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Are built-in and built-under ovens interchangeable?

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So, after days of scrubbing, we have come to the conclusion that the oven in our new house can't be saved.  

There are two electric ovens side-by-side under the worktop.  One is a large single, fan oven.  The other is a double oven with grill in the top and small oven underneath. 

Looking online, there are far fewer built-under ovens than those classed as built-in and I wasn't sure if they were interchangeable or not.

We can't decide if it will cost more to have everything ripped out (including the worktop) and put a freestanding cooker in or if we should just replace the ovens and keep the existing gas hob, which does work. 

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  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    edited 2 August 2021 at 9:02PM
    It depends whether you're looking at single or double ovens. All single ovens are pretty much interchangeable but double ovens vary in size between built-in and built-under. Built-in double ovens tend to be around 90cm in height which will be too tall for under a worktop whereas the built-under equivalent is usually around 70cm in height. Widths are generally standard across all ovens.
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