Integrated oven housing? Just a stripped out cupboard?

GreenSheep

Hello all.

My mother has a range cooker and, like many owners, would also like a conventional oven and hob fitted.

So I'm going to be a good son and fit her one. Just started thinking about the job...
I've worked out a nice place for it to go in the utility room in the space of a 600mm cupboard unit.
I've decided that I need to fit a double cooker as I won't be able to get hold of a 'blanking piece' if I did a single.
So I'm fitting a double electric cooker and electric hob for her.

I was planning on just removing the 600mm cupboard and fitting in a 600mm appliance housing. But... If I'm fitting a double cooker, and therefore not using the reducing shelf, what is the difference between an appliance housing and me just removing everything (draw, door, shelf, etc.) from the existing unit and standing the cooker in that?

I cannot find a good brochure with all dimensions in - I was sure Wickes did a very good one years ago but I cannot find it online.
A good set of dimensions would likely answer my question.

Hope this makes sense?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

GreenSheep

prosaver

you could design it like this and buy your own shelfs..must put holes in shelves and leave back off, for ventilation

GreenSheep

Thank you for the reply.
But I think you've missed what I'm asking... Or, more likely, I've explained it poorly.

A double cooker doesn't need a shelf, right?
So can a cooker just live inside an emptied 600mm unit?

Carer

We've just done exactly this. Ours is a built under double oven as that was the only option we could go for. We removed a free standing cooker and replaced the worktop so we could fit a hob over it.
We bought the oven housing unit as specified on the cooker sales page.
HOWEVER when it came to fitting it, the double oven has feet and doesn't sit on a shelf at all - it sits straight on the floor so the housing cupboard wasn't actually needed at all. It actually says in the fitting manual to NOT use an oven housing unit. We were very annoyed as we'd already bought and assembled the unit so couldn't return it.
We had some plinth left from when we did the kitchen 10 years ago so we just fitted that along the bottom to hide the feet and it looks great.

GreenSheep

Mine will need a unit.
So I'm still at a loss as your whether a stripped out carcass would serve this purpose...

Carer

Yes I'm sure it would. Oven housing units have no special spec or anything.

carly

have a look at https://www.diykitchens.co.uk. They have pictures of oven housings and base unit carcaes and you can compare the differences and see what suits you.

booty40uk

Most double ovens wont require a unit. They are either floor standing or fit on brackets attached to the adjacent units. In each case, the plinth runs straight across.


A double electric oven will require a dedicated circuit.

Carer

Just to mention (you probably already know this) that you will need a dedicated power supply from the fuse box for the double oven, you can't just plug it in to a normal socket like some of the smaller ones.

Rodders53

A built in double oven with eye-level grill etc.,. usually fit in a special oven housing cabinet... 600mm wide less 2x 10mm (?) carcass sides. They have other doors/drawers etc above and below.

A single built-under oven fits in a cupboard housing and usually have a blank panel underneath the oven (perhaps a small drawer?) : 600mm wide less 2x 10mm (?) carcass sides.

A double built under oven is wider and will usually sit on two brackets fitted to the adjacent carcasses... some may sit on the floor with adjustable feet. So 600 wide (v. slightly less). Any existing cupboard carcass will need removing to fit one of these double ovens.

I know this cos I replaced a single with a double built under and have had a 'proper' double oven before.

GreenSheep

Thanks for all the replies.

And, yes, in the utility room in the correct corner is the DB with a couple of spare ways on it (luckily).

Thanks again.