Cohousing-L Mailing List: refrigerators redux

[Joani Blank (joani]

At 12:01 PM 11/25/01 -0600, you wrote:
> 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.

Ooops. That is a problem. When I moved into Doyle Street, I couldn't open 
my oven door because it banged into the closed dishwasher door handle. An 
architect would never design a door between rooms so it couldn't open. 
You'd think they'd have the same sort of sensibility about clearance for 
the doors of standard size kitchen appliances.

Joani


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