Fridge Door Swings Open Too Far

This prevents the door from opening too far.

Fridge door swings open too far.

Be sure it extends far enough to prevent both the door and the handle of the door from hitting your wall. Can i get an answer today. Report this by manage my life. Refrigerator door stops help prevent damage to adjacent walls cabinets and the refrigerator door.

How to keep cabinet doors from swinging open too far. Both the refrigerator the freezer doors have door stops mounted to the lower hinges. But you don t need to take the door down and go through the hassle of disassembling everything just to adjust the frame and learn how to stop a door won t stay open. These units are often preset to allow the door to open 130 degrees but if this is too.

Measure the distance between the handle and the wall and purchase a door stop that is slightly longer than that distance. Install a doorstop on the fridge. They allow the door to open wide enough for normal pan removal. They are included on all models but are not in plain sight.

On this model there is a door stop that is include on both the refrigerator and freezer doors. I removed the swing limiter the one provided that stops the door from swinging past 180 degress then added a piece if steel. Enough to get drawers out. The bent pin should keep the door from swinging open on its own.

The doors also have a door closer cam that holds the door open at 120 degrees. Reattached and now the door swings about 95 degress. It would otherwise hit a built in cabinet counter and dent the front door. Refrigerator door swings too much.

If you have a door that swings all the way open every time you leave it slightly ajar the door frame isn t plumb. Some are recessed some are extended at different levels to each other and some. Many standard refrigerator models come with built in doorstops to control how far the door can swing open. Contemporary cabinet designers have added layers to cabinets.

If the door gets opened farther than 120 degrees the door stop is the only device that stops the distance at 180 degrees.