Anchoring a Residential Fridge

Our fridge is in the slide, so the Samsung would not fit. I used the holes in the fridge for the door hinges to attach our fridge. There are holes in both sides of the fridge where the doors can be reversed, so I have brackets on all 4 corners. Fridge is very solid. I went with a 16 cu. ft. Whirlpool, the height was right and we don't full time, so this fridge was plenty big for us. Haven't been able to post pictures, send me a message & I can email you the pictures.

We just got our new Samsung RF197 today. We are not finished with the install. The fridge is in the cabinet space it is going to reside in. I noticed, that even though the floor is level, the unit is high in the front therefore not plumb with the cabinet sides. I thought maybe it was the cabinetry not being symmetrical. However, there is more space under the front of the fridge than the rear. This is with the front feet removed. I don't see any way to raise the rear or lower the front. It seems odd that the fridge does not sit level. Anyone else notice this? Thanks, Phillip

pcm1959 wrote:
We just got our new Samsung RF197 today. We are not finished with the install. The fridge is in the cabinet space it is going to reside in. I noticed, that even though the floor is level, the unit is high in the front therefore not plumb with the cabinet sides. I thought maybe it was the cabinetry not being symmetrical. However, there is more space under the front of the fridge than the rear. This is with the front feet removed. I don't see any way to raise the rear or lower the front. It seems odd that the fridge does not sit level. Anyone else notice this? Thanks, Phillip

I think most residential refrigerators are made this way. It helps the doors to close due to the weight of the door. When I installed my Haier residential, I just installed wood under the rear rollers until I got the front of the unit vertical (aligned with the cabinet).
Fred

PCM1959 and Craig P

I also added 1/4 inch shims under the rear wheels to level it up. It's almost good to go enough that I am not pulling it out to add more.

I removed the front screw legs and fashioned a "Z shaped bracket that is lag screwed to the plywood floor and then bolted to the brackets that the screw legs were originlly mounted to.

I also re-installed a full width bracket that was fastened to the back top edge of the Norcold with about 10 small screws to the Samsung and it is bolted to a 2 X 4 brace fastened to the side wall of the coach. This keeps the Samsung from tipping. We just returned from a week in the mountains in NC and all held up real well.