[encantotom]

when our amana went out in canada.....(fun story on getting a new one). i put in a side by side kitchen aid. of course the old one had the solenoid lock on the top to lock it shut when driving. we now use a sophisticated system of velcro holding the two side by side door handles together and it works great. my personal opinion is that pulling the drawers out would be awkward.

the regular counterdepth fridge is bascially the same width. but the bottom depth for the wheels was deeper on the fridge i put in making a need to extend the floor in the back.

the other thing we did was to build a plywood and 2x4 box the same height as the floor of the fridge. then we put a blanket on the floor under the wood box, slide the fridge out onto it and then pulled the blanket carefully while supporting the fridge to get it more out into the open to get it out the door.

we had to take the doors off the old and new fridge to get it through the door.

keep in mind that how they keep the fridge in the opening is using the wheels to raise it up and jam it against the top of the opening inside and then a couple of screws in the bottom brackets where the wheels and adjustors are.

so i guess what i am saying, is as we all say, no two are the same. and be prepared to make some modifications to the opening.

if the amana is still working, why do you want to change it?

tom