50cm cooker in a 60cm gap - yay or nay

victor2

Hootie19 wrote: »

I have asked my husband if he could fashion some kind of "plug" to fill the gap in, and he's "pondering on it".

Not really sure how much leeway you have fot DIY in a housing association place, but presumably they'd be ok with it.

Position the cooker so that the gap is all on one side. Only one gap to ponder then. Gap will also be big enough to retrieve things that have fallen down it, or even clean down there!

Hootie19

Thank you - will go for it then :-)

FatVonD

You could replace the worktop to one side with one that is 10cm longer than the current one so it meets the cooker then food wouldn't be able to spill down and you'd also have space for a towel rail underneath, go for it!

Oldernotwiser

FatVonD wrote: »

You could replace the worktop to one side with one that is 10cm longer than the current one so it meets the cooker then food wouldn't be able to spill down and you'd also have space for a towel rail underneath, go for it!

Which would rather negate the benefit of getting a cheap cooker, don't you think?

Hootie19

Plus it's a rented property, so chances are the landlord wouldn't be happy with my daughter ripping out the worktop. It's a brand new flat, too.

But thank you for trying to help nevertheless, FatVonD.

Hootie19

OK. It's a 7 year old cooker, 50cm wide, with a halogen hob, and it "needs a clean". She wants £60 for it. Does that sound reasonable?

I have no idea what "it needs a clean" entails - could be a professional job, or it could be a wipe over with some Mr Muscle!!

victor2

You won't know until you see it, but so long as the elements and oven work, it could just be cosmetic.
Halogen elements are expensive and may be difficult to obtain, but they should last the life of the cooker. What finished our halogen cooker off a number of years ago was when the OH dropped a heavy saucepan onto the glass top (which was very tough, and had survived much abuse, but finally cracked). It was about 15 years old by then, and OH wasn't exactly heartbroken when she told me she'd broken it!

Ravenlady_2

I think you need to tone it down a bit with your 'what if' scenario's and let her set up house without you worrying or having an opinion about everything she gets or sets up with, I think about 90% of us on here started out just like she is with odd and ends donated or bought cheaply from other people.

Personally I started out with nothing and still got most of it left.

Relax, if its safe to use it will be fine, bit of dirt never hurt anyone.

victor2

Ravenlady wrote: »

I think you need to tone it down a bit with your 'what if' scenario's and let her set up house without you worrying or having an opinion about everything she gets or sets up with, I think about 90% of us on here started out just like she is with odd and ends donated or bought cheaply from other people.

Personally I started out with nothing and still got most of it left.

Relax, if its safe to use it will be fine, bit of dirt never hurt anyone.

Or you could just be a normal concerned parent trying to help her child out, which DD may well appreciate, as it sounds like she's already asked for advice.

Ames

I think £60 is way over the top for something so old. Have a look on ebay and freecycle, or charity shops.