Cleaning out a chest freezer

[debodun]

There's a chest freezer in the cellar that hasn't worked since before my mom passed (2006). I shudder to think what's in there. How should I go about cleaning that out?

 

[Pinky]

There's a chest freezer in the cellar that hasn't worked since before my mom passed (2006). I shudder to think what's in there. How should I go about cleaning that out?

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Wear a mask, and gloves.

 

[debodun]

Or a HazMat suit!

 

[hollydolly]

There's not food in there is there?

 

[needshave]

There is a company here called "you got Junk?" They come in, you point at what you want hauled away, they pick it up and haul it away for junk. you dont touch it. It might be an option!

 

[Aunt Marg]

There's a chest freezer in the cellar that hasn't worked since before my mom passed (2006). I shudder to think what's in there. How should I go about cleaning that out?

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How should you go about cleaning it out?

With one man on each end and straight out the door to the dump!

 

[Jules]

Don’t open it. Just call a removal company. Were there any terrible odours not long after it quit working? I‘d hate to think what could be in there.

 

[Knight]

There's a chest freezer in the cellar that hasn't worked since before my mom passed (2006). I shudder to think what's in there. How should I go about cleaning that out?

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You could do like you did with the fan. Next time you have a yard sale put up a sign, free freezer

 

[debodun]

Most removal services won't take it unless it's cleaned out. And, yes, hollydolly, there is what was once food in there.

 

[Butterfly]

Most removal services won't take it unless it's cleaned out. And, yes, hollydolly, there is what was once food in there.

I'd find one that would, and pay their fee happily. It clearly has no value, and who knows what kind of toxic organisms are in there now. There are some very nasty anaerobic bacteria out there.

Or just leave it alone and let the people who tear down the house take care of it.