FOAK: Integrated Ovens

Is fitting one as simple as it looks?

ie. unscrew old one from surrounding units, disconnect from power
switch, slide out and do the reverse to install the new one?

(Ours died tonight - won't heat above 60 degrees and we desperately need
a new one ASAP)

 

Yes. In fact, when ours went screwy, I replaced the
power controller board on it. Took all of 15 mins.

Check out http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/
Some very knowledgeable people on there who diagnosed
my oven problem from a couple of forum posts and pointed
me in the right direction for spare parts.

 

Yes

 

Life is far to short to be diagnosing and fixing problems with pikey
spec. shite. (Indesit)

They're cheap enough to bin and replace these days.

 

I really can't be arsed doing stuff like that these days.

It's the bog-standard crap one that developers fit when they build new
houses and a PITA to keep clean.

It's as good an excuse as I need to get one of these fancy new
'catalytic cleaning' jobbies.

 

Fair enough. Ours is a double oven Whirlpool integrated
thingy, so we were lucky enough to be able to use the
top oven while the bottom oven was playing up ... and
also why it took me about 2 months to get round to
fixing it ;-)

 

Heh. If it had been a decent one, I'd probably have got one of those
little counter-top ovens to use until I'd fixed it. But it's just not
worth trying to fix cheap shit appliances.

The only problem I can see with my plan is that, although I could pick
something up off the shelf tomorrow, I'm not entirely sure I'd get one
in a 4-door saloon.

 

I was surprised how easy it was to remove the doors
off mine. Clever little catch thingys where you just
lift the flap and out they pop. I found that most of
the weight of the oven was in the glass doors, so
(and here's a top tip for Steve) taking them off first
makes moving them even easier.

I expect a replacement shouldn't be too hard to
find with a bit of a Google.

 

Try measuring it first?

I loaded up the *cough* car tonight as I've been
roped into doing a car boot sale tomorrow. With
the rear seats dropped down it swallowed the
umpteen boxes that the missus left out - dead
surprised I was as it looked like it would never
take all of it.

 

That'll be £250

 

Just been out there.

Absolutely no chance - the Passat it a big car, but the boot opening is
too small.

Yeah, I can get *loads* in the car with the seats down, but the openings
are all too small to get it in.

 

Ahhh, now, cars (and bikes to an extent) are different - I find modern
stuff lacks something compared with older stuff.

It's a kitchen appliance. I have a list of jobs to do on the shite old
car that come way before taking a shite old oven to bits.

Besides, I want to replace a pikey brand with a decent one.

Well, see other post. I can't get it in any of our cars.

Lol. It's a bloody chav wagon. There's one around the corner with big
wheels, deafening exhaust and pimp tints.

 

At least.

Although, because we're having to order it, there are some really good
deals on decent brands out there.

 

Git..... that's just my company hack.

This is hardly pipe and slippers:

http://www.photodirectuk.com/MSE07/13 Colerne 2105/24 Alfa Romeo
/index.htm

 

Bummer. I'd hoped this was going to be another Jewish thread.

 

IME there's a lot of bull about brands. Our house has (installed by the
previous occupants) a smeg dishwasher and oven. They're both shit. My mum
bought an AEG dishwasher after having an AEG fridge last 30 years - it broke
after a few years and the fitter explained it was internally identical to an
indesit. It seems like the only brands with an edge on quality are likely to
be Bosch and Miele.

 

Yep, they're a standard size. Re-assembly is simply the reverse of
dis-assembly, but you find the screws are shagged, the chipboard's
shagged and the wiring's a bit suss. Actually, ovens can simply plug in
to a 13A socket, preferred, so you can have a socket trailing in the
space underneath or mounted on the wall at the back if there's room.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

You may be needing a Part P registered electrician to make the
electrical connections if your existing / new cooker is not of the 3
pin plug variety.

--
Dan L

http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

**** that.

I'm not getting an electrician in just 'cos we have safety nazis in
government.

 

Pretty much, yes.

Just be aware they're fucking heavy. Took both me and my
father-in-law to lift my new one into place. And that was without the
worktop in the way.

Also be careful when you're pulling it out if it's electric because
the cable may not be long enough (though they should) because it may
have been wired up without the worktop in place.