I think I just made a big mistake.

12 years ago

I'm posting on the Kitchen because it involves a built in cabinet but also on the appliance board too.

We're having 1,000 sq.ft of wood flooring put in, and also a built in cabinet for a space of 50" in one of the living rooms. I asked the contractor to make a space for a 15" wine fridge. He said I would need to shop for the fridge before the cabinet arrived. So I went shopping today and find out that under the counter wine fridges are like a regular fridge and need to be properly vented or else they will over heat.

As much as I lurk and post a little on this board I should have seen this. Viking makes a great 15" fridge but it's way over my budget. The floors are going in the first week in December and since I only found this out today, I have to call my contractor Monday and see if I have time to change the cabinet.

Is it too late to change the cabinet design? Or how hard would it be to change it to all drawers?

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Comments (4)

nosoccermom
12 years ago
Can't you get a front vented one? There are plenty of 15" wine coolers.

Here is a link that might be useful: front vented wine cooler
snoonyb
12 years ago
The "venting" amounts to little more than the normal space allowed on the sides and top for exhaust circulation, besides;"He said I would need to shop for the fridge before the cabinet arrived."

Just tell him the make and model.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
12 years ago
The cabinet could probably be mechanically ventilated if necessary, but I doubt it.
User
12 years ago
You need a built in model to place in a cabinet run. They aren't cheap. You could do a separate 15" or 24" cabinet in it's place until you can afford the cooler. Or both box stores sell a 24" wine cooler than you can build in that's Chinese and not the best quality, but it it'll fill the hole and work for a couple of years. By then, maybe the budget will have recovered from bleeding money and you can pick up one of the better quality ones. 24" is more standard than 15" though, and easier to find.