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fridge placement flush in wall? help needed. photo included

12 years ago

So Im new here but have a feeling ill be posting a lot :) Just about to get my kitchen remodel going in a few weeks here and need some help.

First thing I need to get in order is the fridge. As you can see in the photo below, I have a wall oven. I have a separate cooktop but will be going to a slide in range to combine the 2 because I am knocking down a wall on the other side of the kitchen to pass through to my tv room.

Anyway I will be removing the brick, its a 36" opening. My though is to put a french door fridge there but as you can see there is a little wall to the left so im afraid the left door will hit. on the front of that wall you can see a closet door, that's a pantry. So my thought is to A - make the opening 40" (bigger then fridge) and move it over and drywall the left side losing a little depth inside the pantry which im OK with. B have the fridge all the way to the right and add a pantry to the left which I really dont want to do. I guess, does anyone know how to finish the walls on either side to get a fridge flush? I am trying to avoid any of the side of the fridge from showing. I notice at the hinged edge when you open these doors you need more clearance, so i doubt 36" is enough. Any ideas? Ultimately Id love to stand back facing the pantry door and not see any part of the fridge (not even the sides of the door if thats possible) but I notice so many kitchens, even counter depth, the doors are exposed and I keep thinking thats due to the space needed to open doors. Thanks for the help in advance, great forum!

Comments (8)

badgergal
12 years ago
I think the only way to achieve you goal of not seeing the sides of you refrigerator at all is to go with a true built in one such as a Subzero. They do cost a lot more money though.
elitex
Original Author
12 years ago
UGH, go figure :) so.....the basic story here is the majority of the fridge will be flush, and just the door sides will show? Not terribly offensive right?

If I do go with fridge on the left, and I have it set in sorta where the brick is now, any idea how much of a filler or drywall I need to the left of the fridge so the door doesn't get dented hitting that wall?
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blubird
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Denting isn't the only issue. If you want to be able to fully open the door on the left and to be able to remove any shelf or bin, you would need almost the entire door width's distance from that left perpendicular wall. The exact distance actually varies somewhat based on the hinges of the fridge, so you might get away with a smaller measurement than the width of the left door- but it will still be bigger than a "filler".

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suzanne_sl
12 years ago
Most fridge doors open close to 180 degrees (170?), so pretty much open all the way out. In your case, the left hand door will open out until it hits that little bit of bathroom (?) wall. The further to the right you install it, the more it will open out. I'm not positive this is the best place for your fridge though. Maybe you could post a drawing of the whole kitchen and someone could suggest an alternative?
elitex
Original Author
12 years ago
OK - gonna post a few pix. really should and eventually will post this in the remodel area once I get my plans squared away (rendering from HD or whatever).

Fridge is below, but I am knocking down the wall behind to look into my tv room - pic also posted.

Will have a corner cabinet upper, thats it. After that the rest of the wall will go. Leaving soffit so it doesnt look weird.

free standing range with micro above - 9" cabinets to clean it up so you arent looking at appliances

Want to open up the kitchen into this room, nicer for entertaining I think, counter top will be base cabinet height, into this room a tad
remodelfla
12 years ago
why don't you consider a right hand swing single door frig?
badgergal
12 years ago
Maybe you could have a refrigerator cabinet built that is pulled forward so that the side of it is even with that short piece of wall- then when the fridge door is opened it will be past that wall and not bump into it. You will still see a see the sides of the fridge doors but that is only a couple of inches and it won't look bad. You could put some open shelving to the right or have the pantry widened a little bit?
elitex
Original Author
12 years ago
Here is what im thinking....

This is a HD rendering, the cabinets arent what im thinking at all, but the idea got me super excited, to see my idea/others thoughts come to life.

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