Once again a Consumer Reports parrot. Making a broad statement without qualifications is not very helpful. People read "it's the worst" and go away thinking It must be true. CR loves to bash them and other highline brands because in their studies they do poorly. It's only recently that they have started to introduce VALUE into the equation. Based on spec, cost, styling, ect... the highlines still do poorly. This is a fair assesmnet, but was late comming to the table. What CR also doesn't tell you out loud is that the rates are based on their reader's samples. If 20 readers buy a SZ side x side and 5 have problems then 25% of all SZ's have repair issues. What you don't know is that those 5 units came off the line on the same day and recieved faulty icemakers from Whirlpool (who's tops in CR's eyes) and caused the problems. CR doesn't disclose what was at fault, a early failure on evaporator, a door seal that comes loose because it sat around you jobsite beigng josseled, and a burned light bulb after 2 weeks, and a computer board fried by lightning would all generate calls to SZ and trigger a repair under CR's questionaire. ONLY the early failure on the evaporator is a SZ quality/repair issue. The sampe size is also a bit skewed. SZ sells few side x sides. CR reader buy few SZ units as group and even fewer SZ side x sides. Conversely, the # of Kenmore and Whirlpool units are off the charts. They also seem to take stupid pills every once in a while. How can they not have enough data on SZero's built-in refs to list in the chart? They make ONLY built-ins, it's the whole reason they started. And of course Samsung is relaible, they don't make many units, and none of our readers have them to file a complaint. They must be reliable, or we'd of heard, after all we're CR. Now, your personal experiance is a different matter. That is much better bellweather especially if you give details. Do you have an undercounter, SxS, were the probs, cosmetic, complete system failure, did you just not like the layout after living with it, did SZ warranty any of those probs, did they rape you on the price when they didn't warranty???? My point is this, CR is a nice tool to have in the descision basket, but they are not a benchmark when it comes to highline $$$$ brands. Liek political polls they can show anything. It all depends on who frames the question and who is asked.

When you can build in a standard depth refrigerator, what s the point of the expense of going to a built in that isn't that disguised to begin with? Sure, a fully integrated fridge is a HUGE visual difference, but a standard built it, not so much. Standard regular depth refrigerater "built in". It's not difficult to design your kitchen with extra deep counters or to recess a regular fridge to achieve this look. And you get a LOT more storage. Built in. (Doesn't fool anyone and costs a lot extra.) Fully integrated. The whole reason to pay for an upgraded "invisible" fridge. It's playing hide and seek and removes itself from the appliance category into the furniture one. (It's the mirrored cabinet, fully invisible.) (The "armoire" is the fridge.)

How many square feet is the footprint of the refrigerator? Houses are usually designed for a 40 Pound per Square Foot(PSF) live load and 10 PSF dead load on the entire main floor (second floors are usually 30 PSF live and 10 PSF dead). Older houses may not have been built to these standards however. You can measure the joist span, height, and thickness and then look up in modern joist tables and see if the design complies.

I would avoid any Wolf product that has a blue interior. They have had a 10 year problem with the blue enamel chipping. If you ask about it they will say they never heard of it or it is fixed or it just affects a few ovens. The M wall oven was designed to deal with this issue with a removable bottom and there are reports of the M chipping. Wolf does have excellent service for the two or three years you are under warranty but after that they are still very nice but you will pay through the nose because only their people can work on their products. The liner for the wall ovens usually breaks down at a quicker pace than the dual fuel ranges. Some of our posters here have been through at least three ovens. There are are some class action lawsuits over this. Some people with chipping were talked into buying up into a more expensive model only to have it chip. in my case I had a DF range and the liner chipped at 4.5 years, out of the full warranty and they told me the liner wasn't covered at all. They first tried to tell me it was cosmetic but shards of blue glass flying in a convection fan is dangerous and one of our posters got cut on a shard. After haggling back and forth they "gave" me a liner but the labor would start at $800 and go up depending on what they find. The sad thing is even if I would spring for repairs($800+ and I read as high as $2500), they would only guarantee the new liner for a year. Such confidence. I can only use the oven with covered dishes and no convection. It is a good oven and I was a big fan before this happened. We bought because of Wolf's reputation for standing behind their products but have been extremely disappointed. I do like the rangetop. It has a great simmer. The all gas Wolf does not have the blue interior. What type of cooking do you do? What type of cookware do you use? Do you bake or broil? There are so many options for burners and ovens. Have you considered a rangetop and wall ovens. You can pick the best of each. I would look at BlueStar. The burners are completely different than Wolf. Even though I like my Wolf burners, I might consider a BS rangetop. Do you plan on a 30" or? Grill or griddle?