You might be surprised about some of the mistakes you can make or things you overlook when putting your kitchen together. In todayâs kitchens, people no longer install a 12â deep cabinet over the refrigerator. It just does not make any sense at all! I heard excuses like â I like to see it soâ all the time, but here is the thing…{{more}}You are standing in front of a refrigerator that hangs out 33â from the wall and standing on average about 69â high, and above this refrigerator now is a cabinet 12â off the wall. The average person is 5â5â tall and she (most men donât know where to find the kitchen in the house âopsâ) has to now stretch first above the fridge, then over it just to open it, then to get inside the cabinet to get whatâs ever in there. Of course âuse a bench,â but as you get older a bench can be your worst enemy in the kitchen: âIâm falling and I canât get upâ sounds familiar? Donât do that at all.
Another mistake you can make is trying to put that refrigerator into a built in cabinet that is not well designed for a refrigerator. Some refrigerators are designed in such a way that they breath through the front end so all the heat escapes through the front. Others are design to breathe through the rear. If you have your fridge built-in, be sure to know which one it is, because if itâs the latter, your cabinet maker would have to allocate a breathing space for it cause when air heats it rises and if it canât get out, it would circulate around the appliance and then you would have just created the perfect environment to shorten the life of your appliance. Donât do that at all.
Finally for this week, maintain a minimum of at least 30â clearance from the main entrance and exit to the kitchen. And keep it clear at all times!
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