Gas oven needs replaing......

sarah6916

Hello

I wonder if you can help, my gas oven died last weekend :mad: and I need to replace it. I would like to replace it with an electric oven but I have a bit of what might be classed a silly question......

Do I need a gas engineer out to remove the cooker (it is a single built-in oven) and then would I need an electrician to fit the new one? If so then I guess I am probably better off in staying with a gas engineer.

Does anyone have any tips for the best oven?

Thanks in anticipation

Sarah

penrhyn

Gas ovens are very simple things, what's gone wrong with it?

Disconnecting it depends on how its plumbed in, most modern installations will have a flexible hose and bayonet connector so you could remove it yourself.
Electric built in ovens will run off a 13amp socket, if you have one again you can do it yourself.
If in any doubt get a professional in.

andrew-b

penrhyn wrote: »

Electric built in ovens will run off a 13amp socket

...not all of them do... some single electric ovens might, but i'm pretty sure all double ovens will need a cooker point on a dedicated circuit from the consumer unit with thicker cable. So Sarah you will need to consult the instruction manual of the cooker your looking at buying (usually available as free download from manufacturer website) to find out whether you could get away with running it from a 13amp socket.
If you already have a suitable dedicated electric cooker point then you can wire up the new oven yourself as it's not really much different from wiring a plug - just ensure the power is off first.

Andy

sarah6916

Thank you to both of you. I feel beeter knowing that I probably will not have to call out a specialist (although if when I remove the oven I don't recognise anything I will obviously). I have changed a couple of lights and sockets before so I am quite confident about wiring.

I believe that the current problem is an electrical problem if that makes sense.

The oven keeps on saying auto and flashing, we have tried every combination to stop it flashing and occasionally pushing the 'hand' button works however when we then try to 'light' the oven if just keeps clicking and evetually stops. Twice we have managed to get it to light however after about one minute it stops itself and goes back to a flashing display again!! The oven is approximately ten years old so I guess it is probably past its prime!!

Thanks again

mr_fishey

That sounds like a similar problem I had with a built in oven made by Candy. It was just a matter of resetting the clock on the oven and Bingo, it worked again.