I’m replacing a fitted fridge-freezer by a tall fitted fridge. The
cavity is the standard 56cm width and the furniture doors swing on Mepla
concealed hinges with their mounting plates in the cavity. The
fridge-freezer slid out of the cavity without fouling the hinges but the
new fridge (Electrolux ERN34800) is slightly wider and won’t clear the
hinges (spec says the fridge is 54cm wide but it is more like 54.6 cm wide).
I got hold of some Salice 200 fridge concealed hinges which have a low
profile over the mounting plate area but the hinge end is as high as a
conventional hinge. The only way I can see to use them is to put the
fridge in with just the mounting plates in position then screw the
bodies of the hinges on afterwards – except that there is then only
about 4mm between the head of the fixing screw and the side of the fridge.
Can anyone suggest a solution apart from sending the fridge back or
building a wider housing?

JonMcD

JonMcD wrote:
I’m replacing a fitted fridge-freezer by a tall fitted fridge. The
cavity is the standard 56cm width and the furniture doors swing on Mepla
concealed hinges with their mounting plates in the cavity. The
fridge-freezer slid out of the cavity without fouling the hinges but the
new fridge (Electrolux ERN34800) is slightly wider and won’t clear the
hinges (spec says the fridge is 54cm wide but it is more like 54.6 cm
wide).
I got hold of some Salice 200 fridge concealed hinges which have a low
profile over the mounting plate area but the hinge end is as high as a
conventional hinge. The only way I can see to use them is to put the
fridge in with just the mounting plates in position then screw the
bodies of the hinges on afterwards – except that there is then only
about 4mm between the head of the fixing screw and the side of the fridge.
Can anyone suggest a solution apart from sending the fridge back or
building a wider housing?

JonMcD
If I have visualised the problem correctly, could you use some hex
headed screws in the hinges that you can tighten with a spanner from the
front?

Bob

Bob Minchin wrote:

If I have visualised the problem correctly, could you use some hex
headed screws in the hinges that you can tighten with a spanner from the
front?

Bob

Yes, that should do it. I'd got rather rather tunnel-visioned on tools
to tighten the cross head screw.

Thanks

JonMcD

Bob Minchin wrote:
JonMcD wrote:
I’m replacing a fitted fridge-freezer by a tall fitted fridge. The
cavity is the standard 56cm width and the furniture doors swing on
Mepla concealed hinges with their mounting plates in the cavity. The
fridge-freezer slid out of the cavity without fouling the hinges but
the new fridge (Electrolux ERN34800) is slightly wider and won’t
clear the hinges (spec says the fridge is 54cm wide but it is more
like 54.6 cm wide).
I got hold of some Salice 200 fridge concealed hinges which have a
low profile over the mounting plate area but the hinge end is as
high as a conventional hinge. The only way I can see to use them is
to put the fridge in with just the mounting plates in position then
screw the bodies of the hinges on afterwards – except that there is then
only
about 4mm between the head of the fixing screw and the side of the
fridge. Can anyone suggest a solution apart from sending the fridge
back or building a wider housing?

JonMcD
If I have visualised the problem correctly, could you use some hex
headed screws in the hinges that you can tighten with a spanner from
the front?

You can get small ratchets with a driver bit in, can't recall where I've
seen them though.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Bob Minchin wrote:


You can get small ratchets with a driver bit in, can't recall where I've
seen them though.


Thanks for the suggestion, but if it's like the one I have it wouldn't
fit. There is only about 4mm between the head of the fixing screw and
the side of the fridge and the bits alone are 25 mm long.

There is room to slip a miniature ring spanner in so I will try the
suggestion of replacing the baseplate fixing screw with a hex head
screw, although the screw thread looks like an odd size and it will be
very fiddly. Fortunately the hinge edge of the furniture door is not
adjacent to any other fitted units so I could use something like a
cranked hinge as a last resort.
I am left wondering how the Salice 200 fridge hinges are supposed to be
used.

JonMcD