596568 - Freezer Compartment Door

Freezer Flaps And Covers

Plastic freezer flaps and plastic drawer front covers are very common spares to be break in a freezer or fridge freezer sometimes because they are flimsy, especially so in cheaper fridge freezers and freezers but also for two more fundamental reasons that may help you preventing them from breaking again.

The first is over freezing or allowing too much frost to build up in the freezer that leads to the flaps, drawers or baskets in your freezer being more difficult to pull out, they don't glide or move as they should. This extra friction on the plastic flaps means that they are pulled harder than they often ought to be and, they snap.

The cure is, keep the frost down and defrost your freezer regularly.

The other common way that freezer drawer fronts get broken is that people load up the baskets with too much weight. The extra weight means that you can again be putting too much strain on the plastic drawer covers at the handle especially and they can again snap.

Given that some of these internal plastic flaps and drawer fronts can be expensive it is best to try to look after them to avoid having to buy replacements.

Find Your Fridge Freezer Model Number

You can see a typical example of a rating plate above and, where to find it in the image below.



Almost without exception these days you will find the model number of a fridge or fridge freezer on the left hand wall of the fridge by way of the rating plate. Getting the correct model and sometimes the serial or service number can be vital in getting the correct tray or shelf you need.

Can't Find The Freezer Flap You Need, Not Sure?

Buying spare parts for any fridge freezer can range from the simplest task in the world to one of the most daunting as you try to pick your way through model numbers, serial numbers, ranges and all sorts of information.

We try to make it as simple as possible for you to buy a fridge freezer spare part but, sometimes, we know that we all need a little help from the experts.

Below you will find the various ways in which you can get in touch with us about fridge freezer flaps and get answers as quickly as possible but do please use our contact page or email as a first resort as this allows us time to look up spare parts for you and find any low cost compatible fridge freezer spares as well, so you get the best options possible.

	To get assistance with a technical query for your fridge freezer then please do use our forums using this link. We will likely not be able to offer any fridge freezer technical assistance, advice on what fridge freezer part is required to repair a fault or fitting instruction by email or by telephone. However, the forums have many engineers that do read and will normally answer your questions if it is possible to assist.
	Contact us using our online spares enquiry form, simply click this link or the icon to be taken to our online contact page for fridge freezer spares.
	To send us an email about your fridge freezer spares requirements just click this link and your mail client should open a new email for you to send us an email.
	Call us during normal office hours Monday through Friday on 0845 172 8002 about fridge or freezer spares.
	Find one of our approved fridge freezer engineers, just click here to search

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