Built-in refrigerator-freezer combo with fixed door at IKEA METOD

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1. You wrote that the appliance has to be propped up (is raised on the shelf). - Theoretically that is clear. Would I then have to prop the appliance up on the shelf with the adjustable feet? Is that sufficient? Or should the shelf simply be installed higher in general than with the EFFEKTFULL? - Or both?

2. Assuming you would completely screw out the adjustable feet, could you still properly secure the appliance on the shelf? (Or are the adjustable feet generally only meant to compensate for unevenness?)

3. Do you see a problem in connecting the refrigerator door (999.8 mm) with the 120 cm door? Will the fixing of the fixed door technology work smoothly then? (or with the 80 cm door below at the freezer (the size of the freezer door is 629.6 mm, as you found out). The construction of the fixed door functionality should basically be the same or at least similar with all manufacturers, right? I would just like to know in advance whether the attachment or installation of the locking mechanism works easily or at all and whether it generally fits with the 80 cm or 120 cm door...

1. The bottom of METOD is reinforced, mounted on steel brackets, adjustable in height so that you can manage with the 80 cm door front; for comparison, IKEA states in its device catalog for Effektfull a door panel size of 617.5 mm for the freezer section (door height of the freezer section on the appliance).

2. The adjustable feet on the appliances are only meant for compensation; the bottom of the IKEA cabinet is already somewhat flexible in height; if that is not sufficient, drill 3 new holes per side into the side panel.

3. The drawing shows about a 100 cm dimension at the top, so you would have 20 cm free where the door has no fixed point to the appliance or cabinet; that should be sufficient. However, I would not use a cassette front but rather a continuous one so that nothing warps over the years, just a precautionary measure on my part.

4. According to the drawing from Grundig, the bottom must be cut out in the middle; I see that symbolically and would not do it because of the stability the IKEA expert mentioned. This is only about sufficient airflow for the compressor/condenser at the back of the appliance. I do not know the Grundig parts well, but Arcelik also builds other components; usually, for built-in appliances (coolers), only the cross-section for ventilation is specified. For IKEA appliances (AEG and WH/Bauknecht), this is 200 cm², and with this cross-section, both the cabinet bottom and the reinforced bottom where the appliance rests as well as the cabinet top are left intact. Still, download the complete installation manual from the manufacturer’s website; the cross-section should be specified somewhere there. I do not know any kitchen manufacturer who cuts a hole in the middle of the bottom plate for ventilation, precisely because of stability as the IKEA expert has already noted.

Well, why Grundig? I just can’t make anything of the parts cobbled together in Southeast Anatolia and Romania, but that is my personal opinion. For me, besides the price, also the equipment and quality matter, and that has to be in a healthy proportion.

@ IKEA expert & zetterberg.

Thank you very much for the feedback.

@ zetterberg (or to anyone who can and would like to help me one last time):

So: I just reread what I wrote yesterday and noticed that I unfortunately forgot one crucial piece of information yesterday, namely whether the 120 cm door on top or the 80 cm door on the bottom might not possibly be too big - not too small... I have no idea how big the gap or free space can be at the top between the end of the front (cabinet door) and the end of the refrigerator or freezer door at most in order to install this fixed door system (due to constructional reasons)...
The fronts or cabinet doors must each be larger than the appliance doors - that's clear, and that is not the problem here either, because with 120 and 80 the doors are big enough.

But: In your opinion, is there a maximum size difference?
That is the only information I still need now... (I have no idea about the construction of this fixed door system)...

Thanks to everyone in advance.

kuki281

Basically, the door can be any height as long as it doesn't become too heavy.

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@ zetterberg (or to everyone who can and wants to help me one last time):

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Well then, with METOD on the 200 cabinet below you have an 80 door, the dimension sketch (really barely reviewed again) says something about 629.6 mm, however the dimensioning (only freezer part) goes from the bottom edge of the door to the hinge top edge of the freezer door. What is missing there is the elevation in the middle of the sketch on the freezer door, since we firmly connect the furniture front with the front of the freezer compartment (fixed door).
If you now take these measurements and mentally add the proportions according to the sketch, you come to a furniture dimension of about 70 cm. That is the classic dimension for that, 70 - about 74 cm, which almost all kitchen manufacturers use for the base cabinets.
In order for the freezer front not to cover the fridge door, you have to raise the combo enough (IKEA has reinforced shelves for the cabinets) so that it fits. Above that comes the 120 front for the fridge part, dimensions on the same basis as for the freezer part, there is still something missing at the top.
Thus, the overhang on the 120 door at the top without a fixed point, due to the missing measurements in the sketch estimated by raising it, should be about 8 - max. 10 cm.
So it fits.

Ventilation, it is also stated in the sketch, requires at least 200 cm², the same ventilation dimension as the cooling appliances from IKEA.

I hope it is understandable now.

Hello IKEA expert and zetterberg,

thank you very much for the feedback.

Yep, now everything is clear to me and I know that the thing fits... ops:

Thank you both for your help.
Have a nice rest of the week.

kuki281