"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:21:32 -0500, Dave Smith
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>>I had asked about changing the door to open from the right because it
>>sits in the corner with the wall to the left. I was told there is a $20
>>charge for that. I thought it was a little much but agreed.
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>>When the fridge came I checked about the door and was by the lead guy
>>told it was the standard open to the right and I would have to contact
>>the service department. I called up and was on hold waiting to talk to
>>them about having paid for the left mount and it not being done.
>>Meanwhile, the guys had removed the door to get it into the kitchen.
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> That should not have been an issue. Fridges are made to be change and
> it takes minutes. I'm surprised they even tried to charge you for it.
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>>I have to agree with my wife about the convenience of the bottom mounted
>> freezer. It may be a bit of an issue to have to crouch to get stuff
>>out of the freezer, but everything in the fridge is much more accessible.
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> We've had two top freezer, one side by side, and now on the second
> French door with bottom freezer. I'd never go back.
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> The top freezer just takes prime viewing space from the portion you
> use the most, one or two shelves in the fridge.
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> Side by side was OK on the fridge side, but the freezer was narrow and
> awkward for a lot of things. IMO< you made the right call for bottom
> freezer. It is only opened about 1/20th the time you go into the
> fridge so that should be the easiest to access.

I'm on my second side by side and hate it. The fridge side is bad but the
freezer is even worse. Too much space between the shelves and the space is
too narrow. Can't fit a frozen pizza in there unless it's small and forget
about flash freezing anything.

The fridge shelves don't go all the way to the back so flat things tend to
slip down the back and sometimes get stuck. We recently noticed a hideous
odor and I had to empty everything out to find the culprit. It was a small
package of thin pork chops that I had taken from the freezer. When I went to
cook them, I couldn't find them. I did find package in the freezer so
thought I had spaced out and put the package back in the freezer. Nope!
Apparently I had two packages. I have gotten into the habit of buying marked
down meats for the freezer.

The only reason I got the second side by side is that due to the design of
my kitchen, nothing else will fit. Well that's not quite true. I could get a
very small as in apartment sized top freezer model but it would leave a lot
of space on either side and would be too small for my needs.

I wish when they design kitchens, they could leave a space at the open end
for a fridge that has no stupid cabinet above it. The cabinet above mine is
useless. Too difficult to get in it. My friend just cut her cabinet off but
that would work well here as mine is part of a larger unit and there is
another cabinet to the side of it.