{"id":1349,"date":"2020-04-28T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T16:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2020-04-29T07:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:42:47","slug":"fridge-door-thunking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=1349","title":{"rendered":"Fridge Door Thunking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we closed the fridge door, it made this sound like it was going to fall off.  After a few times, I called Scott and asked him what I could do to fix it.  This was right at the beginning of Covid-19 self-isolating.  Scott said that he would come over if really necessary, but he said the door will not fall off, it just sounds that way.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a couple days of this&#8230;I decided to buy a $50 hinge kit and replace it myself&#8230;this kit comes with about 10 pieces but the pictures below shows that one of the hinges is bent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinges-scaled-e1588160376417-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1351\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinges-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?attachment_id=1351\" class=\"wp-image-1351\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinge-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1350\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinge.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?attachment_id=1350\" class=\"wp-image-1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinge-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinge-1024x893.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinge-768x670.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinge-1536x1339.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hinge-2048x1786.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, the bent hinge was for the freezer, so the plan was just to replace the fridge door hinge (not the recommended both at once from Frigidaire).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more I looked at the process of changing this out, the more I thought, maybe I better wait until 1) less food in the fridge and 2) quarantine is over, just in case it doesn&#8217;t go well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, for about a week, closing the fridge door would go thunk, Jen would let out a scream and then Dizzy would scream or Rogue would scatter (Raz didn&#8217;t give a shit)&#8230;once we were ok with and ready for the thunk, it stopped.  No changes, no rebuilding, nothin&#8230;just stopped.  I sent back the hinges, bent one and all&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we closed the fridge door, it made this sound like it was going to fall off. After a few times, I called Scott and asked him what I could do to fix it. This was right at the beginning of Covid-19 self-isolating. 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