Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Refrigerator size

[mabel (mabel]

Joani,

The problem isn't the fridge sticking out beyond the counter per se.  The
problem is that our architect doesn't seem to have designed with this
depth refrigerator in mind.  There are units where you can't open the
dishwasher or you hit the cabinets on the opposite side of a U when you
open the refrigerator door.  And one person in a wheelchair can't get her
fridge door open even with a side-by-side refrigerator.

We aren't required to have refrigerators for C of O, but many of our
members are coming from rentals, and don't already own a refrigerator.

                                -- Mabel :-)

Cornerstone Village Cohousing
North Cambridge, MA
www.cscoho.org
Mabel Liang
mabel [at] twomeeps.com

On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Joani Blank wrote:

> Michael wrote:
>
> >... A standard kitchen cabinet depth, including ours
> >is 25 inches.  Today's standard energy efficient refrigerator depths are
> >about 30 inches.
>
> Yup and typically the refrigerator sticks out 4-5 inches from the counter.
> And no one minds. In other words, you won't notice it after a
> while.  S'matter of fact, if there is counter top on the hinge side, the
> fridge will open farther because it has better clearance. Are you getting
> all new fridges?  Our units were "delivered" without refrigerators--not
> required here to get a certificate of occupancy--and a number of us moved
> in with our refrigerators. My "old" one was just 1.5 years old.
>
> Joani Blank
> Swan's Market Cohousing
> Downtown Oakland, California
>
>
>
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