KitchenAid 24.2 Cu. Ft. 42" Width Built-In Stainless French Door Refrigerator with Platinum Interior Design Guía De Instalación

Overlay Series Custom Panels

Custom overlay panels allow you to blend the exterior of your 
refrigerator into the overall kitchen décor and to use custom 
handles for additional design flexibility. 

The custom panels must have backer panels attached in order 
to mount them to the refrigerator. It is most common to work with 
three panels, as shown in the following graphic: a decorative 
overlay panel, a 

¹/₈" (3.18 mm) spacer panel or spacer strips 

and a 

¹/₄" (6.35 mm) backer panel. 

In some cases, your cabinet manufacturer may choose to work 
with one panel routed for the different dimensions. Follow these 
panel dimension and placement instructions to be sure that the 
custom overlay panels will fit properly.

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For 36" (91.4 cm) single-door models, the refrigerator door 
overlay panel cannot exceed 50 lbs (23 kg) and the freezer 
drawer overlay panel cannot exceed 20 lbs (9.1 kg).

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For 36" (91.4 cm) and 42" (106.7 cm) French-door models, 
the refrigerator door overlay panel cannot exceed 30 lbs 
(13.5 kg) and the freezer drawer overlay panel cannot exceed 
25 lbs (11.4 kg).

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The weight of the top grille overlay panel cannot exceed 
10 lbs (4.5 kg) for both models.

To minimize panel weight, you may use 2" (5.08 cm) spacer 
strips around the perimeter in place of full-sheet solid spacer 
panels. The spacer strips must be set in at least 1" (2.54 cm) 
from the top, bottom and side edges of the backer panel. If 
you use spacer strips, it is also recommended that you use two 
2" (5.08 cm) strips horizontally centered for added support.

Overlay Panel

Spacer Panel

Backer Panel

" to 

(15.88 to 
19.05 mm)

Door/Grille Trim

Spacer Panel

Offset Dimension

Overlay Panel

Backer Panel