Glyntah
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Has anyone done this?
We're renovating the kitchen and I'm trying to think of some slightly more practical layout ideas. We currently have a chest freezer that sits in front of the chimney breast, taking up space - ideally we'd remove the chimney breast, but that's out of our budget at the mo.
My potential temporary solution is to move our washing machine as the freezer will fit in the alcove it lives in. However, we currently have a worktop there which houses the combi microwave - which is too big to go anywhere else. So trying not to lose the worktop space, I thought putting the freezer on rollers would allow it to be stored under a worktop but be rolled out for access. I've found appliance rollers on Amazon that can apparently be used for up to 500lb, which should be plenty sufficient. They only roll one way, but we only need the freezer to roll in and out really.
We're planning to do the floor with lino though, so not sure this will cope with the frequent movement. We currently have a cotton dirt-trapper rug infront of the washing machine, but I'm not sure how easily the wheels would roll on a rug (it's not a particular deep pile though)
It'd be great to hear if anyone else has done this. All I can find from Googling is a few people who've done it with "kegerators", which seem to be chest freezers converted https://under-the-open-sky.com/best-wheeled-coolers/ into beer dispensers, and as they tend to live in garages or basements I guess flooring isn't such an issue, and that it wouldn't be moved for access so frequently (we use the chest freezer daily - might be able to rotate food in the upright freezer to minimise this but it would be at least several times a week)
We're renovating the kitchen and I'm trying to think of some slightly more practical layout ideas. We currently have a chest freezer that sits in front of the chimney breast, taking up space - ideally we'd remove the chimney breast, but that's out of our budget at the mo.
My potential temporary solution is to move our washing machine as the freezer will fit in the alcove it lives in. However, we currently have a worktop there which houses the combi microwave - which is too big to go anywhere else. So trying not to lose the worktop space, I thought putting the freezer on rollers would allow it to be stored under a worktop but be rolled out for access. I've found appliance rollers on Amazon that can apparently be used for up to 500lb, which should be plenty sufficient. They only roll one way, but we only need the freezer to roll in and out really.
We're planning to do the floor with lino though, so not sure this will cope with the frequent movement. We currently have a cotton dirt-trapper rug infront of the washing machine, but I'm not sure how easily the wheels would roll on a rug (it's not a particular deep pile though)
It'd be great to hear if anyone else has done this. All I can find from Googling is a few people who've done it with "kegerators", which seem to be chest freezers converted https://under-the-open-sky.com/best-wheeled-coolers/ into beer dispensers, and as they tend to live in garages or basements I guess flooring isn't such an issue, and that it wouldn't be moved for access so frequently (we use the chest freezer daily - might be able to rotate food in the upright freezer to minimise this but it would be at least several times a week)
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