Areas that rust - Kitchen panel

Kitchen/fridge panel

mhilton: Vendor is saying he has the panel behind the fridge painted every 3 years (from the outside)...

I can't help wondering whether is rotten from inside out if it is the fridge.

HarryMann: Yes, it can be and very often is, if no-one has ever taken the trouble to kill it at source properly. It isn't uncommon that the whole panel needs replacing, and possibly down into the sill area.

No substitute for good drainage and ventilation in kitchens... some bonded insulation inside that panel would also go a long way to prevent condensation

Dugcati: I can vouch for that! the area behind the fridge - the whole lower part of the panel on mine and the posts were really rotten.... I have had weeks and weeks of welding to do on mine.

chippieshaun: Feel free to have a browse here and see the pictures behind my fridge!

rick&ang: This is how bad it can be. Not beyond repair but it takes a lot of time.

When i bought mine it didnt look to bad but I soon found out that paint can cover a lot of sins! This is a picture of the inner sill (behind and under the fridge). The rest of the van was pretty much the same too but its sorted now.