hinge for furniture door for integrated fridge unit

[theNovice]

I've just about completed my first installation as a diyer but have been stumped by the furniture hinge (concealed hinge) required for my integrated fridge freezer (baumatic br27b - single unit, fridge top / freezer bottom). I've been using blum cliptops 107 degrees for all other units (as that is what came with them) and didn't receive any special hinge for the fridge unit door.

The issue is the hinge arm height seems a bit too high and more importantly, the opening angle isn't large enough for me to get the trays out of the fridge to clean / maintain.

Spoke to blum - they've sent me their 'fridge/freezer/appliance' hinge which appears to be a modul hinge of 95 degrees or so... not very helpful as I figure I need atleast 130 - 135 to open the door wide enough.

Baumatic tell me that it should have came with the installation kit... it didn't and it is going to cost me 50£ to get another... that only comes with 4 hinges when I actually need 5 as the unit is taller than the fridge/freezer (there is an opening to the top - therefore the fridge furniture door requires 3 hinges).

I did see some blum hinges at IKEA last w/e that seemed to do the trick (can't tell wtf they were though)... I might have to return with a screwdriver and remove 5 of them from 5 separate units.

My lack of experience is letting me down at the moment - any advice would be appreciated.

theNovice

[marc1106]

hello Novice

firstly there are 2 types of door hanging on integrated F/F first you get the fixed door type where the cabinet door fixes to the appliance door hinges therefore negating the Blum hinges!
secondly you get the cabint door hanging on the Blum hinges and you get a set of "sliders and brackets that fit to the back of the cabinet door to attached the 2 together!

did you get some slider with your F/F? if not then i suspect you have the fixed hinge type!

if you did get the slider kit then the appliance has to be pushed over in the cabinet as far away from the Blum hinges as possible this will give the clearance you need also you should be using 110 degree hinges .
hope that makes it a tad clearer, if not sure then pop a pic or 2 of the apliance in situ and we'll definatly be able to help!

[Guest]

Thanks Marc.

I do have the sliders so the cab door is meant to use it's own hinges. My camera got nicked on a recent trip - I'll try and take a pic on my phone.

Essentially, fridge door binds on the hinge arm when almost at max of 107 degrees... I'll try the pic and see if that can help clarify.

[marc1106]

Thanks Marc.

I do have the sliders so the cab door is meant to use it's own hinges. My camera got nicked on a recent trip - I'll try and take a pic on my phone.

Essentially, fridge door binds on the hinge arm when almost at max of 107 degrees... I'll try the pic and see if that can help clarify.

if you have the sliders fitted it shouldnt do! but try moving the appliance over further in the housing! unfortunatly the sliders idea is not the better of the 2

[nskitchenfitting]

Hi Novice,

I fit baumatic regularly.. and tbh have never had a problem.

My only guess is that you may have the f/f set too far back into the housing?

standard hinges and the sliders should work ok.. if you could post a pic , might be easier to help.

[Guest]

Thanks ns.

Just took a few pics from the mobile, will attempt to upload for you and marc to look at.

[theNovice]

I've attempted to attach a fiew photos below:

in the cab:
       

the clip top hinge itself:
   

the maximum opening:
   

trying to remove one of the shelves - it butts against the fridge door as I can't get the pr*ck to open wide enough:
   

[theNovice]

Hi Novice,

I fit baumatic regularly.. and tbh have never had a problem.

My only guess is that you may have the f/f set too far back into the housing?

standard hinges and the sliders should work ok.. if you could post a pic , might be easier to help.

I'm sure the problem doesn't lie with either baumatic or blum but me... just a bit frustrated that I don't know what to ask for when speaking to them and they probably don't deal with numpties directly...

[Stretch]

Hi Novice and welcome.

Your problem here is the hinges themselves.

The hinges you need are the old slide on type but not just the regular ones, these are very slim and probably only stand about 10mm off the carcase edge including the hinge plate. You get very little left to right adjustment with these but you don't actually need much. As Marc said you need to ensure the appliance is as far right (in your case) as it will go and the front of the appliance doors should be flush with the carcase edge.

It might be worth taking a trip to B&Q or Homebase to see if they've got any of these hinges as I think Homebase are still selling kitchens with slide on hinges

BTW, if I'm not mistaken, the shelves pull out as far as they will go then you lift the front edge vertically and it drags the back edge forward - looking at your pics. Go on try it!!