# Fridge won't fit out the door -- what to do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 6, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248 "2003-08-06T02:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/61 "2003-08-08T18:23:46Z")
Emilio, you’re in Hyattsville? You need help with it this weekend, I’d be happy to come over and lend a hand or two. Email me if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![ShotgunZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@ShotgunZen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShotgunZen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/62 "2003-08-08T19:07:51Z")
Do NOT assume that the freon is gone. I was disposing of a refrigerator that had been dumped in the woods (long story) it was old, rusty, sunk about six inches into the ground, and had been shot full of holes to boot! I contacted the local landfill and they informed me they would not take the ‘fridge unless the compressor had been removed. I thought “Well this thing can’t possibly have any freon left in it” . I took my trusty Sawzall and started removing the compressor. Imagine how shocked and appalled I was when I cut the first hose and SOMETHING started spewing out. It was sort of a pressurized, oily liquid that sputtered, sprayed, and spumed for almost five minutes. It evaporated almost instantly, leaving behind an oily residue. I can only assume it was freon. I have doomed us all. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/63 "2003-08-08T19:39:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trigonal Planar \* > \*\*Arrgh! You can cut it effectively without even going near the freon coils! Its a non-issue. \*\* Exactly! Having used a Milwaukee Sawzall not more than thirty minutes ago myself, I can attest to its usefullness. A mildly aggressive blade will rip through that fridge core in no time. NO TIME. I`m surprised this wasn`t done already by the fourth post in this thread. Cut about 6 inches off the entire front of the fridge from top to bottom. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/64 "2003-08-08T19:58:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I`m surprised this wasn`t done already by the fourth post in this thread. That’s not nearly as much fun as contemplating about the actions of this one individual dooming the world. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/65 "2003-08-08T20:03:06Z")
How about melting it down into ingots ? You just need to build a large kiln around it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/66 "2003-08-08T20:14:40Z")
Why don’t you just use your transporter? Or, if you’re worried about where to legally rematerialise it, then use your phaser cutting phaser and disintegrate it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/67 "2003-08-08T21:17:40Z")
You know, here at the SDMB, we’ve sent goats into oribt, used goats to mow lawns, & discussed goat felching endlessly. Now, my fellow Dopers—_How can we, as Dopers, use a **goat** to get this fridge out of this basement?_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/68 "2003-08-08T21:22:25Z")
Rub the sides of the frigidaire with butter and salt, put the goat nearby, lock the basement door. While you are playing with the wench, the fridge problem takes care of itself. 🙂 Of course, now you have a gargantuan goat with metal poisoning causing it to go insane, and probably a rather large pile of …um… er … ex-appliance stinking up the place. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/69 "2003-08-08T21:33:19Z")
Try turning your house inside out. Then the inside is the outside. ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/70 "2003-08-08T23:25:56Z")
Try buying a lot of groceries. Refrigerators grow smaller when you have a lot of groceries to put into them. After you stuff a few watermelons in there, it should have compressed itself enough to fit through the door. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/71 "2003-08-09T01:35:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*Or, if you’re worried about where to legally rematerialise it, then use your phaser cutting phaser and disintegrate it. \*\* Silly, you know that phaser-cutting phasers only work on shuttle chains. ---
**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/72 "2003-08-09T01:49:08Z")
I really think the most fun would be Whomping the top down into a “V” then Whomping the sides in to collapse the thing inward … the the saw part shouldn’t encounter AnY coolant in the first 5 or 6 inches of the front of the box. Of course the REAL approach is finding the screws and taking the insides out … but Where’s the Manly Destructive fun in THAT??? ---
**Author:** ![brickiebee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brickiebee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickiebee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/73 "2003-08-09T02:14:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AndrewT \* > \*\*Let the tyres down. \*\* This is still the best answer. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/74 "2003-08-09T02:29:15Z")
Just for the record, it’s [against federal law](http://www.deq.state.id.us/ptwo/VehiclMaint/v06.htm) to release Freon. It must be recovered. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/75 "2003-08-09T03:33:29Z")
You’re obviously not moving fast enough. You could have this thing outside in no time by getting it up to breakneck speed. ANYONE who is familiar with RoadRunner cartoons could tell you that!! ---
**Author:** ![QuasiQubit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9dc877/32.png) [@QuasiQubit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuasiQubit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/76 "2003-08-09T04:59:02Z")
We really need a 3d model of this. (Dirk Gently) ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/77 "2003-08-09T05:53:53Z")
You could get the fridge outside by releasing the freon. Just disconnect it, and in a few minutes the fridge will be all out. ---
**Author:** ![Fop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/91b2a8/32.png) [@Fop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fop)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/78 "2003-08-09T07:52:25Z")
If you hammer it or sawzall it, REMEMBER TO TAKE PICTURES. ---
**Author:** ![nargha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nargha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nargha)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/79 "2003-08-09T20:53:03Z")
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![alohadisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@alohadisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alohadisc)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248/80 "2003-08-10T10:28:10Z")
Why haven’t we heard an update from the original poster -Emilio Lizardo in several days? It is possible- {shudder} - that the fridge got him? \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-wont-fit-out-the-door-what-to-do/193248.md?page=5)