Carmela39 The ice issue is not a problem if you intend to use the dispenser as you described. It is not convenient to just put your hand into the ice tray to "get a handfull", otherwise it operates like any other auto icemaker/dispenser. The cabinet vs full depth is an appearence issue if the grey side of the cabinet is unappealing to you. You will see a full 6 inches of the painted side and additionally the half inch or so of the door gasket and then the depth of the stainless door with the full depth Samsung refrigerator with 24 inch deep cabinets (standard). Recessing the rear wall as I have indicated is the option many have taken (I was unable to do this since I live in an attached townhouse and this was the attached wall). If your contractor suggests this will be difficult I would defer to him (the issue is more than making the wall a few inches narrower). Regarding the availability of the reported CD Samsung french door model I refer you to the posting "Please Help- French Door Refrigerator Questions" on 7/18/07 at 16:11. Within this thread (near the end) is a posting by Britter making reference to the "new CD model". There were additional inquiries as others are also interested in this model. I would suggest contacting your dealer or his factory rep. for more information/verification. Finally, I have some photos of my installation but I am unaware of the method of posting/sharing them. Good luck tonight and feedback you decisions. Cuse69

We have a Maytag Performa single door that is now our basement fridge since we remodeled & put in a KA counter depth French Door in the kitchen. Obviously, I don't have the direct experience you are looking for a recent Maytag FD, but I might be able to comment on several of your questions since both are now made by the same American company. Our Maytag is probably 7 years old & may have been manufactured prior to Whirlpool purchasing, thus some of my experience may not apply. The price seems great for a French Door fridge so if you don't need the bells & whistles this might be just the one for you. My experience with French Door is that the closing & sealing is hard to get used to. I do not think it is elegant on any brand. I still check our KA periodically, but I think it is FD, not the Maytag. The next time you are in a showroom open & close several of the FD refrigerators. You may have the same experience with all of them. We did have ice fall to the bottom of the Maytag because of the baskets, but I don't remember it being a problem -- sometimes the ice evaporates or shrinks in size before you know it is there. We fill our freezers quite full & often have small items pop over the baskets/containers. I felt the Maytag was easier to retreive items from under the basket than the KA is. My memory of ice for the Maytag was that the ice container was HUGE giving us more ice than we required. I used some other smaller container & had plenty of ice & more freezer space. I cannot remember it being particularly noisy, but our floorplan is not an open one. One issue I did have is since it wasn't digital (but didn't understand until I got a digital one) is veggies would freeze when we traveled. I ultimately would turn the temp up a few degrees to accomodate for the door not being opened during our absence. In all my refrigerators I have to work with the shelf arrangement to assure air is flowing properly. It seems initially I invariably have air blocked & freeze a few items until I can rearrange the shelves to make sure I'm not concentrating air in any one place. I love it when I can save enough on one applicance to justify (or purchase) another one. I say "go for it!". It sounds like your expecations will be met. Good luck.

Softeners, RO units, and clear-ice makers do waste water. Softeners, also save plumbing and appliances. The single most efficient RO unit currently available is Kinetico K5W -- the one with the "water-on-water" storage tank. Kinetico also has the most efficient softener, if you're going there. Both are also among the most expensive units of their kind. I have two of them at different locations, both plumbed into ref. ice-maker. Excellent results at both locations for 19 years, last two with the new equipment. Would buy again. However, quite wonderful and good-tasting (that is, taste-free) ice is not clear....just clearer than with non-RO water. Trapped-air cloudiness still there. If you want clear, pretty, actual-cube ice, RO water alone will only get you part-way there. Only a specialized machine will go the whole distance....and, yes, they do waste even more water. These machines produce clear "wet" ice similar to motel ice-machines. Ref. ice-makers produce "hard" ice. There have been a number of posts about all of this on this forum over the years. Suggest using the search function. For clear-ice makers, might also try over at "appliances" forum. Seem to recall quite a few threads over there as well.

First make sure the Ice & Water Shield is not under the felt paper. It makes no sense for a roofer to violate the contract in such an obvious way. Ice dams will form on any roof slope if there are severe enough freeze-thaw cycles in the winter. That is the factor that will determine whether to fix the error or ask for a refund. Don't worry about the contractor or his opinions. Do you get a lot of snow? Do you get alternating cold and warm days? Do you see large icicles on roof eaves? Do you have gutters? If so, how far below the drip edge are they installed? How far does the roof eave extend beyond the exterior wall?