Then I carefully clamped and screwed the pine trim to the plywood piece so that the edges were flush. And while I was at it I sanded the finish off the front of the cabinet so it’s primer/paint ready (we’ll tackle it when we tackle the rest of our existing cabinets after the counters get installed so nothing gets chipped or scratched off during that stage).
With my holes drilled, I sanded both sides of the plywood to make sure they were smooth.
So I broke out my trusty Kreg jig and drilled a bunch of holes down one edge of both plywood pieces. The point of the trim pine was to make the front edge look more finished and a bit more substantial looking. Good thing that ReStore cabinet was cheap ($19). The truck rental, fridge planks, plus a few 1 x 2″ pieces of pine trim brought my grand total to about $90. The planks were still too big for our Altima so I rented the $19 Lowe’s truck to get it home. They even cut it to size for me right in the wood cutting area, which was a huge help. And when you take off the don’t-match doors (we’re hoping to retrofit extra existing doors to make it seamlessly match the other cabinets later), it starts to look more like a workable piece of cabinetry to sit atop our refrigerator.įor the sides of our built-in fridge, I picked up two 4′ x 8′ pieces of plywood that the Lowe’s guy recommended for cabinet work (he said it’s the same stuff they sell folks who get theirs built-in by pros as part of their kitchen installation process). It’s 12″ tall and 36″ wide, the exact width of our fridge. That’s where an also less than schmancy $19 cabinet from the Habitat For Humanity ReStore (mentioned yesterday) came in handy. And at the moment our floating fridge was looking pretty much the exact opposite. In this case, buying a true fridge is worth the money.We learned with our first kitchen that building in your fridge is a huge help in making a kitchen look fancy schmancy. In reality, it will regulate depending on the temperature, so you may consider an average energy usage around 17 W, which in France is roughly 27€ a year. Where I live, a second hand fridge can be found for less than 50€, and it will drive 90W at maximum usage. Moreover, it produces far away more heat than it sucks from the inside of your fridge (peltier are not efficient at all compared to other heat pump technologies). As you mentioned, your peltier always runs, so it always sucks energy.
You may also consider the power usage, and estimate the associated cost: the peltier module you took is rated at 85 Watts, so depending on the energy cost where you live, this could cost a lot each year (in France, it would be roughly 135€ per year). Plus, you've learn things ! So it's a success ! By the way, like other comments, you could enhance a bit your design with insulation. Even if this not very efficient, you have made something, and shared your knowledge with others.
This is a nice built you have done, and you've done a great document.
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