Replacing an awkward shape microwave

scarletjim

To summarise, does anyone know of a nice big capacity microwave that is only 33cm tall(excluding feet), or slightly less? In detail...

The built-in NEFF microwave in the house I moved into last year is dead, the repair man said the part needed isn't made any more. This leaves me with 2 problems:

Firstly, I don't want to spend a huge amount of money, but I still want something that won't look out of place in my kitchen (which is easily the best room in the house, they've built and kitted it out beautifully).

But secondly, and it seems more the problem, is finding a microwave that will fit the space, as the existing model is less tall than today's models it seems... Please take a look at this picture:

https://dumpyourphoto.com/album/photo/wSXloKy97Y

The microwave itself is 53(W) x 35(H) inc feet or 33(H) exc. feet. The hole is 56(W) x 40(H) BUT there are two wooden blocks nailed securely at the bottom for the microwave to stand on (presumably to give ventilation underneath, and also to ensure it sits in the middle of the trim), so the space in which the microwave itself can fit is 35cm. By the way, the trim is 59.5 (W) x 46 (H) because obviously it extends further than the hole.

So I basically need a microwave about 53(W), but only 33(H) exc feet. If you look online, all the small 17 litre models are only 28cm tall (and not really enough capacity for me anyway), whilst all the bigger capacity models are 38cm tall, that seems to be the industry standard now, but would be too big for my space unfortunately.

Can anyone recommend a suitable model, or provide other advice?

(By the way, if anyone cares, the very old model that is broken is MW 5969...)

Thanks.

Myser

The Bosch HMT75 series should fit however, they are very costly.

keystone

Why don't you get rid of the trim?

Cheers

scarletjim

Suppose I could get rid of the trim, but then it's a really big space to fill width-wise...

keystone

http://uk.picclick.com/Neff-MW5969-Built-In-Combination-140931861463.html

mto

Have you tried looking at http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/filter/3508/microwaves.html, they have a very good advanced search where you can search for things like capacity, height, width etc.

OK, for some reason it wont let me put the website, but its idealo.

ETA apparently the website is a bit spammy

loracan1

Would replacing both trim and microwave be an option - assuming the cabinet space is a standard size. Some of the baumatic trims are about £30, (I've no idea what their microwaves are like though)



id ea lo.co.uk/filter/3508/microwaves.html - add the www. at the beginning and lose the spaces


(do MSE not get a knock back from them?)

richardw

Perhaps http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60182568/

Its_Nice_Here

I would try ebay for someone getting rid of their old one. I got a part for my microwave from someone selling theirs for parts - theirs had a different fault. It's a long shot, but if it saves a lot of hassle it could be worth a try.

The vendor may be willing to ship the part rather than the whole thing.

scarletjim

keystone wrote: »

http://uk.picclick.com/Neff-MW5969-Built-In-Combination-140931861463.html

Thanks but this one sold back in March! lol

scarletjim

mto wrote: »

Have you tried looking at http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/filter/3508/microwaves.html, they have a very good advanced search where you can search for things like capacity, height, width etc.

OK, for some reason it wont let me put the website, but its idealo.

ETA apparently the website is a bit spammy

Thanks, I had been looking on this site, unfortunately (and very bad luck) the height search is 30-35cm, or 35-40cm, and given that I need 35cm, that doesn't really help! Think I will just have to trawl through hundreds of them. Like I have nothing better to do on a Sunday morning! :eek: lol