new kitchen doesn’t fit dining room
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OK, who has ordered a fridge that doesn't fit into your kitchen?
Comments (14)ingenious way to get a big fridge through a doorway - without removing doors or handles! I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen and just moved 2 fridges (side by side) through smaller doorways Here's how: Move the side of the fridge with the door hinge about 2-4 feet away from the outside of the doorway--enough so you can open the door of the fridge Put a 4 wheel rolling dolly under the fridge OPEN THE DOOR OF THE FRIDGE With the door open, Roll the fridge part way through the door way, rotating it as needed IF IT IS A SIDE BY SIDE, OPEN THE OTHER DOOR OF THE FRIDGE THAT IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR Roll the fridge the rest of the way through the doorway, rotating as needed. There you go!...See MoreHelp - Microwave/convection oven doesn't fit!
Comments (4)I assume that the MW is on a shelf that is the bottom of that cabinet, right? How about putting a fan blowing down and out from the back of the cabinet? I think if you look for a cooling fan in an electronics catalogue, you will find one you can install there. If you draw the air out from behind and below the MW, fresh, cooler air will be drawn in from the smaller spaces around the MW. This could work. They make laptop tables/trays with these fans. Here is a link that might be useful: look at these...See MoreHelp, my range doesn't fit properly
Comments (26)What kind of cabinets do you have behind the range? Are they regular shelves? It seems like the cutting into them in order to put in the electrical and gas connections would be fairly minor. It shouldn't take much space in the cabinets - a few inches high and a couple of inches deep along part of the 30" of the range. If the range can fit flat against a wall, that probably means just the space for a junction box and for a gas outlet and shut off valve. So you won't be loosing much storage space. In most places, code requires having an accessible shut off valve for the gas. We found the cabinet behind our rangetop to be a convenient location for it. The GC may have intended to put in a spacer instead, but it may be better to not lose floor space to a spacer all along the cabinets and have a little lost space in one cabinet. I don't understand why you would have to cut into the cabinets beside the range - it should be possible just altering the cabinet behind the range. I also don't understand why the range isn't going in all the way now - does part of the range project in back? Normally when a range goes against a wall, the gas and electrical connection are recessed into the wall but the range itself doesn't stick into the wall space at all. So your range without the connections having been put in should be able to slide all the way in. Are you sure that the cabinets are installed square? I wonder if they are a little off so that the space between the cabinets gets narrower as you get to the back....See MoreThoughts on a dining room set-up that doesn't block traffic?
Comments (11)Don''t want to burst bubbles, but sometimes bad design is just that. And without BIG$$$$$$$$$$$$$ you live with it. This was horrendous design. ....just poorly thought out for whatever reasons. Don't do an oval table. Get something drop leaf...or expandable. save for the next and better house. Or have a "flip top' console made at 20 x 84.........flip it open and its a dining table. Against the wall it's 20 x 84. Or................. https://transformertable.com/products/the-table?variant=14129934368837&gclid=CjwKCAjwp_zkBRBBEiwAndwD9WVBeWl0JxqcBdxtWXsWEZLOHh-hT6SnkyjRglzUgkGqo3yRtWztwBoC9ikQAvD_BwE...See MoreHeidi Kostrey
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