We unplugged the freezer. We had some big pieces of heavy plastic that we put under the freezer. The plastic covered nearly all of the little room where it was — there is carpet in that room and I didn’t want to ruin it. We towels down right in front of the freezer on top of the plastic.

We left the door open for about an hour. Then my hubby took a hammer and sat and hit and hit and hit and hit and hit….. Well you get the picture.

He took a bucket and put the chunks of ice that he was breaking off in it. I started out taking it outside but got tired and then just filled up the bathtub with the ice. Really wish I had got a picture of that…it was unbelievable!!!

Then we put plastic tubs on the shelves and throughout the afternoon we would hear chunks starting to drop off.

It was a very long day!!! I am glad to report that the carpet did not get wet but we went through a lot of bathroom towels.

I love that photo (realizing it isn’t yours) of the totally frozen one, though! How do you handle that? Use hammer and chisel, explosives, or just let it thaw and make a huge, watery mess?