Switch it off.
Open it up.
Attack it with a hairdryer, a wooden spoon and an iron mallet.
Eldest and I had great fun.
The freezer is about 15 years old and has deep frozen at least one mammoth and two sabre toothed tiger’s at the bottom. Leaving no room for anything else.
Fortunately the dang thing is near the back door so as the boy is hacking the ice, I’m chucking it out the door.
We almost killed Dave the postie with a block of ice embedded with peas and sweetcorn….oops.
Hey. Not everything has to be a boring chore. Right ?
:o)