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[PHB1969]

I move on 23rd Nov. and am leaving the integrated fridge and freezer in the old house. Fancy a BIG American fridge freezer but see they are available as plumbed in and non plumbed in. Are there any benefits of one over the other and any recommendations? Cheers, Paul

[christhegasman]

The advantage of the plumbed in is iced water on tap and ice making system

[Wolfstone]

We moved into our current place just over a year ago and did a deal to buy the plumbed in American style fridge freezer off the former owner. Wouldn't be without it now. Its even got a small hatch in the front of the fridge to get easy access to milk etc without opening the door.

Edited by Wolfstone, 13 November 2012 - 10:50 PM.

[dw1]

Plumbed in all way! Well worth it, it's the convenience, something else you don't have to think about in a world that already has plenty of things you do.

[Rickwoo118]

The advantage of the plumbed in is iced water on tap and ice making system

We have a huge American fridge freezer which has instant ice and water but this is not plumbed. So much easier than plumbing in. The make is LG. recommend it to anyone.

[westie]

Quite easy to plumb in you can get a self cutting fitting as you do it up it will peirce into your copper or plastic feed pipe then run small bore piping to your fridge from there, worth doing otherwise you make the cold water/ice maker redundant so what would be the point of buying a fridge with this option? Another point is that it has a water filter good if you like filtered water i suppose!

Edited by westie, 14 November 2012 - 08:29 AM.

[Garro]

Just bought a samsung american style fridge freezer jobbie like this http://www.appliance...teel-25168.aspx

I went for a month or two without plumbing it as I couldn't be arsed but got home from work one day and decided to plumb it all in. Took all of 15mins. Shut the water off, using a 15mm pipe slice cut the pipe and fitted a push fit hep T. Ran 3m of Plastic hep pipe to the back of the fridge freezer, stuck a plastic hep washing machine shut off valve on the end and attached a 3/4" BSP to 1/4 plastic pipe on the end connected it all up job was a goodun. use it all the time now.

Just found this on ebay which should make your life easier http://compare.ebay....ype=pla&crdt=0#

Good luck Paul

Gareth

[techieboy]

Can't understand the craze with these abominations. They're usually tiny and impractical inside, in comparison to their external size and force you to design your entire kitchen around accommodating the bloody things. You get twice the storage for <50% more wall space by having a dedicated fridge and dedicated freezer.

[sworks]

I move on 23rd Nov.

No help on the fridge freezer front I'm afraid, but we also move on the 23 Nov (then hopefully the headache will be over — booked a track day for the Monday as a little treat ). Good luck with the move

[elwill]

The other thing to consider is that an ice maker/water dispenser takes up a fair amount of space if your freezer is always full to bursting.

[dw1]

Can't understand the craze with these abominations. They're usually tiny and impractical inside, in comparison to their external size and force you to design your entire kitchen around accommodating the bloody things. You get twice the storage for <50% more wall space by having a dedicated fridge and dedicated freezer.

I hear ya techie, normally that is the case. But the Samsung RSG5UCRS has 637 litres of space as it uses a super thin insulation and has a clever position for the ice maker (plus you can buy a version that doesn't have the ice bit so you get even more space). That's why I went for that model. It rocks and I love it, one of the best things in our kitchen.

[davep24]

I've got the rsg5ucrs and its huge inside even with the ice maker, we have never managed to fill it yet

[Baron Von Scubadaddy]

filters it's all about the cost of filters....................... have to change them they cost money !