Thanks Patser. I don't know why the guy at our local lumber company didn't think of that when I asked him about the windows. BTW I did call the 866 number and the woman I spoke to was very friendly and helpful. She assured me the window would swing open "straight out".

My husband and I paid the Marvin distributor ourselves for the windows. Our GC knows he made a mistake and is sick about it. I did not take pictures of all the windows open that day. But all windows swing on the appropriate side of the opening for the house style except these. The one set of three is a dining room wall the other set of two is our daughters bedroom. The GC thought he would have to buy new windows when we first told him and said it was his six thousand dollar mistake. Then GC called back saying he felt better because the distributor told him he could switch things around easily. But the windows have not been discussed in the 3 weeks since this was discovered and no work on the windows has happened and I became curious why. So, I decided to follow up with the distributor myself to see what they told the GC. The distributor said everything the contractor said but the distributor then decided to call Marvin to verify. Marvin stated the best way around the situation is to buy new windows. To rework the windows would be very involved and could ruin the integrity of the window. (haha...pun not intended) The distributor called the GC several weeks ago and told him. I wanted to get opinions on how others would suggest handling this. Of course I want things right but we are now in a time crunch to get this house finished. My husband is upset but thinks we should let it go. I think we are paying a fee for the contractor and this was a rookie mistake. Our GC is a carpenter by trade and does good work but has become very busy with other work and worry that our project, that has taken too long already (8month to date), will now lose out. Thanks

Hi... I know this is an old subject, but here is my $3.50 Mama fix. I did not want to use metal against metal (scratch up my new Whirlpool fridge) so I went with nylon. First I bought tarp clamps (Princess Auto $1.99) because the groove was just perfect to fit on the hinge. Then I bought flower wire $1.50 at the dollar tree. I separated 1 clamp and used the disk part and sliced it in half. I drilled two holes, one on each end (see pic) and attached the half disk to the hinge. Now the door does not open too far, is cushioned when it reaches the limiter and can only be seen from the side. If you need it to open further, just cut a slice (like a pie slice) and the door will open further.

You never noticed the door problem between the time they built the kitchen and after living there long enough to damage the door? I think you probably have missed the window for getting anybody to set things right for you. There should have been some kind of spacer between the side wall and the fridge. It's possible that the cabinet vendor could provide one, if you can get a smaller fridge to fit the space minus a couple of inches. That will fix the problem, but I don't know what chance you have of getting somebody else to pay for it.