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To anyone with an integrated undercounter freezer...!

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Lottle · 25/05/2021 18:16

How wide does/can it open?

I'm having an under counter integrated freezer and then an oven on the next corner as the image hopefully shows.

I originally thought I would have the freezer hinged on the right to make getting into the freezer easier. But now I'm thinking it will bash the oven handle as those handles often protrude quite a lot....So I'm thinking of having the freezer hinged on the left, but will that make it tricky to access as I'm wedged into a corner? I wasn't sure how wide these things opened....The run of units continues along the freezer wall (pull out bin is next etc). Electrical work was done today so no drastic changes will be possible I don't think

Any advice welcome.
Thanks!

To anyone with an integrated undercounter freezer...!
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F1rstT1meMummy · 25/05/2021 19:41

I would think about having two 300 cupboards and shift the oven over if that’s feasible? So it would be 300, oven, 300.

Calmdown14 · 25/05/2021 20:01

Mine opens a fair bit past 90 degrees so think you will be okay. And our are Curry's own brand cheapies.
We were worried going from 50/50 tall fridge freezer but there's loads more room in the undercounted.
I'd be worried you wouldn't get the drawers out the other way round but it is fairly simple to swap the door to either side so you could try it and see before putting on the door front

Lottle · 25/05/2021 20:24

@F1rstT1meMummy may be a bit late for such a change now unfortunately. Do you mean from a point of view of opening the freezer or other reasons? x

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Lottle · 25/05/2021 20:25

@Calmdown14 Thank you. So you would advise hinge left? Good idea to try out first. I've got a couple of weeks to worry and fret about it first as we're on first fit atm.

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NoIdeasForWittyNickname · 26/05/2021 00:36

We had a similar set up in our previous kitchen but there was an accessible cabinet space in that corner between the freezer and the oven. Corner cabinets that are butted to another unit / appliance usually have a bit of an offset in the corner so the doors don't clash. It was a bit tight but never an issue for us, we could open either the freezer or over fully. It looks like your freezer door is similarly set off a bit to the left from the corner, so it's probably going to be ok. But what do you actually have planned for that corner, is it just a boxed up empty space?

Lottle · 26/05/2021 07:21

@NoIdeasForWittyNickname thanks for your advice. So was yours hinged so it opened up into the oven? So the equivalent of hinging right on my plan?

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NoIdeasForWittyNickname · 26/05/2021 13:54

Yes, our freezer was right in the corner, with the hinges on the right-hand side, just like yours. Then to the right, at 90 degrees there was a door for a cabinet that stretched into that void next to the freezer. It was just a normal door that opened onto the freezer side, if that makes sense. And next to it there was an oven. The corner cabinet door was quite narrow, so when the 60cm freezer door was fully open, it overlapped that cabinet AND a bit of the oven door. All doors had normal handles, not handleless. But there was a bit of an offset in that very corner - I'm not sure whether it was part of the corner cabinet carcass or a narrow filler panel - that prevented clash of the handles. Maybe double check with your kitchen supplier/planner to make sure they've accounted for something similar?

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