Freezer Door Gasket

Freezer Door Gasket

Brett from TX

My fridge was in storage for about a year and we recently purchased a house. When I pulled the fridge from storage to use it, the freezer seal was pretty much crushed in one spot and dried out with no flexibility. So it did not seal properly. Well every few days I would have to clean off the Winter Wonderland of frozen moisture that was created by the constant supply of outside air.

Just my hands. No actual tools needed, but carefully using a flathead screwdriver may have helped start the removal of old gasket.

The process was easy once I watched a video of how the gasket was attached. The gasket is basically just pressed into a groove. I had to use a little force to start, but once I got the first part of the gasket separated I just followed the groove and pulled the rest out. Then I lined up the top corners of my new gasket and firmly pressed the top in (You can feel the gasket seat into the groove when you press hard enough). Then I just followed the groove, pressing the rest of the gasket in along the way. And when I was done pushing the gasket in all the way around, I closed the door and walked away...and there has not been any ice build up since.