built under oven query

carly

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Atelier

It is just a case of packing out the space under the oven to raise it up to the correct height. Ovens generally come with 4 screws that then screw the oven into the front face of the two side panels to held it in place.

You will need to look at covering any gaps above and below the oven. They are usually filled with small drawer fronts.

HTH

ic

When I fitted my kitchen, the only differences between the oven unit and the others was:
1. a bar across the front top of the unit instead of wood, this allowed the worktop to be screwed down, but also left a small 5mm gap for air circulation (which you can't see unless you bend down to look under the overhang of the worktop). If your worktop is securely fixed at the back and to other units either side you could probably live without this.
2. there were two large metal brackets that ran from front to back that provided somewhere for the oven to sit on. These could be moved up and down the unit in order to accommodate different sized ovens. These take the weight of the oven, and then the oven is actually screwed into the sides of the unit from the front - these are visible when the oven door is open.
3. a large cut out at the back of the unit to allow air to flow in from under the unit.
4. a drawer underneath the oven to fill the gap. a suitably cut down and mounted piece of door could do this job.

andrew-b

We have a built-under Zanussi double oven (either oven can be used a grill - or even both though there is only one grill pan) - it's meant to be attached to the units either side and sits on brackets attached to the units just above plinth height then you just continue the plinth underneath. However ours is actually attached to one unit on one side and an end panel for the other side - end panel is bracketed to the floor , worktop and wall i think and then joined by panelling to the units around a corner..hard to describe but basically i'm saying you dont have to have units either side...just a panel suitably supported will suffice.

Andy