Yes, if that is what you mean, you are right. It doesn't do anything but get in the way. Jim On May 13, 2005, at 7:28 PM, mark drillock wrote: > Jim, I was taking about the "hidden shelf below the stove" and above > the fridge, not the obvious shelf in the main cabinet below the sink > which comes right out as you say. The hidden shelf is a fixed part of > the cabinet and can't be removed per se. When you slide out just the > fridge unit the large metal combustion vent pipes hit that shelf, > requiring you to tip the fridge up at the door side to let the vent > tubes clear the hidden shelf and even then you need 3 hands to do the > job. Cutting a few inches off that shelf where the vent pipes hit > hurts nothing and makes the job much easier. > > Mark > > Jim Felder wrote: > >> Mark, why not just pull out the support pins and pop out the whole >> shelf when you need the room in there? It just takes a minute, and >> you don't need any tools. >> >> Jim >> >> On May 13, 2005, at 6:24 PM, mark drillock wrote: >> >>> Another thing I do >>> to that cabinet is cut out some of the hidden shelf below the stove, >>> at >>> the driver's side wall edge. This allows more room for maneuvering >>> the >>> fridge vent tubes when pulling and replacing just the fridge. >>> Westfalia >>> should have done both of these mods in the first place to make >>> servicing >>> the kitchen simpler. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> Kim Brennan wrote: >>> >>>> Well, pulling the fridge is easy. Pulling the cabinet the fridge and >>>> stove and sink are in, is a bit more work (the main difficulty is >>>> the >>>> propane lines, which I had to disconnect from below and pull, >>>> before I >>>> was able to pull the cabinet.) >>>> >>> >> >> > > |
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