Thanks Bee, I love the Kohler stage. What your cabinetmaker is doing sounds very interesting. Have you ever seen the Pioneer Woman's island sink? It's a long trough, and although I don't want a real long sink, she had the pieces from the wood counter top made to fit over the sink. If she wants it all exposed, part, or none, it's pretty cool looking. I'll try to find a picture and post. I would love to see a picture of yours, did you try to post one? Does your island have openings on the two long sides, or some on the short sides? I'm worried about how this will look. I think I have pictures of your kitchen thread saved in my favorites and will check there. (OR was that your last kitchen? LOL I'll have to look) Laxfanmom, if you happen to read this, do you have a picture of your island somewhere? I searched this site, googled your name with GW, and came up with nothing as far as your kitchen goes! Bmore, I'm doing different configurations with the trash farther down, it appears it might be too far from the sink? Another silly question, but one that I've wondered about. Do y'all use your can opener on the island if that is where you prep, and if you do, where do you store it? I use my can opener a lot and it is handy by the trash, but where it is now, it tucks inside the appliance garage, (plugged inside) and is out of sight, but on the island, for prep, it would be unsightly left out, and a hassle to get in and out, plug, and put up. Am I just getting lazy now? Or do I use a can opener too much? :)

mtrot I don’t know the answer. I try to ask. When I go to private appliance stores I have pulled out my cell phone to look up the model number and it’s reviews and they (salesmen) are insulted. To dig deep you have to know the serial number as well. You look at the serial number on the compressor because if you were to replace the compressor or if the company were to replace the compressor the serial number would change. There are other refrigerators that have bad compressors too. Somewhere on here or on HOUZZ, never sure where I am, there is a large group that talks about refrigerators and you get on there some appliance people who repair refrigerators and they will tell you. Some owners have the ability to fix them. The biggest problem is water. Ice cubes flying out; water not going into the cup. That doesn’t seem to change but I do look to see how old the reviews are. It’s difficult because when you get a review from someone who just bought theirs in 2018 or 2019 and they say oh it’s just beautiful and we like it then that’s not helpful either because they have not witnessed the oncoming problems. There are no reviews that say that we have had it for 10 years and nothing has happened. I think the countries that make these appliances hate America. The site with lots of participation has one title which is “I know I shouldn’t have done it but I bought a Samsung refrigerator and I regret it .” That woman was a great spokes person because we were all together and I was watching each other‘s posts and she had just bought it and we were concerned. Then she wrote back and said that. Samsung is so expensive and looks good but is full of troubles including trying to find someone who will repair it. The Samsung office is rude is not helpful. I have made another rule for myself. If a refrigerator is on sale then I shouldn’t buy it or consider it. If word gets out that there is a very good refrigerator that will never go on sale. It’s like when I bought a speed queen dryer. You could not find one that was made in 2017 that had very good reviews. I ended up finding one that I thought was made in 2018. Brand new configuration. What I really had was one made in 2016.

AJMadison has some filters that may help. No 36" bottom freezer single door frig is listed. If you went with 30 you can get anything because of the 6" of new space you'd have next to the wall.

Call tech support and get the info on the fix. It may be an easy diy repair. Or they may offer a goodwill accommodation. Doesn't cost to try. Mention you're on the Appliance forum about the problem.