...why cant somebody invent a floor to ceiling refrigerator???!
Dont laugh, I have thought this through. I hope someone on this board likes my idea and runs with it (and it is only fair I get a discount on it).
refrigerators are lovely. They do wonderful things and American kitchens all have them.
But they are fat. They are big, bulky and jut into the middle of the kitchen.
Why has a floor to ceiling one not been invented? Take the extra 2-3 inches that juts out of the front and add it to the top. I know they make counter-depth ones now- but they dont seem to add the loss inches to the top! So you are left with a shorter/thinner fridge that is aestetically pleasing but holds less items.
Now to answer your questions:
"But Gamecock...no one can reach so high up beyond the 6 ft they make fridges now-it is all wasted space." -No its not!! They make cabinets that go above refridgerators and nobody can reach those! People can store excess items such as frozen meat/water bottles/whatever up there. Besides that, why do they make extra long cabinets that go up to the ceiling if no one can reach?- Because humans are resourcesful and will never turn away storage space! I dont mind getting out a stool- I do mind a huge refridgerator that takes up 5-6 inches of floor space beyond the counters. They can even add in a little stool that pulls out for people to step on to reach the upper limits of the fridge.
"But Gamecock- people dont need so much storage space." ....my inlaws have 4 (4!!) refrigerator/or freezers in their home. People need the extra space.
If it gets built- people will buy it.
I WANT it!
I hate to sound like an ultraconsumer but...
October 13th, 2009 at 02:24 pm
October 13th, 2009 at 02:29 pm 1255444167
October 13th, 2009 at 02:39 pm 1255444797
But seriously though, a walk-in refrigerator would be floor to ceiling. Usually, only restaurants have those (even small ones), but a lot of "rich people houses" do too.
I did a quick check of prices, and they can be had for about $3k to $5k. That's before installation and potential remodeling though.
October 13th, 2009 at 02:42 pm 1255444978
October 13th, 2009 at 02:53 pm 1255445608
However, most people have side-to-side designs, where the freezer is on the left side of the refrigerator section. Why is that?
Top down designs don't typically sell well because a lot of consumers found it inconvenient to bend down every time they want to reach for something that's frozen.
Maybe this is an issue mostly for older people with bad backs, but the point is, there's a reason why most refrigerators are only a certain height, because beyond that, while it would make more design and engineering sense, people just find it inconvenient to reach....
Anyway, just food for thought. *drum roll*
October 13th, 2009 at 03:30 pm 1255447853
October 13th, 2009 at 03:44 pm 1255448691
They probably do make toilets that do that, but complaining is so much easier than doing research!
October 13th, 2009 at 04:06 pm 1255449970
October 13th, 2009 at 05:27 pm 1255454877
And I have a freezer on the bottom btw.
October 13th, 2009 at 05:42 pm 1255455725
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October 14th, 2009 at 12:03 am 1255478587
we have a freezer-on-the-bottom refridgerator, it is quite fat, but the alcove where it fits has also been built pretty wide so i guess that solves the problem for us.