just broke my fridge

[hotpink]

what a stupid so and so i am. after trying for hours with boiling water, i was chipping away the last of the ice in the ice box at the top of the fridge, and hit something and it hissed gas at me. ive turned it off and its stopped hissing now. can't call anyone out over bank hols (can do without the fridge for a while seen as it had no food in it). can this be repaired, and how much do u think to fix it? i know i shouldn't have done it... but its done now!

[AllYourBase]

This doesn't sound good. These days fridges are cheaper to replace than to repair, mostly, though you need to factor in the disposal costs. Most retailers have a sale on this weekend though......

I would also be worried about the gas that escaped. I am sure it's probably harmful.

[Hawkwalk]

Unlikely to be repaired. Time for a new one

[Toureman]

The gas that escaped is only harmfull to the environment, it is illegal to release it into the atmosphere, bit more of the ozone layer will dissapear now.

As above, hardly worth repairing.

[Paulst30]

All i can say is one word

NOOB

Poking things you dont know about with sharp objects will obviously lead you to being called one of these terms.

Also i say NOOBx2 cause you came on Answer bank to have us comfirm your stupidity, by tellin us how daft you were to do that in the first place.

Ever heard of just leaving the thing off and letting it defrost? NOOOOOO not quick enough, well your about �190 out of pocket now cause thats how much it costs to replace it.

[Panic Button]

They used to use a refrigerant that was a CFC, causing big problems to the ozone layer.
A few years go by international agreement they changed to much less harmful stuff, but it may still be not very nice.

[hotpink]

i really do not care for the ozone layer!!

[Toureman]

Or anything else it seems.

[hotpink]

like what, Toureman?

[joko]

yes and we don't care about you and your broken fridge.. ha.

[Irishlad74]

how old is the fridge? as everybody else has suggested, it may be cheaper to get a new one.

sounds like ou need educating about the environment and indeed appliance care also ha ha ha.

[hotpink]

i've got a lovely new swish one now, and i'm getting the council to collect the other one. everything's ok dear!

[Irishlad74]

nice one... glad you got sorted out.

Don't go poking around in there with a sharp object :)

[seadart]

Next time try a hair dryer!