I've noticed at my weekend lake place that the ice maker never really works all winter because we keep the temperature turned down to 50 degrees when we're not there and the temperature in the house never is warm enough long enough over a weekend for the icemaker to run. Someone else I know has had this happen at their lake cabin too. Was it cold in your house? If so maybe give it a few more days to warm up and see if it kicks in.

It is unfortunate you are having this problem. Saying this has a design problem isn't really giving it its due. French door refrigerators are designed with the freezer on the bottom. Too dispense ice through the door is impossible with this design due to physics. The freezer is lower than the dispenser. To overcome this obstacle Kitchen Aid has placed an ice-maker separate from the freezer towards the top of the refrigerator and gravity does the rest. Two separate freezing units inside one refrigerator. More parts means more can go wrong. IMHO quality and technology have a ways to go with dispensing french door refrigerators.

Bellsmom, Ice cream freezers are a pretty mature technology, and Cuisinart isn't likely to turn belly up during your warranty period, so why not? :) I like that the 100 has the different paddles, though I don't know how big a difference it makes. I donated counter space that wasn't all that useful anyway to mine, but I wish it did a magic appear/disappear act. :) Yours should be fine in the pantry if you have a solid counter and a plug. It's sure to vibrate a lot and needs some clear space for the circulation of warm air (i.e., not right up against your foodstuffs because they want cool pantry, and a freezer will warm it up). Those are the biggest problems with putting it in the pantry. Do you have a laundry room where you could put it? Maybe keep a cloth over it when not in use to keep away lint, etc. Or even a protected porch? The lack of water shouldn't be a big issue because of the removable bowl. You can take all the main parts to the sink for cleaning (maybe keep a little dishpan with the machine to dump them in, and just bring a sponge or rag and a small bowl (or the dishpan) of water to the machine for wiping it down. Kids love making frozen treats, and it's also a great way to teach them about what's in what they're eating. Be really honest with yourself, however. Do you really want to be carrying the ingredients back and forth? And the clean-up? Would you rather have it on the kitchen counter? Would giving up freezer space be no issue because you'd be using the space you usually fill with bought ice cream for the bowl of a non-freezer model? Will you use it more if it's just ready to go? Will you use it less if you have to unearth the bowl from a pile of stuff in the freezer? I know the arias are beautiful, but imagine yourself doing the conducting. Read through the instructions online and imagine yourself doing the work. See which model you'd really rather have to fit into your real life and way of doing things, and your particular cooking setup. You're already well informed. That's the next good step to making a choice.

1. The lot always stays the same. We bought a 9100 square foot lot. Doesn't change whether we put a 2000 square foot house on it, or a 3000 square foot house on it. 2) I have custom shelving in my house. It's not built-ins. The lower parts are free standing credenzas. The upper parts are shelves the cabinetmaker attached to the wall. I'm taking them to our new house. Realtor strongly advises me to move all the shelving out of the house, before the listing, because buyers might love the shelves and get upset if the shelves are not included, since the shelves are attached to the walls. Absolutely, she's correct. Shelving if it's attached to the wall would be considered to be conveyed. In fact take any and everything down that you don't want to leave. I had some hand crafted expensive light fixtures that I removed before putting my house on the market. I replaced them with nice looking, inexpensive fixtures I found in Lowes. I'll use my expensive fixtures in my new build. Are curtain rods, for example, considered attached as well? Where I am, both in FL and NY they too convey along with the blinds and drapes usually. When we sold our condo, we had the drapes stay as part of the sale. What if, for some reason, I don't have time to take the shelves off before the listing? How do I go about it? How can I let buyers know the shelves are excluded, in a way that's clear but very not upsetting? Should I at all, or things like these are discussed later, if somebody puts an offer, and not beforehand? It can be listed as not conveying in the contract, but it might put you in a pickle later on. For example, someone comes in, loves the shelving and only then realizes it's not included. Better to make the time to remove it beforehand.