Customer is doing LVP floor and has a floating side panel like pic.
How would this be secured to the floor? I was thinking an epoxy mix or something, but that doesn't seem right.
A bracket would look like shit too.
Any suggestions?
How do you secure a refrigerator side panel to the floor?
>refrigerator enclosure.
It better have proper venting.
Rich people do not care, you do what I tell you.
>rich people
>building in freestanding fridges
Lolno.
Is it already there and just flopping around, or yet to be installed?
Flopping around above concrete floor. LVP has yet to be installed.
That would work, but the hard part is securing it to the concrete floor.
That's what I'm leaning toward, but it doesn't seem secure enough.
How would you secure that to the floor? Tapcons?
Seems like a pain on a concrete slab.
Thanks, anon.
>Flopping around above concrete floor. LVP has yet to be installed.
Then small bracket (s) with the foot part screwed to the floor; rather than tapcons I'd do the old 'big hole with a dowel driven in' trick.
If the upper portion can't be located where it's not visible when the fridge is in place then you can mortise it into the panel and cover it with a thin strip of veneer like edge banding or formica or something.
FWIW if it was all new and that panel's front edge *had* to be narrow I'd set the angle brackets or som L metal first and make a kerf in the panel bottom edge and set it over them and tilt it up plumb.
But for ventilation and simplicity I always try to talk people into having a false front edge that overhangs towards the appliance and allows room for a thin baseboard-like cover trim at the floor that can cover hardware like that and is also better when you mop in there every 20 years.
Another option:
if you epoxy it or use polyurethane, get the glue up under the end of the panel as completely as possible (not too hard if it's floppy) and drive some very thin hardwood or plastic shim wedges in from either side near the unsupported front edge in a few spots...you want them very thin and shallow enough of an angle that they can overlap and apply force up/down and lock the panel in place....if there's not enough room to overlap set them next to each other from alternating directions.
Then when the glue cures trim them flush and it's not going anywhere.
He said tiles are built around it and they secure the panel from the bottom. We don't do renovations often.
Don't think that helps but if you have a router, you can route a slot at the bottom to accept something that is screwed to the floor. It would be hidden if don't correctly.
Adding a backing and some glue at the front would also suffice.
Third option is to add a panel under where the fridge will be seated on and screw into that.
>A bracket would look like shit too.
>Any suggestions?
A bracket on the inside?
Fridge will clear it. They have little rollers and feet on them.
You can prob silicone it if you dont want to put holes in the ceramic. Shower glass is done this way. Epoxy is too rigid imo.
On mine I used a few tiny angle brackets on the inside.
Give me a day and I'll ask my boss. I can't remember how we do it but I think we used
I hate those things. Is it the veneer or press board?
I would start with asking how they want it secured and explain the pros and cons. I'd recommend trimming something like foam gasket and wedging it in place and the trim will give it some purchase to the flooring.
You have to assume some asshat is going to lean on it or bump it hard and anything you permanently affix it with to the floor is just going to make it break. The foam will keep it in place but allow it to move if enough pressure is applied and should stave off breakage. Then it can be jimmied back into plumb.
jesus christ Black folk
KEK, every time I think the "uninformed advice from ignorant morons" level on this board has peaked someone comes along to shift into overdrive and hammer the throttle.
Do you drill into the fridge?
>securing a fridge
Wtf? Do youall gridge not stand in theor own?
>Hello, anon, is your refrigerator running?
pocket hole it into the floor, or use brackets on the inside
notch it into the baseboard
anchor a screw to function as a dowel in the front end
Otherwise it's concealing a bead of clear silicone, glue, brackets or toe-nail frickery
Attach angle iron to the wood that extends under the fridge. Fridge holds it in place.