Oven Heat Deflector Strips

Leodogger

Can anyone tell me how I can protect my adjoining vinyl covered floor unit doors from heat from a side opening oven door?    We have already had to replace this unit door once after we rented out the property and the tenant used the oven and it curled the vinyl on the cabinet door and we had to replace it.    We have since not used the oven which is side opening onto the cabinet and the oven sits a bit further forward that the cabinet door so gets the blast of heat every time the oven door is opened.   We now want to use the oven again but need something to protect the side of the cabinet door from the heat.   I have attached a picture to show the problem.   Any suggestions?

FreeBear

B&Q (and other sheds) sell heat deflector strips that are intended for this job. Costs about £10 for a pair. Pull the oven out, cut the strips to length, attach to the front edge of the housing. The oven slots back in, job done.

There are several holes in each strip - You need to line them up to suit the fixing screws on the oven (or drill some new ones). Be careful when buying the strips - If you get a pack that has been opened, check to see if the two strips are a pair - They are "handed" - I had to pick over several packs at B&Q last time I needed a pair...

Leodogger

FreeBear said:

B&Q (and other sheds) sell heat deflector strips that are intended for this job. Costs about £10 for a pair. Pull the oven out, cut the strips to length, attach to the front edge of the housing. The oven slots back in, job done.

There are several holes in each strip - You need to line them up to suit the fixing screws on the oven (or drill some new ones). Be careful when buying the strips - If you get a pack that has been opened, check to see if the two strips are a pair - They are "handed" - I had to pick over several packs at B&Q last time I needed a pair...

Do you mean you have to drill the oven housing itself?   My husband thought about doing that with a steel strip he bought but thought it might be dangerous as you don't know where in the oven housing all the electrics are?   By the way have you got a link to the item on B & Q because I have looked and can't find anything on there for the job.

grumbler

I'm pretty sure he meant the cabinet

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Leodogger

grumbler said:

I'm pretty sure he meant the cabinet.

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If you look at my picture, my oven is nothing like that and fixing it to the cabinet would not protect the door which is bevel edge and the oven door opens sideways from right to left as you are looking at it and the oven stands proud of the edge of the units, so that type of heat deflector I would say would not be suitable.  My oven is a stand alone, not a fitted integrated unit.