How to box in a refrigerator

Greetings & Welcome @OppZ!

I’m not saying this is absolutely correct, but I normally wrap the top, bottom, & sides with an extra couple of inches of foam board insulation. The back side is going to require a large cut out with an opening grill covering it. You can probably salvage one from a wrecking yard.

Then it’s just a matter of building a cabinet around it. I build the cabinets with 3" of clearance on the top, bottom, & sides. Not because it’s needed today, but because if it ever needs to be replaced with one of slightly different dimensions, it’ll still fit without having to rebuild everything.

Cheers!


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