help! fridge against wall
Ashwini Reddy
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Fridge against wall - what to do?
Comments (19)We have the same situation with our fridge. When this home was originally built, it had a regular freezer on top fridge that opened into the kitchen. Somewhere along the way, someone upgraded to a side by side and it has been a real pain! Before we moved in 5 years ago we had the wall cut down but there is still a 12 inch section of wall when the fridge is pushed all the way in. We just ordered a new fridge on Saturday, the same Kitchenaid model that xc60 posted. We liked that the doors do not hinge out past the fridge box and also that it is ADA compliant. I know this model will open wider on the right and even though it won't open all the way, the french door design solves that problem!...See MoreGranite rubbing against fridge
Comments (2)You can put clear bumpers on the granite like you would a wall corner, but there isn't any way to fix the fridge if it's one of those metal ones with a clear coat on top. Once that clear coat is damaged, it will continue to chip away. This is why most people prefer actual stainless to any of the faux stainless. A scratch in stainless can be buffed out, and it doesn't really have a fingerprint issue if cared for with the correct products. Pedge furniture polish will keep the fingerprints away if you clean off all of the yucky oil based stainless products first....See MoreBosch 24" fridge against wall?
Comments (2)During my current remodel, I am staying in a place where the refrigerator is against the wall so door only opens 90 degrees and I dislike it. You can’t really stand in front of it to access stuff and it feels awkward. i wouldn’t want a door that only opened 90 degrees to load and access from the side. I would reconfigure to avoid and I am cutting down a portion of the wall deliberately in my remodel so that the door can open completely....See MoreFridge against wall - French door or bottom freezer fridge?
Comments (14)Thanks everyone. I decided to move the sink to a different location which frees up the fridge to move over so there's 10-12" of space between the wall. I think we could have gotten away with just 4-5" with a handle-less single door bottom freezer fridge. But none of the showrooms or stores had in stock the models we were interested in, so we couldn't test the spacing on the exact one we would buy. In my research, I found that very few non-luxury brands have zero clearance hinges (Apparantly Whirpool is the only brand that does it on non-built in fridges, but they haven't been manufacturing due to parts shortages). All built-in fridges have them, but those start at $7k and also have limited interior capacity due to their shallowness. So that means the doors swing open by their own width at the hinge, leaving even less space. The manufacturers don't actually specificy these details in the specifications, which is a pain. I also don't know why the built-in doors are so difficult (and expensive) for manufacturers to add to all fridge types. It seems like a $20 hinge and shortening the door height by an inch is all that's needed - but what do I know....See MoreAshwini Reddy
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