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Need help with this fridge door problem

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

We are renovating a small cottage and ran into a hiccup with the fridge placement. See the pictures.

Details:

this is a tiny kitchen and there was no other place to put the fridge

i can’t change the swing of the door because there is a coffee/beverage station to the right of the fridge.

I accepted the fact that the doors will eventual get dented but I would like to find some sort of bumper system to run down the edge of the door trim.


any suggestions on products?




Comments (13)

  • PRO
    5 years ago

    I need to see the kitchen and what can’y the coffee station go where the fridge is .

  • 5 years ago

    Because I don’t want to rip out the cabinets. I’ll post more pictures.

  • 5 years ago

    More pics

  • 5 years ago

    that's gonna bug you - are you keeping this or is this a flip? I'd bite the bullet and move the fridge to where the coffee station is if you're going to stay awhile.

  • 5 years ago

    Look for "clear rubber bumpers" on Amazon. You'd probably stick them on the door trim where the fridge hits and not on the fridge. Not sure what size you'd need, or if they'd be enough, but they're worth trying. I have a bunch of small ones scattered about, like where cabinet doors hit my hood.

    You might be able to create a hinge limiter as well...

  • 5 years ago

    Just saw the photos. Your cabinets are red. Fabulous. :)

  • 5 years ago

    It’s a weekend/vacation cottage next door our cabin. It’s for overflow guests, our son’s friends and the occasional fly fishermen renters.

  • 5 years ago
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    Put the small rounded, adhesive backed clear bumpers on the trim that you put on the back of picture frames to prevent them from touching the wall. I put three on the side of my refrigerator doors to prevent my pantry cabinet doors from hitting the side of the refrigerator. I also put one on the side of the granite counter next to other side of pantry cabinet for same reason. Cheap, easy, and not noticeable.

  • 5 years ago

    There are several solutions posted in this thread from the appliance forum,

    The suction cup/shoestring method seems the simplest.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    @mama goose_gw zn6OH Hubby and I are dying laughing over that link!!!! So many good hacks, thank you!!!


  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago


    why can't the small coffee bar get moved to the fridge side? its a small cabinet. un install it and move it. I don't understand what the issue is. ( of course the switch plates would need to get moved too. )


    or

    do you need that door right there? you could cut back the wall. (did it for mine)

    how about getting a diff fridge?

    putting foam stoppers on your door.



  • 5 years ago

    Yea, the door needs to stay as it’s the only door to the back porch/back yard. The cottage is tiny and 200+ years old.


    The upper cabinets wrap around the set up as is and I don’t want to pay to get the uppers redone and the drywall cut open to move the outlets and switches. It’s not my primary house, it’s a cottage for friends and family use when they visit us at our cabin.

  • 5 years ago

    Put the clear bumpers on the trim. Problem solved.