Glass doors set the B36CL81ENG apart from every steel-fronted refrigerator around it. The outer face is a tempered glass panel, mounted on a French door body that is 72 inches tall and counter-depth, in the 800 Series. Owners tend to be people who want the refrigerator to read as a design feature, and who accept that the front needs more careful handling.
Glass changes what an ordinary bump does. Hit a steel door and you get a dent; hit this one and you may get a chip or a crack, and a damaged panel means replacement rather than repair. The glass also weighs more than steel, so the hinges carry a heavier load year after year, and a door that starts to droop should be looked at early.
When we are called out, we sight along the door edges for any chip, because a small nick near an edge can spread. We check hinge height and the seal around the panel, where the edge sealing can begin to lift with age, and then we go through the usual French door gasket and alignment checks.
The whole panel is replaced as an assembly. There is no way to fill or polish tempered glass, and a nick along an edge can grow into a crack.
They do work harder because the doors weigh more. That is not a defect, but a door that has begun to sag is worth having checked sooner rather than later.
We would not recommend it. A crack can spread without warning, so have the panel assessed and quoted before the door is opened and closed much more.
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