Removing an electric cooker and hob

doorstop12

Hi all

Apologies if this is a terribly stupid question:

I'm intending to remove an electric oven and hob this evening. I understand that there are likely to be 4 screws visible when I open the oven door; I remove these and (fingers crossed) the oven slides out. I'm then expecting to see clamps and maybe another 4 screws holding the hob in place. Remove these, cut the sealant etc and prize the hob out above the worktop.

If all the electrics are off at the fusebox, am I safe to carry-out this work? The cooker wouldn't have its own supply etc.?

Many thanks for any tips and advice & and I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine.

KennyH1

If the electrics are off at the fuse box then the power to the cooker should be off. It should definitely not have its own supply and i'd worry about the rest of your house if it did.

Best way to check is turn off at the fuse box and then turn the oven on. If it works then you have a problem.

Avoriaz

Why are you removing the oven and hob?

Is it an electric hob?

If both oven and hob are electric and you have isolated the power then removal is usually fairly straightforward.

doorstop12

Thanks both. Removing it as the whole kitchen is being replaced. It's a nice Miele one so hoping it will be easy to re-fit once the units are in.

muckybutt

A bit late jumping in but tape the individual ends up on the cables as you disconnect them, if the cooker is on an rcd fed mcb and the neutral and earths touch it will / should trip the rcd

doorstop12

So the oven slid out in seconds, couldn't have been easier.

The hob, however, is proving difficult. There's no sealant holding it in place. In the slight gap (3mm) between the worktop cut-out and the hob itself, I can see small silver fixings. They have been screwed to the vertical edges of the worktop but I'm unable to access the screws. Would I need to remove the base of the hob in order to access them? Seems a bit silly.

I have tried to persuade the hob out with a bit of force, but to no avail....

Any help would really be appreciated.

Avoriaz

It is very difficult to comment without a picture or being on site.

Presumably the screws are accessed by removing the top or the base although I suppose that is stating the obvious.

Sorry, I can't help any further than that.