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This thread might fit the bill for my 64 thousand dollar question:

How do you get a fridge out of a shed when the weight of an entire wall of shelves rests on a kitchen worktop lying on top of the fridge and when removing and reattaching the whole shelf is no option as it would be even more time-consuming and hardly feasible for one person alone?
Here you can see the fridge (red arrow) and part of the wall of shelves . The resolution has been chosen deliberately for a start.


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Could he put in support planks attached to the shelf to hold it up and then to remove the fridge?

The photo is blurry and hard to see clearly.

Why did you laugh Craig, have I missed something?
 
Grier said:
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Could he put in support planks attached to the shelf to hold it up and then to remove the fridge?

The photo is blurry and hard to see clearly.

Why did you laugh Craig, have I missed something?
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Thanks, Terry, for putting your thinking cap on. Indeed, that's the solution. The "he" is me, BTW. Considering the weight to be supported, I had to decide which supports to buy as they should be strong enough, height-adjustable, and, ideally, have a lifting function for the whole structure.
I hoped that there was a bracket in the back right corner after all. No such luck. So the load had to be gradually shifted from the front to the back of the fridge onto several supports. The main load was to be carried by two professional supports for caravans, which have a large enough load-bearing capacity, are finely adjustable and can also achieve a lifting effect. I ordered these from Amazon. (Their lifting effect under tension caused the wood in the substructure to burst). But they didn't fit everywhere, so I started with a self-built one at the front right, then added the two main supports and another self-built one at the back right, which I then supplemented with two temporary ones.
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Everything had to be done step by step and coordinated until the cupboard was actually free at the top. After screwing back the feet of the fridge, I was then able to pull it out slowly, but the feet got stuck on the power line... I raised everything again through a board put underneath and moved it to the left until it finally arrived. Man, that cost me some nerves.
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Now I'm going to put a wall anchor and one metal support in the back right corner, where it's hard to get to, for the work top with shelf load, if there's enough room, but I have to leave room on the right wall anyway because of the power line. The second one might fit there, then the entire load would be 80% supported. The new freezer will be ordered and put in as soon as possible. Incidentally, I didn't know that there are special appliances for outdoor use that are supposed to last down to -15°.
 
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looker-on said:
Thanks, Terry, for putting your thinking cap on. Indeed, that's the solution. The "he" is me, BTW. Considering the weight to be supported, I had to decide which supports to buy as they should be strong enough, height-adjustable, and, ideally, have a lifting function for the whole structure.
I hoped that there was a bracket in the back right corner after all. No such luck. So the load had to be gradually shifted from the front to the back of the fridge onto several supports. The main load was to be carried by two professional supports for caravans, which have a large enough load-bearing capacity, are finely adjustable and can also achieve a lifting effect. I ordered these from Amazon. (Their lifting effect under tension caused the wood in the substructure to burst). But they didn't fit everywhere, so I started with a self-built one at the front right, then added the two main supports and another self-built one at the back right, which I then supplemented with two temporary ones.
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Everything had to be done step by step and coordinated until the cupboard was actually free at the top. After screwing back the feet of the fridge, I was then able to pull it out slowly, but the feet got stuck on the power line... I raised everything again through a board put underneath and moved it to the left until it finally arrived. Man, that cost me some nerves.
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Now I'm going to put a wall anchor and one metal support in the back right corner, where it's hard to get to, for the work top with shelf load, if there's enough room, but I have to leave room on the right wall anyway because of the power line. The second one might fit there, then the entire load would be 80% supported. The new freezer will be ordered and put in as soon as possible. Incidentally, I didn't know that there are special appliances for outdoor use that are supposed to last down to -15°.
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Well done Thomas. A great and practical solution.
It's rewarding to work out solutions to such tasks.

I have a few too but will outsource them, especially a spa I built around.
It'd be a very big task to remove it intact. I'd happily give it away to be rid of it, or hire a skip bin and two big guys with masks ... and angle grinders.
Or I could just leave and ignore it, as I do.
What a waste. I put it in for my ex who shot through with a Preacher man, her cousin's husband. Sadly true and a waste as I don't really enjoy spas myself.
 
It worked out well for me Craig. She blew her settlement, I remortaged and made a home for my 2 daughters and their others. That was fine and pumping money into the mortgage I was able to retire earlier and trip the light fantastic.
Now it's just me and my dog, which I like.
 
Grier said:
Well done Thomas. A great and practical solution.
It's rewarding to work out solutions to such tasks.

I have a few too but will outsource them, especially a spa I built around.
It'd be a very big task to remove it intact. I'd happily give it away to be rid of it, or hire a skip bin and two big guys with masks ... and angle grinders.
Or I could just leave and ignore it, as I do.
What a waste. I put it in for my ex who shot through with a Preacher man, her cousin's husband. Sadly true and a waste as I don't really enjoy spas myself.
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It is. I'd been preoccupied with it for a few years now wondering how my predecessor could have come up with such a design knowing that he, too, would have had to replace the fridge at some point. If so, how could he put all the weight on the fridge and also on the, admittedly somewhat protected, 230 V cable on the floor, as it turned out afterwards? Tsss.....

This is the shed as I took it over from him old shed.jpg

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and that's the refurbished one just finished.


Sorry to hear about your ex and the time and money wasted on the spa. Such an effort made in vain. If you don't need the space , it would probably be best to leave it as it is, as you do.
 
SOME EASY RIDDLES GUYS.

What gets smaller every time It takes a shower?

I'm not a blanket, yet I cover the ground; I come from the sky and dont make a sound.

I'm sweet and cold with a stick to hold; a treat on a hot day, worth more than gold.

What has a head but no brain?
 
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It is. I'd been preoccupied with it for a few years now wondering how my predecessor could have come up with such a design knowing that he, too, would have had to replace the fridge at some point. If so, how could he put all the weight on the fridge and also on the, admittedly somewhat protected, 230 V cable on the floor, as it turned out afterwards? Tsss.....

This is the shed as I took it over from himView attachment 3371

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and that's the refurbished one just finished.


Sorry to hear about your ex and the time and money wasted on the spa. Such an effort made in vain. If you don't need the space , it would probably be best to leave it as it is, as you do.
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Good job Thomas.
 
looker-on said:
It is. I'd been preoccupied with it for a few years now wondering how my predecessor could have come up with such a design knowing that he, too, would have had to replace the fridge at some point. If so, how could he put all the weight on the fridge and also on the, admittedly somewhat protected, 230 V cable on the floor, as it turned out afterwards? Tsss.....

This is the shed as I took it over from himView attachment 3371

View attachment 3372

and that's the refurbished one just finished.


Sorry to hear about your ex and the time and money wasted on the spa. Such an effort made in vain. If you don't need the space , it would probably be best to leave it as it is, as you do.
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Well done Thomas.I liked your considered and methodical thinking. That's the most important part of a DIY job I reckon. Planning what to do, measuring, what material and tools to use. Your struts sure did the trick.👍👏

I like the new colour scheme too. Very nice!
Ironically, I know a nice lady (just a friend) with her home in the Perth foothills who's just finished having her home painted with a very similar colour scheme to yours. Very similar and I like it. Nice.

A lot of new qualty paints are very durable outdoors and worth the extra cost.
I've gone Creams myself with tough acrylics that keep on keeping on.
I'm sworn off oils now.


I agree with you about leaving my spa alone Thomas. Too much bother to remove it and it's all shut down. I don't need the space and it'd be a good selling point if I had to shuffle off elsewhere. 🚶
 
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