How far does your fridge stick out from the front

[lmdbww]

of your counters/cabinets?

Our sellers are not leaving their fridge so I measured the width and height of the fridge opening when we had our inspection so we could order one. I forgot the depth but found out through the builder that it is standard 25", including the counter overhang and he claimed that a 22cu ft side by side would fit (because that was the option in their appliance package when they built).

The fridge that I just ordered today is 30.625" deep (excluding handle. The fridge has a flat front, top freezer, 21 cu ft capacity). There is a cabinet on one side and a wall on the other. I know it is impossible to know, but is that too much, do you think?

I have delivery scheduled for moving day and if I have to send it back I will, but then we will be stuck with no fridge for who knows how long.

All of the fridges that I saw (on sears.com) that were less than 30" deep were tiny apartment style fridges. When I chose "standard depth", the results were around 30" deep.

[kaylie]

Ours is next to the pantry and I think it comes out about 5-6'' beyond that. It doesn't look weird.

When we were house hunting we saw one house where the fridge was more than a foot past the cabinets and it looked awful. I think the position within the room had something to do with it, because it was protruding into the path from the kitchen to the dining room. It felt like I was going to trip on the fridge.

[Deleted]

7 inches. I just measured for you!

However mine is in a corner between a full wall and the cabinets in my U-shaped kitchen...so it's not in the road at all.

My kitchen is huge so it fits...doesn't look odd, but it is a bit too big for the space it's crammed in...kwim?

H and I think it could be a bit smaller but no one else has ever commented on it..so it must not be too bad.

It was more important to me that I had a fridge that was functional and big rather than a smaller one that blended in more. I need my fridge space in our lifestyle. It's not like I have the option of stopping at the store everyday for what I need.

I'd have a different opinion if my fridge was placed so it was in the middle of the road/a higher traffic walk path.

[DarcyLongfellow]

I think a five inch jutting out like that is very common, so you should be okay.

That said, we're house hunting now, and that's one of the things I really notice in kitchens. I hate it when the fridge sticks out past the cabinets. We had our cabinets designed around our fridge so it looks built in -- just the doors stick out.

If that's the look you want, you should search for "counter depth" fridges. There are tons more options now than there were even three years ago when we did our kitchen. We have a GE Profile french door. The counter depth fridges are smaller, but more of the space is useable because food doesn't get lost in the back. We do have a second fridge in our garage for overflow, but we had it back when we had a standard depth fridge too.

[lmdbww]

May 19, 2012 13:31:46 GMT -5 DarcyLongfellow said:

I think a five inch jutting out like that is very common, so you should be okay.

That said, we're house hunting now, and that's one of the things I really notice in kitchens. I hate it when the fridge sticks out past the cabinets. We had our cabinets designed around our fridge so it looks built in -- just the doors stick out.

If that's the look you want, you should search for "counter depth" fridges. There are tons more options now than there were even three years ago when we did our kitchen. We have a GE Profile french door. The counter depth fridges are smaller, but more of the space is useable because food doesn't get lost in the back. We do have a second fridge in our garage for overflow, but we had it back when we had a standard depth fridge too.

I know what you are saying. My mom wanted a bottom freezer french door fridge and forgot to measure the depth too. Her fridge sticks out 6" at least, past the counters, but there are counters/cabinets on either side so I think it looks odd (although now that she has had it for a while you don't even notice it).

When I did search "Standard depth" or "counter depth", all of the choices were 30" or larger. When I searched specifically for something around 26" (that was the smallest choice I saw), they were humongously tall built in fridges, which wouldn't work in the space that we have.