A Question??? refrigerator outside legal?????

Can anyone tell me if is illegal in Brooklyn to have an refrigerator outside in your backyard?

i don't know, but it totally should be!

I totally agree. Something tells me it is.

Why should it be? Many people have the compressor units for central air in their back yards, and a refrigerator is essentially the same thing (just connected to an insulated box).

Because Punky Brewster may get trapped in it and suffocate.

exactly. it's a hazard because you can enter one, but not exit one. that's why when they're put out on the street for garbage pickup, you have to take the door off. Same theory as fencing in a pool (even if you have no kids)

But putting something out on the street is different from putting it on your own property where someone would have to trespass to get at it. Why wouldn't this apply to a refrigerator within your home? Someone could break in and climb into the fridge, after all. Aren't all Brooklyn backyards fenced in anyway? I guess in some neighborhoods, there's a driveway leading to the yard, but not in Park Slope. Thus, the refrigerator should be at least as protected as a fenced-in pool.

bdrlds wrote: exactly. it's a hazard because you can enter one, but not exit one. that's why when they're put out on the street for garbage pickup, you have to take the door off. Same theory as fencing in a pool (even if you have no kids)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance

You should at least be able to get one of those dorm fridges, which are too small to accommodate any child old enough to be able to climb the fence to trespass on your yard.

Mamacita wrote: Because Punky Brewster may get trapped in it and suffocate.

Wow! I totally remember that episode. I hardly ever watched the show growing up though. But I remember seeing that one and developing a fear of being locked in refrigerators. Was it punky or her friend that locked in?

Oh and totally put one in your yard. What's the worst that can happen? aside from the whole Punky thing?

actually this yard isn't fenced in. i guess if it was it would be ok. either way, why do it? stocking up for aramagedon i guess.

will there be electricity during Armageddon? it might be a moot point....

How about putting the topic of your question in the post's title, to spare me from clicking through?

Mamacita wrote: Because Punky Brewster may get trapped in it and suffocate.

You hit the nail on the head, but it's Punky's friend Cherie Johnson who likes to hide in refrigerators.

what about my 1984 chevy pickup truck?

The newer refrigerators do not lock from the inside. Is it more than 20 years old? Does it keep beer cold?

wow, if nothing else, it extraordinarily tacky. I grew up in Florida surrounded by rednecks, plenty of them had outdoor fridges.

What's ironic is that if the home owner decides to defend hi property after warning the trespasser, and has just cause (say late at night), and shoots the kid dead, he will probably not be held liable, such as the case a few years back in New Orleans when a homeowner shiot that drunkem Japanese exchange student. Well in NYC he'll be.

roux42 wrote: The newer refrigerators do not lock from the inside. Is it more than 20 years old? Does it keep beer cold?

Yeah, I was going to say...I thought they had solved the whole kid-in-refrigerator problem by doing away with the latch system.

sje wrote: wow, if nothing else, it extraordinarily tacky.

Really. And how lazy do you have to be to need a fridge in your yard?

Some people convert refrigerators into smokers.

laura wrote: [quote=sje]wow, if nothing else, it extraordinarily tacky.

Really. And how lazy do you have to be to need a fridge in your yard?

We keep a small fridge in our backyard not so much out of laziness (thats a big part) but more out of cleanliness. When we bbq I hate having people keep walking in and out of the house and tracking in dirt. Its also great to keep salads, etc in the fridge instead of out on tables which attracts the bugs

you could make a kegerator out of a refrigerator.

Take 5 mins and install a padlock on it. Problem solved.

it amuses me no end that some people worry about getting permission from the government for something as mundane as a refrigerator in your garden.

Sure, it's a bit white-trash but so what? Wear it like a badge of pride and stop fretting about what the state might think. We're all grown-ups here and quite capable of wearing the daddy pants

Idlewild wrote: What's ironic is that if the home owner decides to defend hi property after warning the trespasser, and has just cause (say late at night), and shoots the kid dead, he will probably not be held liable, such as the case a few years back in New Orleans when a homeowner shiot that drunkem Japanese exchange student. Well in NYC he'll be.

Yeah, it sucks that I can't shoot people who ring my doorbell by mistake late at night. Any sensible legal system would allow me to shoot them, especially drunk foreign exchange students.

Evilbert wrote: it amuses me no end that some people worry about getting permission from the government for something as mundane as a refrigerator in your garden.

Sure, it's a bit white-trash but so what? Wear it like a badge of pride and stop fretting about what the state might think. We're all grown-ups here and quite capable of wearing the daddy pants

well, when some kid comes into your backyard (perhaps a child of a neighbor? your child? any child?) and gets stuck in there and dies you might not think it's so mundane.

Restless Native wrote: Take 5 mins and install a padlock on it. Problem solved.

^^ This.

stacey wrote: [quote=laura][quote=sje]wow, if nothing else, it extraordinarily tacky.

Really. And how lazy do you have to be to need a fridge in your yard?

We keep a small fridge in our backyard not so much out of laziness (thats a big part) but more out of cleanliness. When we bbq I hate having people keep walking in and out of the house and tracking in dirt. Its also great to keep salads, etc in the fridge instead of out on tables which attracts the bugs

Word. I've seen many built-in fridges and plan to do one myself once we reno our backyard. Viking does a really nice outdoor fridge that's built-in right with the grill. Makes summer bbq'ing easier.

gets stuck in there and dies you might not think it's so mundane.

So dramatic! We went from putting a fridge in the backyard to bdrlds potentially killing a child. Watch your kids and they won't die in a fridge.
Besides, I think we established that's not a problem since they don't make them with a latch or bdrlds can just put a padlock it.

lmboogie wrote:

gets stuck in there and dies you might not think it's so mundane.

So dramatic! We went from putting a fridge in the backyard to bdrlds potentially killing a child. Watch your kids and they won't die in a fridge.
Besides, I think we established that's not a problem since they don't make them with a latch or bdrlds can just put a padlock it.

please do not insult my intelligence. it's against the law to put a fridge out for trash unless it's either a: chained closed, or b: has its doors removed. why do you think that is?

the consumer product safety commission helped make this law because children were dying this way.