber is slightly deformed in order to repair it with your own hands, you can use this method: heat the place of deformation with a hairdryer, change the shape with your fingers and press the door firmly, holding it for some time. Minor damage during such manipulations is corrected. With significant deformation, the gum must be lowered into hot water, and then inserted into place.

But sometimes it’s enough just to adjust the refrigerator door, when it is loose. In this form, nothing needs to be changed, only adjusted. When there are gaps in the structure, it is worth checking how they formed.

How to choose a replacement rubber seal

Sealing gum for the refrigerator is of various types and can be fixed in different ways. Products are one- and two-cylinder. They can simply be installed in the recess, or attached with glue to the surface, or installed with self-tapping screws.

You also need to pay attention to the part that will be glued, it should fit tightly. Some models of refrigerators have special recesses for inserting into the gum groove. This greatly simplifies the whole process, then there will be no need to glue it, you just need to insert it into the groove, and the removable structure is easier to wash.

If you screw the structure onto the screws, this method can damage the door or the seal itself. It can be glued, but it will be difficult to tear it off afterwards. Therefore, it is better to choose the right gum for the model of the refrigerator.

Replacing the seal for the refrigerator

If the repair did not bring the desired result, then it will be necessary to buy a new sealing rubber for the refrigerator. The replacement process takes place in several ways. This mainly depends on how the seal was originally installed. Consider several ways to replace the sealing rubber:

1. First you need to remove the refrigerator door and lay it on the surface. Notch the old seal in the places of its docking with the door and tear it off. We trim the new sealing rubber so that its edges do not extend beyond the door. The new sealant can be put on double-sided tape.
2. To remove the old seal, you need to take a spatula and, lifting the seal, carefully remove it from the groove. Thus remove all old material. The new sealing rubber is installed in the grooves, for this you can use a screwdriver. Also, in order for the sealant to hold more reliably, it can be glued to superglue.
3. If the sealing rubber was planted on the mounting foam, then to remove it, you can use a chisel or knife. First, remove the refrigerator door and settle on a flat surface. Cut the seal and tear it off. Thoroughly clean the door from the foam. In order to fix a new sealing rubber, holes for screws are drilled around the perimeter of the door. Cut the rubber of the required size and put it on the screws. We fix the seal freely, without tension. We install the door into place and adjust it using awnings so that it fits snugly and evenly to the refrigerator.

So, repair or replacement of some elements of the unit can save him. There is no need to immediately throw away the refrigerator, you can repair only one part in it, and it will work in the previous mode.