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range question (probably ignorant...)

12 years ago

Forgive me, when I did my kitchen appliance selections back in December, I hadn't yet discoved this awesome forum. So...my 36" dual fuel KA range was installed today. I am assuming this appliance is a "freestanding" range vs. a "slide-in," as the sides of the range do not overlap the counters. Is that the difference? So what is the benefit to having a range be "freestanding." (I am hoping to goodness there is some benefit, as it was quite a spendy purchase *certainly not Viking-spendy* but spendy enough for me.) Right now, while I am swooning over its loveliness, my eyes keep darting to the abysses(abyssii?) on either side of the appliance, and picture my dh's vigorous omelet-flipping skills(?) coating the sides of my cabs in egg-goo. So, am I stuck? I don't even remember the KD giving me an option or explaining the difference. Is there something "after-market" I can purchase or pay someone to do to make the spaces disappear? Educate me, dear GWers! Thanks! :)

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brianadarnell
12 years ago
How much of an Abyss is there? Are your counters already in? When the templaters came for my counters, they asked how much room I wanted to leave in addition to the 36" for my KA dual fuel range. Did they ask you that?
nini804
Original Author
12 years ago
No, they most certainly did not. And yes, they are already in. I am bad at judging measurements...but it is perhaps 1/4" (I may be wrong, but it is certainly a gap, you could lose quite a bit of crap down there.) They did have all the appliance specs and measurements before they templated. So I guess this gappage is not the norm with a freestanding? Sigh...
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weissman
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It would have been better to actually have the range in place for the templating. You can buy these plastic or metal strips that fill in the gap - some people use them but I don't think they look that great or work that well. I'd just live with it and not worry about it - what you can't see won't hurt you -:)
artemis78
12 years ago
FWIW, our range was on site when the counter templaters came and I asked them to leave exactly the amount of space, and they would not---they insisted that it have 1/4" clearance on each side per their policies. They were probably right from the logistical perspective of getting it in and out (especially as we have an old range that is likely not 100% even in its dimensions), but it is really frustrating to have the gap. (We had the same range before, but no counter adjacent to it---while I adore having the counter there, I live in fear of dropping something into the gap!)

There are several good older (and one quite recent) threads on various solutions to fill the gap, though, so it's certainly a problem that many people with freestanding ranges have. Caulk seems the most effective if your gap is small but my husband wouldn't let me use it for ours b/c he thought the space was too big. Other suggestions were using shelf liner or window screen folded and tucked into the spot so it catches things that fall but isn't visible aesthetically. I think I'm going to try the screen and see how it goes for us...

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