RIP Oven - repair or replace?

Pandilex

Recently bought a house, (electric) oven/grill worked when I moved in but the other day I turned on the oven and nothing happened. The gas hob still works though, and there is power for the spark to ignite it when switched on at the wall.

The oven/hob is pretty cheap, new it's £280 and I don't know the age or history of it although it's not particularly clean.

I am wondering if there is any way for someone incompetent like me to diagnose the problem, or if I should repair/replace.

I guess to replace I'd have to buy a new one (I'd probably spend 400 quid, having done some research), plus I would have to pay a gas safe engineer to disconnect the old one and reconnect the new one, and pay the council to take the old one away. A repair could be cheaper but it might be irrepairable, expensive to repair, or break again...

Any ideas?

SGM1

Is it electric? You won't need a gas safe engineer to replace if so!

SGM1

Probably a long shot but make sure the clock is set. If you've had a power cut or turned it off some ovens won't work till a time is put in

SailorSam

My electric oven went off a couple of years ago and it was the element which was pretty easy to do myself, i think i looked on YouTube, and apparently that's one of the most common faults. I think i paid a bit over £20 online for the part.

Pandilex

Thanks for the replies:

Oven is dual-fuel so will need gas safe bloke (electric oven, gas hob).

I think it's too simple to have anything like the timer stopping it, but I will check - you turn the dial to activate the oven but nothing happens, not a peep.

If it is an element that's gone, how do you tell? Can I shine a torch inside the oven and see? If so what might I be looking for?

SailorSam

You only need a 'gas safe' engineer for the hob.
The electric oven is usually totally seperate.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5582993_tell-oven-heating-element-thermostat.html