We love ours. We have 2 of the fridges and 1 freezer.

Can you tell me if the wall will extend far enough so that it will be next to the entire door when open? (We have our freezer close to a wall (5 1/2 " away), but there is a doorway about a foot or more in front of the freezer so that the open door angles into it.

OK, I just did some measuring. If there was no doorway and the door was stopped by a wall that is 5 1/2" from the freezer, you could open the door wide enough to open the drawers fully for access to the food, but not get them out of the freezer if you wanted to take them out for cleaning. Same for the fridge. Actually, on the fridge, the top drawer is smaller, and the rack on the door doesn't get in the way of the bottom drawer, so you should be able to get those 2 out...And maybe the middle one, too, if you could get the angles right. My fridges are very full at the moment and I'd have to unload them to see.

I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask my any more questions and I'll see what I can do to measure and answer. You can even email me through 'my page' if you'd like.

Why are you beginning to have doubts? Because you're not getting answers, or because you'll need distance between them and the wall? If it's the latter, I think you'll find that to be true of any fridge and freezer.

Best wishes.

So you can see how the freezer and one of the fridges are situated:

rhome410 - can you load a photo of the other fridge? I am thinking of doing something similar to what you have shown above as I have a very large pantry in my kitchen plan. I really love the materials and colors in the photo above (what I can see). I am curious about the rest of your layout and where you placed the other fridge.

Photos for Clean_freak:

The original oven (in 2nd photo) was just replaced with the one in the top photo. The 'lovely' white cabinet in the 3rd photo is temporary, and will be replace by a hutch that is about 5 ft tall x 16" deep and sits on the countertop.

Hope this helps. If you have any questions, you can email me through 'my page.'

rhome 410 -- thanks for your response and your kitchen looks fabulous! You have given me some hope that the ICONS may work for us too.

In both cases (left of freezer and right of fridge) the "wall" is actually part of a cased opening, so our situation is somewhat similar to what you have with your freezer. But our "wall" is a bit deeper -- the plans call for these walls to extend about 17" beyond the face of the fridge/freezer. We could make the cased openings a little wider if we need to. Would you mind telling me the distance between the face of your freezer and the doorway that the freezer door opens into (you say it is "about a foot or more")? And I'm assuming you can get your freezer door open wide enough to remove bins for cleaning?

You are correct that most other fridges/freezers would have the same problem, but I have found a set that would work for us and of course they cost a mint. The Sub Zero 700TR and 700 TF would require much less clearance, and they are also narrower (27" instead of 32") so I could bump the fridge to the left and freezer to the right without changing cased openings and have plenty of wall clearance. They are shallower too (24") which would be better for our layout.

But for a $8,400 savings, I sure would like to make those ICONS work! The ICONS look great online and in your kitchen. My reservations were mostly based on my visit to our local dealer. The dealer was very unimpressive and could not even understand my question, much less answer it.

Aren't the conversations with some dealers "fun?" So many know so little...and some of those pretend to anyway.

The face of the freezer to the doorway is 12 1/2"...So I guess my estimate was close!

Most fridges and freezers I ever had previously had drawers pull all the way out and then some, to get them out for cleaning. With these, however, the drawer can stay pushed in and the whole shelf unit comes out with the drawer underneath. So they're a little more hassle to get out, because of emptying more of the appliance to clean out the drawer and because the unit you remove is larger. But, I think they need less clearance that way. As I said, my appliances are stuffed right now and it'd be a major project to remove the food and test things out for you. So this is something you might want to check out at the appliance store, or, I plan to reorganize my freezer in the next few days and might be able to do better about info for you then.

Mcclad -- are you anywhere close to a Sears Outlet? Go to searsoutlet.com and check it out: ours has both Electrolux Icon Freezers and Frig units -- the frig is $900 and the freezer is $1300. If you want to save some more bucks this could be an option for you as well. Love my Subzero's, but don't know if they'll be replaced with SZ's as well . . . .

Here is a link that might be useful: sears outlet site

I know this post is old, but I'm hoping for some help. I am currently remodeling my entire kitchen, and I really want to get the Electrolux Icon all fridge/all freezer set up and I do have the space. But I don't want the the trim kit. rhome410, I am wondering how you feel about these units now? Are they still working for you? I know there were a ton of bad reviews in 07 and 08. Did you buy the risers separately, or did your cab maker create a custom riser? It seems that the 4" riser comes with the trim kits only. If anyone else has these units, would it be possible to post some more pictures of these in your kitchen? I am having a hard time visualize a 66" span of stainless.

Alternatively, I have also been considering the Icon CD FD without the water/ice dispenser (scheduled for release this month or May). I do have the space for the all fridge/all freezer, but it would be very helpful for me to reclaim 30' for another purpose. I just can't get used to the idea of bending down into a freezer drawer. I have used these in my mom's house and at a friend's, and they seem to go against my sense of order ie everything stacked on top of another. Does anyone have any thoughts, positive or negative to help me in my decision making?

Many, many thanks!