Buying new integrated double oven?

moonpenny

My integrated fan oven tripped the electrics yesterday and now won't heat up.
I have a double oven set into tall unit. The top small oven is conventional oven and the bottom one is the fan oven.  I rarely use the top oven but that is still working.

The fan on the bottom oven has been making loud rattling noises on and off for some time and is about 13 years old.  I am not sure if the fan is still working but it is not heating up at all.

Anyway, I have decided to bite the bullet and look for a replacement but am thinking of a fan oven and microwave instead of 2 ovens.
How on earth do I work out what is going to fit?
I have looked at the spec on Currys etc for cupboard dimensions etc but too technical  for me am afraid.

Are most fitted ovens standard sizes so will fit in any unit or is it more complicated? Don't  know where to start on figuring out what will fit.

Albermarle

In a fan oven there is an heating element as part of the fan. These do fail ( as does the fan itself ) from time to time.
It is a relatively low cost item, and if you are that way inclined I think you can fit a new one DIY. Or of course get someone to do it. 
New heating element will be about £25. If a new fan needed then about £75.

If you do want to replace the whole oven with just a new fan oven, I think one option would be to  also have a air fryer.
I think the majority of people would have a microwave anyway, regardless of what oven(s) they had. 

danrv

Sounds like the element has failed. Probably a fairly cheap fix along with a replacement fan.
The standard oven width is just under 60cm. Depth is 57cm approx. The height varies on oven type but it looks like a combi oven/microwave is around 45cm in height.
Smaller than your double oven so will fit in ok.

https://www.currys.co.uk/techtalk/how-to/how-to-measure-for-a-built-in-oven.html

Keep_pedalling

If you are going to replace the oven I would get one with a combi oven at the top. We inherited one when we moved into our bungalow last year. The combi gets used a lot more than the bottom one as I rarely cook meals that require 2 shelves, so the combi mainly gets used as a small fan oven or a microwave. The big oven only gets used if I am doing a full roast dinner. 

Rodders53

MSE advice would be to repair
Rattling noises could be from built up fatty deposits burnt on around the fan / grille it blows through.  A good clean while replacing the circular element around it might cure that.

Make and model of existing oven?  The manual(s) for it will give the oven housing aperture dimensions... and that will determine what can fit without carpentry modification to the existing housing to alter aperture / add support shelves as required.  Armed with the existing oven dimensions and the aperture then a talk with retailers might enable some short-listing?  Local kitchen appliance places like Euronics members, rather than Currys may be better for advice?

Then there may be electrical alterations to supply two rather than a single appliance (do you get oven/microwave in one appliance?).

Bigphil1474

OP, our old oven used to trip out when the bulb blew, worth checking. As above, it's also pretty cheap to replace the heating element and even if the fan is on its way out. Difficulty is getting someone to do it. We did have a Domestic and General policy on our cooker which was handy, bit expensive if nothing needs fixing though, but very easy to get an engineer out, and there was no extra cost.

TELLIT01

I haven't seen any built in single oven and microwave combos, but that doesn't mean they aren't out there.  I don't think a single oven and seperate microwave would fit the same space as a double oven. Apart from anything else, there would need to  be a shelf between the oven and microwave if they were seperate items.

moonpenny

Thanks everyone for all your comments.

I have had it fixed. Chap came out on the day I phoned and was fixed within half an hour.  Fan was perfectly fine but the heating element had gone so was replaced. All is good now!