Left handed with a left hinge fridge - is it OK?
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blondelle
Original Author5 years agoI feel lt's reversed the way things are. I'm right handed and open the right handle with my left hand which leaves my right hand free to get things in the fridge. The default handles are on the left as most people are right handed. I'm right handed and find that awkward.
mark_rachel
5 years agoYou should go with whatever works best in your space. It should open up to your kitchen. doesn't matter if you are right or left handed.
blondelle
Original Author5 years agoThanks. I will be redoing the kitchen and having it at the end of a run. Most of the time the door isn't opened past right angles. I only find it needs to be open past that is when you're pulling out drawers to clean. As the door is wider now I can't get it open enough to do that !with the hinge on the right. Are you saying the door should open towards cabinets in the run it's on? Would love to hear from left handers!tackykat
5 years agoYes, the door should open toward the kitchen rather than away. it will be obvious one way or the other.
Jean Kennell
5 years agoI’m a lefty and am getting a left hinge fridge and I can’t wait! I can open it from where I prep, without having to open it all the way and “go around” the door!blondelle
Original Author5 years agoTackycat, if it opens towards the kitchen that means you have to walk around it to get to the kitchen.blondelle
Original Author5 years agoIf the handles on the left are meant to be more comfortable for right handed people, it must follow that the handles on the right are more for left handed people. Makes sense no? Me, I think it should be the opposite!
Fori
5 years agoLefties figure this stuff out before they even know they are figuring things out. Don't worry about the lefty.
(Remember how popular side-by-side fridges were? All right-hinged and mostly used by righties.)
Jakvis
5 years agoMost refrigerators without ice and water in the door have reversable hinges. You might just want to check your current refrigerator for this instead of replacing it
PROArchitectural Innovations
4 years agoI am trying to build a left handed-ness Ideabook. Sadly, the pics to add to them are few and far between.
Fori
4 years agoI've mounted kitchen faucets with the handle on the left. If the handle is attached to the faucet you need to be sure the faucet spout has a full swivel or it won't work...
Not sure that goes in the left-handed book though since it was done to make things easier for righties. :P
jmorawiec