Sadly, fridges are getting taller than the 70" opening we have and unless we remodel the cabinetry we have no choice but to accept a slightly smaller cubic footage.
We're on our second Samsung french door fridge. I honestly don't have a whole lot of issues with the fridge itself, but their customer service is probably the worst I've ever encountered. After about 3 months of getting the new fridge we noticed the ice cream in the freezer was starting to get a little soft, ice started melting quickly. Started monitoring temps in the fridge and freezer with my FireBoard. Called the service dept of the local place we got the fridge, guy comes in and I pulled up the FireBoard logs. He looks at it for about 15 seconds and goes you have a refrigerant leak. Then asks what i was using to monitor and probably went and ordered a FireBoard from his van. Said it saved him 1-2 hours of troubleshooting just to be able to see the way it was cycling.What is wrong with the Samsung? My brother has one and absolutely loves it. It even survived when his house was hit by lightning about 4 years ago, went up in flames burning off nearly the entire 2nd floor, and all the water damage, exposure and so on. When he had the house rebuilt they cleaned off the soot, there was a couple small dents from the debris falling on it as the 2nd floor burned off, and still works perfectly to this day. He's never once had a lick of trouble
Sadly, fridges are getting taller than the 70" opening we have and unless we remodel the cabinetry we have no choice but to accept a slightly smaller cubic footage. First world problem...we'll make it work.
It's odd, alright. The opening is 70" x 36". The height of the top cabinet is 25.5" from ceiling to bottom edge. I assume the cabinets are sitting directly on the slab foundation. The previous owner removed the original vinyl flooring and replaced with tile, but it's not 2" thick tile!That's odd because all cabinets are made for a 6' (72") opening.
There's nothing except the refrigerator to dictate mounting height for the upper cabinets.
That's a taller cabinet then most, must be a custom because a 24" is the norm.It's odd, alright. The opening is 70" x 36". The height of the top cabinet is 25.5" from ceiling to bottom edge. I assume the cabinets are sitting directly on the slab foundation. The previous owner removed the original vinyl flooring and replaced with tile, but it's not 2" thick tile!
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Well like I posted there are certain rules we follow. 7' or 8' to the top of the cabinets depending on the package ordered.
You get into remods or DIY stuff and who knows.
Tim
Hey, I'm all for whatever works.No argument, Tim. I don't have adjacent cabinets or finishes to match, and there's a fairly large separation with the rest of the cabinets. You might be able to tell they're not set right (you probably could tell that before I moved them....) nobody else has noticed since I lifted them, not even the contractor who replaced the windows here 2 years ago. He noticed more than a few things he suggested could have been done better, that just wasn't one of them.
Or something like I discovered at my house. The builder was/is a total nincompoot. He builds really bad stuff but oddly manages to use good materials yet puts it together so badly and haphazardly the house is just awful. So I discovered that it had been a model "spec" home. Apparently they wanted to show it with a different color floor and semi (1/2) finished basement. Well the electrical work I have been discovering in the basement would make you shudder. I have found live electrical wires taped off with nothing but some scotch type tape. My kitchen floor is layer of vinyl, than another layer of plywood and another layer of vinyl so my floor is nearly 1" too high.
They took the box off in the truck.Jeff, did you get a look at the box/crate before it was removed? I've been fortunate with appliance delivery, I've never had a damaged packaging issue to deal with (and that'd more likely be "Stop while I make a phone call.")
As far as the hookup leak goes.... compression fittings are a bit finicky. it's pretty easy to either under tighten or over tighten the fitting. Over tighten it and you've also damaged the compression ring. Homer Depot told me that a shutoff valve was required behind the refrigerator, or the delivery crew would not connect it. I did purchase the "mandatory" line kit which should not be necessary here. I found the proper shutoff valve on the shelf at Menard's that connected right to the end of the copper line flare fitting, so that should satisfy the delivery crew.