Yes, sorry forgot to add on. The salesman did said that 2-3 inches for each side for air ventilation purpose.

for your case yes. I think you put in an area so called dry kitchen..

ahhh..the important "side ventilation"! yes then i think that should be fine...

actually i dont know what they mean by dry kitchen also....sounds so wrong!

I didn't wanted to do a fridge base but my friend told me her part time maid while mopping accidentally hit her fridge at the bottom resulting a dent on her SS fridge. Don't ask me how it can be done..but I guess the mop head is very hard and the PT maid use a lot of force while mopping?

i believe it can be done...the doors and side ain't that hard actually...

besides a pedestal, maybe we can use those "bricks" like old days? 1 at each corner?

just that nowadays, the "bricks" are made of plastic..

Got base for fridge & washing machine mean you got to buy back the same size of fridge & washing machine in future.

Imagine in future you wan to buy a new 1, i sure u going to buy a bigger capacity.

As for washing the floor, haha i doubt we will ever wash the floor bah.....

For me i opt out the base of the fridge & washing machine haha