Hi all, I am the Central Texas Jaybird...living on the banks of the beautiful Brazos River! Jason, I am so glad to see you...if I don't have you mixed up, you are a wellspring of information about building and repairs...something that I always need to tap! DH and I live on a couple of acres, but they are right in the middle of town. Many years ago this was THE neighborhood to live in. It is quite mixed now, and the homes are in various stages of repair/disrepair, but it still has a air of gentility about it. We COULD live elsewhere, but this still feels like home! (and it's nice to have space for a ball game when kids/GK's come along!)

Phish, can you feel a lump beneath the hair that's sticking up? Is there a mat beneath it, or a tumor of some sort? Either of those two things would be painful if you brushed them. Mats should be clipped off by someone who knows what they're doing. I think it might be a good idea to get kitty in to the vet if it's a "lump" beneath the skin, or a groomer if it's a mat. My mom's vet has a groomer who comes in on Fridays. Her kitty got so many mats, I had to take him in for a lion cut. Perhaps your vet has a similar set up.

Post a photo of the copy of the approved plan they were supposed to build to. Does it show deeper sides with the adjacent counters butting into them? Enough room for 24.375 plus the 2 inches behind so that the sides of the refrigerator BOX can be installed flush with the front of the cabinetry? Normally a cabinet shop would make this allowance or at least go over the options and differences. But if someone else did the design and it was adhered to, you don't have much to stand on. Also, is the opening the correct height because the hinges not fitting into the opening (like the photo above) can keep it from going back as well? Did you by chance consider another refrigerator that would fit properly? That might be the easiest and most economical way to address the issue. Switch them up and sell the first one. And to the guy that commented about "custom shops" ordering components, this is a common practice throughout the industry. It's very rare to find a cabinet shop that builds every part of a cabinet anymore and as long as what is ordered is of acceptable quality and fits, what's the problem?

@chispa, having the integrated counter depth fridge be 26" deep is pretty standard and pantry cabinets tend to be deeper too, In principle, you are of course correct. But we made out lower cabinets 30" deep for extra countertop space (awesome decision; so happy we did that!). So, there wasn't any intrinsic reason why the architect would have had to also pull the tall cabinets forward. And the fridge is integrated, so it is intended to be installed flush in its cabinet. so it isn't like your kitchen designer had some secret knowledge. No, it definitely isn't "secret knowledge" per se. It's just the ability to think on your feet and to recognize how every decision has consequences. The architect absolutely could have skipped this detail and things would still have fit; they just wouldn't look quite as polished. Also, it was their expertise to decide to put these two tall cabinets on that particular wall so that they would frame the range. @wdccruise, I would not do anything like you are suggesting. There always are trade-offs with all of these decisions. If you have the space in the floor plan to pull cabinets forward, and if you are comfortable making the needed adjustments (non-standard countertop dimensions; non-standard end-panel dimensions; built-up back wall or custom cabinet boxes; trim piece behind range; ...), then extra deep countertops are wonderful. Whoever decided on 24" counters as a default really didn't have ergonomics in mind. 24" is good for other reasons (cost and room size), but it isn't good for giving you adequate working areas.