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lostinrates

Poor dd michaels. Fainting is one thing, but vomiting in conjunction and hitting head too seems fairly worrisome.

Hope she feels brighter today.

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

This is exactly why I prefer to leave cleaning the top of the oven to the professional over cleaning person every once in a while. I can cope with a bit of carbonised food being on there, but strong chemicals in such close proximity to food doesn't feel like a good idea to me. The oven cleaning person told me that the materials they use are much less chemically nasty than the oven cleaners sold for household use - because they take the thing nearly to bits to clean it, they can get it clean with gentler stuff.

Note to self - haven't had oven cleaning person for ages. Must get him back in. And the piano tuner.

Unsurprisingly we don't have a professional. But I agree the job they do is IN CREDIBLY good.

Fir cleaned our oven 'properly' ( but not professionally) yesterday morning. I put the shelves through the Dw every now and then, but they don't come out perfect, and wipe the base ( and ask fir to wipe base of lower oven) removing carbonised food.

I by no means keep ours professionally clean.....but am motivated to keep it reasonably clean.

Wheezy_2

Doozergirl wrote: »

Has michaels found a camera?

Canon PowerShot 12MP Black Bridge.

Was £279.99 will be £119 plus £10 voucher in Argos tomorrow. Could reserve it now. (Showing £139.99)

http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/1712483.htm

Not sure if it's too bulky, but on the face of it, it's better (but bigger) than our slip into pocket Canon and I love our one.

That sounds like a cracking deal, but as PN says, the website is down

LydiaJ wrote: »

Do any of the NP clean their ovens after every use? It has never occurred to me do that. Am I a slob, or are the people who comply with the recommendation to clean after every use being OCD about it??

You're not a slob, Lydia.
We clean ours when we both come to the conclusion of 'hmm yes it does look a bit grubby now, time for a clean'

GDB2222

Apparently, LIR was spotted going for a test drive in her RR.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

My cooker hood, while it looks clean, is definitely a bit greasy to the touch. I've never had/used a cooker hood before, so that's a whole new area of expertise to research.

I plan/need to read about it thoroughly, then take it apart to find out what sort of inserts it needs (does it?)... and get some/fit them. And all the removable parts need to be de-gunked thoroughly......

I suspect it vents to the outside world, but not sure.

A lot of hoods are this design and have panels that unclip and can go in the dishwasher. Usually there is a simple latch mechanism. Video here.

GDB2222

Wheezy wrote: »

You're not a slob, Lydia.
We clean ours when we both come to the conclusion of 'hmm yes it does look a bit grubby now, time for a clean'

+1.


Ten characters.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yesterday I said I couldn't get google to load. That hasn't changed. All other websites load. Every one of them. But not google. Status bar says "connecting" and it never does. I also did ping google.com and it just says request timed out.

Annoying..... I am having to use yahoo.co.uk for searches instead!

Google is the only site that won't load - and it won't load in any browser.

Try google.co.uk

Sounds like you have loaded another search engine that is blocking others.

Try this one: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

A lot of hoods are this design and have panels that unclip and can go in the dishwasher. Usually there is a simple latch mechanism. Video here.

People always install cooker hoods at head height (for me), and those square corners do a lot of damage. My main criterion for choosing one now is that it has to have rounded corners.

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I plan/need to read about it thoroughly, then take it apart to find out what sort of inserts it needs (does it?)... and get some/fit them. And all the removable parts need to be de-gunked thoroughly......

I suspect it vents to the outside world, but not sure.

Well, just check if there's any vent outlet on your outside wall.
We have one of those non-venting ones, it just catches the gunk and that's it. It's !!!!. You can get cheapo filters on ebay though.
I'd love a vented one, but our hob isn't near any outside wall.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

A lot of hoods are this design and have panels that unclip and can go in the dishwasher. Usually there is a simple latch mechanism. Video here.

No dishwasher. All cleaning in this house is done by hand. Bit of a nuisance when it comes to oven racks as they're bigger than the sink.