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As previously described, the required depth of the installation cavity is mainly dependent on the kitchen design.
Gaggenau refrigerator and freezer columns are designed for a cutout depth of 24" (610 mm). So, if the kitchen cabinet
(case + face frame) is 24" deep, this should accommodate many standard installations.
Please be advised that additional depth may be required for kitchen designs intending the look of ush fascia across
the cabinetry and the refrigerator door panel.
The below cabinetry styles detail requirements for the cutout and custom panel.
A) Standard Overlay Design — 25" (635 mm) cutout depth
On a kitchen with standard overlay cabinetry, the face frame is also an important part
of the design. If the same aesthetics are to be continued on the refrigerator, then not
only the door cabinetry panel thickness (e.g. ¾") is included, additionally the face frame
thickness must be emulated. Thereby the resulting thickness of the appliance door
panel is ¾" + ¾" = 1 ½" (face frame emulation + door panel = custom appliance door
panel). This cumulative thickness of the resulting custom appliance door panel requires
added depth for the installation cavity. Example 24"+ ¾" = 24 ¾" (recommended is 25").
B) Full Overlay Design — 25" (635 mm) cutout depth
The above mentioned requirements are of course also valid for kitchens with full overlay
design. However there are some chances to work with a cutout depth of 24": For this, the
small remaining visible area of the fully overlaid face frame has to be emulated within the
standard appliance door panel thickness of ¾". This can be done by simply ignoring the
visible area of the face frame on the refrigerator (“extended size“ of the appliance door
panel) or by emulating the face frame by creating a respective “nose“ on the appliance
door panel (see drawing).
C) Oset Design, Flush Inset Design — 25" (635 mm) cutout depth
Here, the kitchen cabinetry door panels are NOT completely mounted on the cabinet,
but partially or fully inserted into the face frame. Due to this, such oset or inset design
kitchens do not gain sucient installation depth by the door panel. If any appliance
door panel (thickness e.g. ¾") is installed on the refrigerator, the complete depth
dimension of the “paneled refrigerator“ will be 24"+ ¾" = 24 ¾" (629mm). The minimum
depth of the cutout is therefore also 24 ¾" (recommended is 25").
D) European style kitchen cabinetry — 24" (610 mm) cutout depth
If the kitchen design is based on European style cabinetry, there is no need to emulate
the look of a face frame, as such a frame does not exist on any of the kitchen cabinets.
Therefore a 24" (610 mm) deep cutout will always be sucient.
24" Cutout depth is sucient for:
– frameless cabinetry kitchen design with any kind of appliance door panels
– standard overlay or full overlay kitchen design with appliance stainless steel door panels.
– full overlay kitchen design with appliance custom door panels with “extended size” or with “nose” (to
emulate face frame look).
25" Cutout depth is required for:
– standard or full overlay kitchen design with appliance door panels with thickness bigger than ¾" (to
emulate face frame look)
– offset or inset design kitchens with any kind of appliance door panels
Cabinetry style and cut-out depth.
1 ½"
appliance door panel
(emulating a face frame)
¾"
appliance door panel with nose
(emulating a face frame)
1 ½"
appliance door panel
(emulating a face frame)
¾"
appliance door panel with nose
(emulating a face frame)
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