punctured hole in freezer

jimbobtravis

yeah, i done it! pretty stupid i know, but its done now. small little hole in freezer from me trying to poke the ice out with a knife. the gas sprayed out for about a minute and then stopped.
i have rang my landlord and they are gonna come 2moro hopefully with a new fridge freezer.
i am wondering is the fridge section gone as well? should i plug out the fridge altogether? i thrw out all the opened bags in the freezer coz i read that the food could be contaminated from the gass, but all the sealed containers and all are still there.

so anyway, i wanted to keep it plugged in coz of all the food in the fridge, or is keeping it plugeed in a bad idea. it is one of those 6 foot high fridge freezers and mad eby hotpoint.
i have the kitchen airing out and is that all the gas gone or does it continue to leak or what?

obi604

Sorry to jump on your thread. I have nearly the same problem.

I punctured a little hole in my freezer.......BUT, my freezer did dot leak any gas.

Because it did not leak any gas, is it ok ?

johndoe99

obi604 wrote: »

Sorry to jump on your thread. I have nearly the same problem.

I punctured a little hole in my freezer.......BUT, my freezer did dot leak any gas.

Because it did not leak any gas, is it ok ?

if no gas came out, you did not puncture the piping.

Just use some expanding foam or similar to block the hole. If you notice over the coming days that the freezer is defrosting, the pipe has been punctured and the gas has escaped.

obi604

johndoe99 wrote: »

if no gas came out, you did not puncture the piping.

Just use some expanding foam or similar to block the hole. If you notice over the coming days that the freezer is defrosting, the pipe has been punctured and the gas has escaped.

Thanks very much. When I did it, I didn't hear gas or anything happening.

If gas was to escape, would it be fairly obvious. e.g. Make a relatively loud hissing noise and last for 30 seconds or so ?

johndoe99

obi604 wrote: »

Thanks very much. When I did it, I didn't hear gas or anything happening.

If gas was to escape, would it be fairly obvious. e.g. Make a relatively loud hissing noise and last for 30 seconds or so ?

Depends on the size of the hole in the piping really, i remember one fridge i had years back had a tiny scrape of the piping, it slowly released the gas over a 5 day period before the freezer started to defrost.

Another time i was taking a freezer out of a mates house and we hit the back off the side of the front door jam, and it sounded like a rocket going off.

obi604

johndoe99 wrote: »

Depends on the size of the hole in the piping really, i remember one fridge i had years back had a tiny scrape of the piping, it slowly released the gas over a 5 day period before the freezer started to defrost.

Another time i was taking a freezer out of a mates house and we hit the back off the side of the front door jam, and it sounded like a rocket going off.

The hole I made was on the inside top of the freezer.

Are there normally pipes on the inside top ?

johndoe99

obi604 wrote: »

The hole I made was on the inside top of the freezer.

Are there normally pipes on the inside top ?

The freezer compartment has the most piping in a continuous u-bend configuration, it would have to have the most being its the freezer.

Theres hard foam surrounding the piping to prevent such accidental damage.

Did the hole go all the way through, i mean can you actually see through this hole?

obi604

johndoe99 wrote: »

The freezer compartment has the most piping in a continuous u-bend configuration, it would have to have the most being its the freezer.

Theres hard foam surrounding the piping to prevent such accidental damage.

Did the hole go all the way through, i mean can you actually see through this hole?

I don't get the last line in your 1st paragraph ; )

Yeah it did go the whole way through.

johndoe99

obi604 wrote: »

I don't get the last line in your 1st paragraph ; )

Yeah it did go the whole way through.

the only thing you can do is wait a few days and see if the freezer starts to defrost (patch up the hole with something). If there is damage to the piping in the feezer compartment it cannot be repaired.

obi604

johndoe99 wrote: »

the only thing you can do is wait a few days and see if the freezer starts to defrost (patch up the hole with something). If there is damage to the piping in the feezer compartment it cannot be repaired.

Here is a picture of the hole.

johndoe99

obi604 wrote: »

Here is a picture of the hole.

i'd say your freezer is fine, that hole is small and at the angle it is, your not even close to where the piping is.

fergal.b

Op If it's a single pump system then I'd say the fridge is gone too but you probably know that by now






.

obi604

johndoe99 wrote: »

i'd say your freezer is fine, that hole is small and at the angle it is, your not even close to where the piping is.

The hole was made when I was scraping almost parallel to the roof of the freezer. i.e. it wasnt a direct straight on hit that made the hole.

How would I go about fixing/patching up the hole ?

johndoe99

obi604 wrote: »

The hole was made when I was scraping almost parallel to the roof of the freezer. i.e. it wasnt a direct straight on hit that made the hole.

How would I go about fixing/patching up the hole ?

i would try and close it with heavy pressure with your hand using a flat head screwdriver, if you can get your hand into that position, if you not confident that you can do that (might make it worse), then a can of expanding foam, and a small squirt into the hole.

If theres any scratches there thats exposing the bare metal, apply a touch of radiator paint.