Hoovering the Back of the Fridge-Freezer ?

Thanks for that, I never gave it a thought. The minor problem is how do I move it to reach the rear?

It is dangerous to move your fridge freezer alone Charleygirl they can so easily topple over. Please take care don't want your next post to be from A & E.

Thanks sodapop, I hadn’t thought of that.
I was just going to try and slide it out at 45 degree angle and poke an attachment behind it ?

FC’s tip puts Charleygirl in hospital!

Thanks for that!

Dont. I scratched my new kitchen floor doing that

I couldn’t move mine if I tried for a week.

I probably could but it is tall with every cleaning liquid known to man taking pride of place on the top.

Never done it and they’ve always been fine in 40 years or so, ours is integrated anyway so no chance.

My fridge freezer is about three years old,I’ve never hoovered behind it and have no intention of doing so as it would be quite a job to get it out its position…

Bought my first freezer in 1973. Since then I have owned a succession of freezers and never cleaned the back of any of them even once.

Even when they are moved for replacement every 15 years or so, the back neer looks particulalry dusty or dirty.

Despite this recommendation, I intend to continue not to clean them.

I can just about squeeze a feather duster behind mine....yuk!

I’m not entirely sure if it was a ‘recommendation’ as such Monica!
It’s just that my freezer isn’t getting cold enough to freeze, and every internet search suggests that I do it.
It’s about four years old

Apparently it can save on running costs too.

Not sure it is possible with an integrated fridge freezer.

An integrated unit would not have as much accumulated dust though.

Mine’s intergrated, no doubt there is dust there but I can’t get to it. Another thing to worry about.
I had vacuumed everywhere before going away for three weeks only to come back and see a ball of fluff on the parquet. I mean how did it get there?

Good point, had started to think it would not last as long.

FannyCornforth

I’m not entirely sure if it was a ‘recommendation’ as such Monica!
It’s just that my freezer isn’t getting cold enough to freeze, and every internet search suggests that I do it.
It’s about four years old

I would go back to the supplier as this doesn’t sound fit for purpose. A freezer should last much longer than 4 years

FannyCornforth

I’m not entirely sure if it was a ‘recommendation’ as such Monica!
It’s just that my freezer isn’t getting cold enough to freeze, and every internet search suggests that I do it.
It’s about four years old

I've done mine once in a blue moon but with a soft brush rather than a vacuum cleaner.

FannyCornforth it sounds as if your freezer could be losing gas or have a problem with the compressor. Is it under extended warranty?

We had a very troublesome freezer which fortunately had a 5 year warranty from JL but it took a lot of protracted negotiations, several repairs before we could get a replacement. It started going wrong after a few months and was a good make too.

It could be a potential hazard if the freezer temperature is not minus 18C

Callistemon21

It could be a potential hazard if the freezer temperature is not minus 18C

Thank you Callistemon
Fortunately I clocked that there was a problem before anything awful happened.
It appeared that things were freezing, but they were ‘frozen’ because everything was packed in.
It was only when I tried to freeze some ice cubes that I realised that it wasn’t right.
I had to bin a load of stuff.
Which included some fish pies, which could potentially have been an absolute disaster if we had eaten them.
I honestly dread to think.
It was very lucky really.

Minus 18C is the correct temperature for normal use, turn it up to minus 24C, I think, if you're freezing more than a couple of fresh things.
We've got fridge and freezer thermometers.