Cabinet doors that hit wall, micro and frig when opened?
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Comments (10)I had the same issue in my old kitchen. I don't think I did anything except try to be careful. Well, not that careful as I hated my old cabs. Can the hinges of the regular upper be adjusted at all? I have those clear, little round tab thingies used as bumpers and furniture protectors. You know, the ones you put under small items so they don't scratch whatever they're sitting on. You could put one or more on your pantry door. It wouldn't exactly be invisible though. Are you doing a knob or pull of any sort on the upper? That will hit the pantry before the actual door would....See MoreWhere do you stand when you open your range door?
Comments (14)I'm short and I straddle, too, even though at present I have 15 feet in front of the oven (and even my aging backside doesn't require that much room!) I have a 48" range with double ovens arranged next to each other. I use a wooden hook or pot holders to pull out the oven racks and then pick up the cooking vessel and pivot towards one of the front burners or my unique, centered, slab 'o granite that replaced the unused chargrill section. I'm thinking that when my new kitchen happens I will probably have plunk space on the island just opposite the range - it will be closer and more convenient, I think. If I have to open one oven after the other then I must close the near one to reach the far one. I think my ovens are relatively higher than most as they are definitely not low. I think the sideways approach to the oven feels more ergonomically correct, to me. Somehow the cooking vessel is closer to my body, so I do less of the stretch/reaching/lifting that's supposed to be hard on your back. Does that help? L....See MoreHow best to widen my refrigerator opening from 34" to 36" for new frig
Comments (28)Talk to a competent general contractor. It absolutely is possible to make that wall narrower and/or to reposition the entire wall. If the wall is load bearing, then you need to do some more complicated framing work. But as you said, more likely than not, it is not load bearing at all. The contractor should have the experience to tell you that with 90% certainty without doing any additional tests. Moving the wall and the door opening is not incredibly difficult. And alternatively, a wall can always be made a little thinner. Nobody is going to bump into the wall from the looks of it. So, it doesn't need to be super strong. Turn the studs by 90° and install really thin sheetrock. Or get creative with metal studs. That'll buy you several inches. Not something you would want to do for a more exposed wall, as it weakens it. But fine in this scenario. A good contractor and sheet rocker can do this so that you'll never be able to tell what happened. The upside is that it'll fit a lot of standard sized refrigerators. So, you are investing into the future. The downside is that this won't be cheap. It's too small a job for most contractors. But big enough that it might be more money than you are willing to spend. Your best bet is finding a contractor who wants to establish an ongoing working relationship and is willing to take on a smaller one-off job for you. Ask your neighbors for referrals....See MoreKitchenAid refrigerator KRMF706EBS door hits wall
Comments (6)No fridge should be installed against a wall for this reason, unless there is a great deal of filler between the fridge and the wall. You are not going to find a different french door model that will defy the laws of geometry. Your model is a french door style. You might be able to find a fridge that is a single-door style instead, and the single door has the hinge on the opposite side from the wall. No idea if it will fit in your space, that is for you to research....See MoreRelated Professionals
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