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Have you cleaned under the fridge lately?

Tigriss — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:17:08 GMT

OMG! My freezer wasn't quite cold enough for me, so I thought I would clean the coil. I knew there would be dust and cat fur but wow it sure collected this summer. I was down there on the floor trying to use my new Shark vac's under appliance brush, but that wasn't happening, so I got my brushes that I got in a kit of brushes for various purposes at Big Lots. I ran the vac and ran the brush between the coils that are under the fridge. I thought I'd check the filter down there and caught the light just right. There is a tray under my freezer section (side by side fridge) that was full to the brim with water and JUNK!

I had to get some wrenches but I got the filter part off without spilling the junky water or the water line to the ice maker. Out came the wet/dry vac, but I couldn't find the hose part. My BIL borrowed it and didn't return that bit, so I was at a loss. I then remembered the hose attachment to my carpet cleaner. I used that bad boy to suck up the gallon+ tray of junk, then removed it and bleached the tar out of it and the underside of the freezer bit there along with the dust. The dust and fur were wet so it didn't fly around. I'm exhausted as scrubbing under a fridge with a two foot long brush on my side with one hand and holding the vac with the other is not easy! I've done it before loads but somehow this time it was dirtier and had so much fur. I vacuumed another couple of cats out of there. I too and long bath and allergy pill.

Why can't they make these things easier to clean? I Googled it. The new ones may have the NeverClean condensers, or so some companies advertise. That may totally be worth upgrading my fridge for. There is just no dignified way to clean that thing unless you have someone else do it.

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brandiwine — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:34:54 GMT

LOL! I'm scared of what I will find!

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Mominohio — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:39:41 GMT

I clean under my fridge and pull it completely out every couple of months and boy howdy, I find another cat under there sometimes too (although most of it is dust bunnies type stuff). I clean my kitchen floor every single day of my life, so I honestly don't know how all that junk gets under there, but it does!

I don't have the water tray thingy going on that you do, maybe because we don't have an ice maker? but that sounds like it was definitely enough work for one day!

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Tigriss — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:50:24 GMT

I do mine every three months or so, but this summer has just been extra hairy or something. Maybe because it has been so hot down here and still is in the 90s plus heat index due to humidity. The whole water tray thing, is just freaking me out. I've had this fringe 10 years or so and never saw it before because it was hiding behind the large filter unit. I'm still in shock. It is an older fridge so I pray I won't have to replace it anytime soon like with the new ones, but the news ones do have some perks. I'd love a sensor light, like your oil change light, to remind me when it gets to a certain fuzzy state. That would be way better than any of the fancy digital things, camera, door in door in door things. I also hate having to get in the floor, a clean floor mind you, but still your face is squished down there to see up under there and juggle the light. I also plan on inventing a square flashlight that won't roll all over the darned place while you are trying to work in tight places!!

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homedecor1 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:14:53 GMT

My spouse pulls out the fridge & stove once a month. We always find kitty "mouses" and dust!

He does my dryer vent every 3 months...

although, he just told me "he's getting to old" to go up the

pull down steps in the garage to the attic (too steep)...so now I'm getting worried because that means I'll really have to downsize all my seasonal decor😬☹️. That's going to be a BIG job or I'm going to have to find someone to go up there!

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Citrine1 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:26:14 GMT

Yes, and it wasn't pretty!

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blackhole99 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:56:38 GMT

We have 2 fridges and 1 chest freezer, why at this stage of life, I don't know. Anyway , my husband cleans behind and under the fridges twice a year and I clean the chest freezer once a year. Years ago, I smelled something odd behind the fridge in my galley kitchen upstairs, I pulled the fridge out to look behind it there was a dead mouse.Yuck.

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In-x-s — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:40:08 GMT

OMG can I relate! Did ours 2 weeks ago and I was shocked! No water tray that I've ever been able to see under there but wow the cat fur! Won't let it go so long next time. We were catless until my daughter "gifted" us one of her cats that wasn't playing so nice with the other two she had. I forget how much fur one cat can accumulate under things.

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insomniac2 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 06:32:34 GMT

Or ever?

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depglass — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:54:12 GMT

I quit using my ice maker soon after buying this frig, we just never use ice. So I'm hoping its OK under there, I must confess I've never moved it. The old one wasn't really that bad.

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suzyQ3 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:32:44 GMT

With older refrigerators, it was easy to use one of those dryer vent type brushes to clean underneath. I can't do that with our "new" one, so I just hope for the best.

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Nightowlz — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 19:38:30 GMT

Yes just a couple of weeks ago. DH did not like it when I asked him to move it so I could clean under & behind it.

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151949 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 19:44:44 GMT

About every 6 months DH pulls out the fridge and the stove to clean under, behind and scrub down the sides of the stove. He also pulls out the dryer and gets the vent as far as he can from below then has to get on the roof to do as much as possible from above.The space in the middle we can only pray about.

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Shawnie — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 19:55:07 GMT

@151949 wrote:
About every 6 months DH pulls out the fridge and the stove to clean under, behind and scrub down the sides of the stove. He also pulls out the dryer and gets the vent as far as he can from below then has to get on the roof to do as much as possible from above.The space in the middle we can only pray about.

Can I please rent your husband? Please!

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Sooner — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 20:11:12 GMT

We clean the vents under the fridge out, we don't pull it out. We have a cooktop so no stove to pull out, but I've never heard of anyone pulling a stove out before. I guess if you fry a lot the sides might get dirty. Who knew?

I haven't ever had a stove in a house come to think of it. My mom had one. I have always had cooktops. My last house had a wonderful cooktop with high btu gas burners on a couple of the hobs. I miss it and when I get time I want to replace the gas cooktop this house has.

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wagirl — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 14:48:33 GMT

Why, yes I have!! had my refer repaired recently,so moved it out and cleaned the vent and mopped the floor--don't have coils but dusted off the back where the cord is. I actually try to do that every 6 months or so. Do the same to my stove too.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 14:59:06 GMT

Back when we had the cat, hubby would do it a couple of time a year. I'm sure it wasn't a pretty sight but that was his job, I wasn't there. He doesn't do it now. We'll just take our chances.

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happycat — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 16:54:55 GMT

No, I haven't. Thanks for the reminder, lol.