New fridge got delivered today. One of the delivery guys was cool, the other was pretty much worthless. And it was painful for me to watch these guys struggle with tools that I would have tossed into the trash when I’d get them in trade back when I was selling tools. Part of the deal with the new fridge purchase was for them to move the old fridge into my shop. If I wasn’t wounded right now I would have done the whole R&R myself but with my compromised depth perception and not wanting to wrestle two fridges in and out of some pretty tight doorways, I went for the delivery and install fee, including getting the old one into my shop.
The one guy really tried hard, he’s just young and probably new at this gig, the other guy just unwrapped the new unit and then had to take a break! Both fridges had to have their doors removed to slip thru the doorways and around the kitchen counters, thankfully no walls, counters, floors or doorways got damaged, pretty tight fit!
I had them move the old fridge down by my shop so I could thoroughly blow out the entire system and all the cooling coils, lots of dust bunnies hiding in there! They get the new fridge all installed and the good guy shows my wife all the different features and how to change the filters, etc… Then the other guy comes in yelling that they got to go, let’s go! Dude, what about putting the old fridge back together and installing it into my shop? Good thing we hadn’t written out the check yet! So not good guy now is pissed cuz he had already loaded the dolly into the truck and had it ready to roll. They roll the old fridge into my shop and then gotta go guy tells me they have to leave and I’ll have to put my fridge back together myself! WTF?! He takes the dolly back to the truck and go sits in the truck with the A/C running! Good guy then says he’ll help me hang the doors cuz it’s not really a one man job, besides it’s in the deal. Got it back together pretty quickly, only real tricky part was the freezer door with the water lines and electrical connections. I probably could have figured it out but I didn’t take it apart so it woulda been a head scratcher for sure! Guess who got a nice tip!
After I got all the handles and trim back on, I cleaned out the insides and scrubbed the outsides. Looks pretty good for a shop fridge. Later went to HD and got a water filter setup like
@madison069 installed on his shop fridge. When we got home I hooked everything up and tested for leaks… leak it does! The plastic water lines are leaking in a couple spots so I’ll run by an appliance repair shop tomorrow and hopefully they’ll have some in stock and maybe a replacement hinge cover that got broken today also. On a positive note, there is beer in the fridge preparing itself for the coming celebration of one more project completed for my shop!
