Hi Rita, There is one thing that you may wish to try before replacing. I have a friend that has a used appliance shop. When he gets a unit that has a seal that is not torn but not tight he does a simple repair. He First cleans then pulls the seal away from the door and heats it with a hair dryer. Then hole it away until it cools. I have used this technique on a refrigerator that we have in the basement and I must repeat about once a year. He also uses a piece of paper to check the seal. He uses a piece about the size of a dollar bill By closing the door on it you can tell how tight the seal is by moving the paper all around and slightly pulling on it.
I did replace one gasket where I had to fold it back and remove hex head screws all around the door. then reversed the process with the new gasket. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind Handyman" <[email protected]> Cc: "Rita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] refrigerator door seal Hello Everyone, I just had a new compressor put into my refrigerator and now I notice the seal is not tight. I am careful to push the door completely shut each time. Certainly the seal needs to be replaced. How does one go about doing this and I would need step by step instructions as the janitor in my building has such high prices. It is my own refrigerator. With the weather being as it is, I may not do this for a week or so. Any ideas would really be appreciated. Rita To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
