“Minimum width dimenson to open door My older french door fridge is placed close to a wall with the ability to open the left side door fully. What is minimum distance to open this fridge when the left side is placed near a wall? This information is crtical for my purchase. Thank you!”
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First of all, your pic shows a side-by-side fridge, not a french door fridge. Even so, whether you have a SxS or a french door fridge (freezer on bottom), you'll need to pull out the fridge to where the box of the fridge (not the doors) is even with the end of the partition wall. Then open the left door as far as you must in order to pull out any drawers or rolling storage baskets all the way out to the built in drawer stop. You'll probably find that this is most likely going to require you to open the door all the way, as the in-door storage shelves will block the drawer baskets from rolling out all the way unless you completely open the door. That's typically the case. Once you figure out how wide you must open your left door, then either move the fridge to the right with it pushed all the way back in place until you can pull out those rolling baskets/drawers with the door open, or prior to doing that, take a measurement from the left side of the fridge to the outside edge of the left door and use the measurement plus a quarter of an inch and move your fridge that far to the right. Either method works. If you're buying a new fridge, do the same thing at the store and take that measurement, add it to the overall fridge width, then go home first and see what size fridge you can place in that location. If you've got cabinets to the right of the fridge location, you're limited in the size fridge you can buy and what fancy amenities you can include in it and still open the doors all the way. As a kitchen designer and cabinet installer by trade, you will want to be able to open your fridge door all the way. It's an expensive appliance and you really should be able to use it every day in a comfortable manner. You don't want to get frustrated with it by not being able to use it as it was designed to be used. Enjoy and embrace the kitchen you have. When you remodel your kitchen or buy a new home, you can remember this when it comes to placement of the fridge and which fridge you buy.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.it looks to me like you would need about a foot clearance to open either door fully. Hope that helps!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Dimensions (W case x H top of hinge x D with handles) 35 3/4" x 70 1/4" x 36 1/4" Door Edge Clearance with Handle 4 7/8" Door Edge Clearance without Handle 2 1/8" Installation Clearance: Sides 1/8", Top 1", Back 1" Depth with Handles 36 1/4" Depth without Handles 33 3/4" Depth without Door 29 1/2" Depth (Total with Door Open) 48 1/8" Height to Top of Case 68 7/8" Height to Top of Door Hinge 70 1/4" Width 35 3/4" Width (Door Open 90° with Handle) 45" Width (Door Open 90° without Handle) 40"
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