Giant fridge/freezer sticks out in new kitchen - so annoyed

[CeeCee123]

Just a moan really. We're in the middle of a new kitchen being put in. Right from the start we told the kitchen designer that we wanted a big American fridge freezer (my husband's one request in the whole project).
It's arrived, and now I discover it's 10cm deeper than the surrounding cupboards, so will jut out significantly. I've looked back at all the plans, and it was clearly shown to be flush. I never questioned the dimensions as I figured the designer would have worked all of that out. He's been excellent so far, so I'm really surprised he didn't catch this.
Feeling a bit fed up, not sure if we've got many options. Have contacted him to see what he suggests - has anyone come across this issue? How do people have these massive fridges and make them flush?

Not of much practical use but I will say that you get used to it pretty quickly and to be fair, they do need to stick out a bit anyway so that you can open the doors fully.

Surely you can find another one? They're very popular, there must be tons on the market. Tell the dozy designer to find you another one.

Ours sticks out, you do get used to it, but it is annoying.

mine sticks out too - it doesn't matter to me as it's on the end of a run (& kitchen is a mess anyway )

I was under the impression that all American style f/fs are deeper than the rest though. I suspect your kitchen planner didn't look at dimensions

It's only a problem though if you can't open the doors wide enough to get internal drawers out (meat & veg chiller)

They have to stick out a bit so you can open the doors it may not be as bad as you think. During my new kitchen project I was distraught because the back door opens the wrong way (don't notice it now), the sink was not centered under the window (actually better this way as flush with the units), the fridge stuck out too much (made carcass a little deeper now don't see it), thought tiling was crap (it's rustic finish tiles). Looking back it was a very stressful, expensive project and I may just have taken things to heart a bit too much. I did however make the fitters (dh and dsonil) rebuild carcassing around fridge freezer as I wasn't totally happy mine sticks out 5cm.

Thanks everyone for your comments. Lighteningirl - you're probably right that I'm taking it to heart, although I wish mine will only be 5cm!
I've spoken to the kitchen designer and the builder, the options that we have are
a) live with the giant fridge freezer sticking out 10-13cms and dominating the cupboard run (it's an open plan kitchen and it's half way down the wall of cupboards so very noticeable).
b) Getting an integrated fridge to put in that space, building in a cupboard to one side to fill in the gap. Putting an integrated freezer somewhere else in kitchen, probably the island. Returning the giant fridge freezer. He's going round to look on Monday but said it will most likely take until after Christmas to re-order the doors etc from the kitchen company. Additional cost is unknown.
He explained that they always have to stick out - I asked him why it looked flush on the plans and drawings then! He didn't really have a great answer to that.

Mine sticks out. I wanted side by side integrated larder fridge and larder freezer but Dh wanted ice and water on tap and plumbed in. So American fridge freezer.

He won, which is fine and both me and Dh, plus the kids drink shed loads of water now where as before we wouldn't have.

I don't even notice it now. Kitchen has been in 2 years. What I wish I had done is spend more on a dishwasher so it would have the cutlery basket in the top instead of taking up space in the bottom. It takes up valuable room on a weekend. But, meh. Nobody died.

Mine doesn't stick out.... maybe 1cm is out but to the naked eye it looks flush. There is room for the doors to open but the gap isn't big. I get what you are saying OP. Not sure if the depth of all american fr/fr are the same or not, if it were me I would be looking for another model because I think it will annoy you.

I have a counter-depth American fridge freezer with plumbed in water and ice. We specifically sourced and bought a counter-depth model as we didn't want it sticking out.

It's not integrated. It's just counter depth instead of standard...

Something sticking out 10cms would annoy me - that's quite a lot. If you do get integrated, what about 2 x fridge freezers side by side but with the doors handles next to each other? You can open both fridges at the same time so gives same effect.

I just measured mine out of curiosity (it's an LG, no water/ice thing) it's 70cm deep but stands about 4cm away from the wall (I don't think it needs to m, like the old ones that had the wire thing on the outside, I just never pushed it all the way back)

Anyway it projects 13cm beyond the worktop. I hadn't realised it's so much! I suppose that's about the same as yours in size, OP?

I've just been playing with the doors - they project 9cm beyond the body of the fridge - they would still open properly with a slightly deeper worktop but not enough to make an appreciable difference.

I do love it though - have previously had separate tall fridge & freezer, tall fridge-freezer, & separate under-counter fridge & freezer, & this is so sturdy & commodious - I'd hate not to have it now

Madwoman - do you know what model yours is?
Finest - that's really interesting that yours protrudes the same as mine and you hadn't really noticed.

If it's in a run of tall units you might be able to set the ones either side forward slightly in increments to reduce the impact - if you post a plan just to be sure ... I'll have s look - or pm me if you prefer ...

Usually the appliance door thickness needs to be projecting on most models to enable the doors open fully.

We have a Samsung larder fridge - have just measured and it's around 61cm deep excluding the handle. You can get a matching freezer and trim to go on top to give the same effect as an American fridge freezer. You can get them with ice and water dispensers too but we opted against as would rather have the extra storage... Could something like this work for you?

if you google images of 'american style fridge freezer built-in kitchen' they generally get slotted in at the end of a run, or stand away with a special housing built around them, or a combination of both

This one is fairly typical (& you can see its doors are well clear of the surrounding cupboards even so )

www.moneyhillinteriors.com/images/kitchen/detail/wates2.jpg

Is there any way you can rearrange your kitchen units so the f/f goes at the end instead of in the middle, CeeCee? It wouldn't seem nearly so intrusive if you can & they are so much more useful than ordinary ones

It's a Samsung but no idea what model - we went to the showroom and chose one that had been returned as the owners chose a different style - it was missing the instructions etc so cheaper! Ours fits better than that in the picture, as it is just the door edges that are visible, not any of the body, if that makes sense?

I really wanted a big fat one with Union Jack doors, but dh said no...