I was looking at the refrigerator the other day and found the wood panel  put in the door was not thick enough to fill the space. Ah Ha! Yet another place to add insulation.

I pulled the door off and the plastic side on the left comes off easily. It will be the side without the door handle. Then I slid the wood panel out and used it as a template to cut the Reflexit. I cut it smaller than the panel because I knew it would be a tight fit going in.

First I tried laying the new insulation on the door and sliding the panel in. No go that way. I put the panel part way in and fed the insulation under it and that worked great. I probably should have stopped there and put the sides back on but . . . I didn’t. There was about a 1″ wide strip not insulated that was behind the plastic strip is the last piece to snap into place. I added some Reflexit there and then I tried to snap the plastic back onto the door to hold the panel in place. Then I tried to snap the plastic back onto the door to hold the panel in place. Did I mention that then I tried to snap the plastic back onto the door to hold the panel in place? Everything was correct except the ends which protruded away from the panel about 1/8″.

Finally using clamps, and some clear silicon sealant I was able to get the the ends to stay in place.

Will this help lower the refrigerator cycles or lesson noise? I do think it will help in holding the cold in and the noise is no longer an issue.

And now I am done with the refrigerator – I promise!