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[@brainiac_brian]

Just found you. Good work. On the drywall dust issue with the shop vac, i zip tie 2 socks ( one inside the other) to the exhaust port. That seeems to take care of anything that the filter misses. Sometimes ill even wet down the socks for even more effectiveness. I too am am engineer. Lol it keeps my honey do list pretty full at times! Keep up the good work!

[@curiosity2314]

Well you may not want that gap the manufacture asked for but refrigerators need room to breath. Time will tell if you regret that decision. 100 percent built in's have accommodations for being so. Proper maintenance of modern refrigerators coils/cooling is a must. One other note, I hope you replaced that saddle valve for the water connection, I'm not sure it ever was code but in most parts it's not anymore. Honestly, it's my opinion that true engineers; listen to engineers that built the product and take their installation advice. A backdoor breather should have been retrofitted in this senario. No question, it does look good.

[@engineershomeworkshop2692]

Thanks for posting. Your right, I'm not happy with that water valve but its going to last for a long time yet. Of course I have breathing room in the back, I mention it in the video. I don't mention that the back breathing room has open access for air to circulate. The documented side and top room requirement is for the builder, its more expensive to build with tighter fits. . . not sure why you would think that's an engineering issue pertaining to the function of the unit. Perhaps TRUE Engineers separate the true engineering requirements from marketing, legal standards, and manufactures catering to lowest common denominator issues. By the way, I have a strong background in manufacturing ( modern) refrigeration units so I AM the engineer I should be listening to. Hope you don't mind, I'm having fun with this. I do appreciate your opinion and realize your using what you know for the benefit of other readers. . . just as I am.