Fridge Move

As I mentioned earlier, we ended up buying a new refrigerator, a new washing machine, and a new dryer.  The refrigerator was supposed to be delivered on Friday, but it actually arrived yesterday.  I had to quickly move the old fridge, clean behind it, and get ready for the delivery of the new fridge.

We were planning on moving the old fridge downstairs into the kitchen area in the basement.  We thought it would be nice to have a back-up fridge for times like Thanksgiving and Christmas when we have a bunch more food in the house than we usually do.

Tonight, I measured the old refrigerator.  Uh-oh.  It was too wide to make it through the door to the basement.  Oy...

So last night I took the doors off.  That wasn't the easiest thing to do.  The refrigerator door was easy.  The freezer door?  Not so easy.  The water supply for the ice maker goes in through the bottom of the door and the electrical supply for the ice maker goes in through the top of the door.  But before too long, the doors were off.

Then my sons and I muscled it down the stairs.  Having the doors off allowed us to slide the fridge through the door without making contact.  After we got it through the door, gravity did most of the work.  We mostly had to guide it carefully down the stairs, keeping it away from the walls.  For the last few steps, gravity tried to do the job faster than I wanted it to.

But now the fridge is in the basement, the doors are back on, it's plugged in and working just fine.

And of course, this just reminded me how much I hate moving.  Good thing it was only a fridge!