Ikea Metod cabinet for built-in Bosch refrigerator HND22K200

Hello everyone,

like probably many others, I found my way here a few weeks ago during my kitchen planning.
We want to install an Ikea kitchen Bodbyn in our house. Not to save money, but simply because I don't like what is offered in the furniture stores or it doesn't seem modern or young enough to me.
Nevertheless, I do not want to do without Bosch / Siemens kitchen appliances.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU in advance!!!
With your help, or rather the many forum posts, I was already able to find a dishwasher and a stove-cooktop combo that should probably fit. As far as I understand, the stove-cooktop combos are standardized, and with the dishwasher, it was simply possible to find the right device for us via the XXL series.
I have decided on the following models:
Dishwasher from Siemens: SX65P082EU
Stove combo from Bosch: HND22K200 (consisting of HEA23B157 and NKN645G17).

However, I need help with the refrigerator.
I want one without a freezer and without a freezer compartment.
After a long search, I really like this Bosch refrigerator:

KIR51AD40
Device dimensions (H x W x D): 139.7 cm x 55.8 cm x 54.5 cm
Niche dimensions (H x W x D): 140.0 cm x 56.0 cm x 55.0 cm

I am still not sure whether I want a 2m or 2.2m high tall cabinet.
What do I need to pay attention to? Where can I find the niche dimensions of the different Ikea tall cabinet variations?

Are the refrigerators attached directly to the bottom of the cabinet?
If I have a door that is higher than 140, are there shelves to use the space above or below the refrigerator, for example?

How have you solved the installation of a "foreign" refrigerator (which models)? Maybe I will still be persuaded to install a tried and tested one for the refrigerator.

Best regards, KüchenfeeS

Hello, The dishwasher does not fit "out of the box". The fridge is fine. You can place it directly on the floor at the very bottom, but you don't have to. Shelves can be installed more or less arbitrarily. With a 140 cm door, you can manage with skillful installation and then have your own fronts for the remaining space.

Thank you IKEA expert for your answer.

When I print the item list from the kitchen planner, the fridge is shown with a "measuring tape." Can I then roughly tell that the door will be 140cm?

What do you mean by dishwasher does not fit out of the box?

I found the following information from Sektionschef in another post:

Re: Siemens dishwasher in Metod kitchen
Post by Sektionschef on Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:47
I have now installed the Siemens dishwasher SX778D01TE in my Metod kitchen.
I mounted an 80cm front (undivided) on the dishwasher door, so I cannot report any experience with a divided front.
However, there were still some problems:
1.) I mounted a handle on the top of the front. As mentioned elsewhere, you actually have to countersink the heads of the handle screws inside, otherwise they hit the top edge of the control front when closing the dishwasher door. Since the handle screws do not have countersunk heads, I therefore slightly enlarged the handle hole inside with a bigger drill.
2.) The installation manual of the dishwasher states at the end that you can adjust the weight of the front and thus the ease of the door at the bottom with 2 screws. However, once the 80cm front is mounted, you no longer have access to these screws, they are somewhere behind the front. Since the door on my device opens easily and also stays in every position, I did not pursue the problem of screw access further.
3.) In the course of the installation manual of the dishwasher, you have to glue a kind of rubber mat to the bottom of the dishwasher, which hangs down and is supposed to simply slide behind the plinth when closing the dishwasher door. In my case, this mat keeps coming loose and then hangs visibly in front of the plinth. The reason is, with the dishwasher door fully open, the mat is pulled too far out behind the plinth because it is actually too short for an 8cm plinth.
I do not yet know how to solve this problem. Either you have to glue the mat a bit lower (I don’t even know if I can loosen the mat again) or attach something to the plinth so that it is a bit higher.
Has anyone else faced this problem and how did you solve it?
Best regards
Sektionschef

Or do I have to pay attention to something else?

The kitchen planner knows nothing about appliances from other brands. If you don’t choose IKEA, you have to assemble all components for the cabinet yourself.

The section head has a different dishwasher model, namely a large-capacity dishwasher with a Vario hinge, both of which he must have so that the front can be mounted without tricks and tinkering.

If I assemble the components for the refrigerator myself: where can I then select the height of the door? Do I need to pay attention to anything special for the Bodbyn front? Or do I have to go directly to Ikea to measure? Then I would simply look for the next larger door >140cm...

Thank you also for helping me with the dishwasher - I almost ordered the wrong one! So I will research again to find one with a Vario hinge and a large capacity!

Thanks

Is it only about the display in the planner? Nörgli knows better about that.

You can manage with 140 cm if the refrigerator is placed slightly in, for example, a drawer below it. The next door is 180 cm high. Then you always have to open the refrigerator to get to a compartment behind it, which is pretty annoying.