Advice on ovens needed please!

hi,
What ovens are you planning to install and what is protecting the cooker circuit (photo of the fuse board would help)

 

My advice is to consult with a professional electrician. These things are tricky and the whole wiring should be inspected. If the wiring is okay you can change the sockets and even put a new one if needed.

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That's good advice.

What do we have on here? Oh yes - professional electricians...

 

i would say, get the keys and go from there otherwise its all if's and but's. You can have whatever ovens you want just bear in mind you may need additional work before getting them switched on.

 

Claire, as Fats says, until the wiring is looked at we are merely speculating.

However, a couple of points; if you stack a pair of single ovens one on top of t'other like wot I think you are proposing, I think there's a fair chance the top one will risk overheating - they need good ventilation from behind, and the top one might possibly be getting hot air from the one below...

That's all 'might', of course.

But I bet that if you contact the manufacturers of single ovens and ask them if it'll be ok to fit one above another in the same unit and sharing the same ventilation space behind, they will say 'Non'. I mean, it might be ok in practice, but they won't take the risk of saying so. So it would be at your own risk to do this...

So, please instead consider a beeeg double oven.

And - a bit of probably good news - if you go for a double oven, then almost certainly the current wiring will be adequate. All it'll need is for that cooker outlet to be moved to the oven housing side, and a FSU or single socket to be moved to provide the sparks for the hob.

Peasy.

 

I don't think there is any problem with stacking two single ovens. I'm planning to do similar with an oven and a combination multifunction oven. There is nothing in my installation instructions that warns about this, and a quick google shows many sites providing housings for stacking 2 single ovens e.g. http://www.unfitted.co.uk/browse/TALL-OVEN-HOUSING-CUPBOARDS-TWO-SINGLE-OVENS. I also cannot find any web warnings that this is not practical. I think this is a good idea because 2 ovens is very handy. You don't say whether the hob is gas or electric. I notice from the specs that the oven you are looking at needs a 13A supply and the installation recommends each is on a FCU. If the hob is going to be gas, then I expect 99% there is already enough power available from the existing cooker circuit for the two ovens, if the hob is also going to be electric, you definitely need to get someone to check as the combined total may be too much for the supply. I am only DIY, so take others specific advice. You are doing something different to just slotting in a free-standing cooker, which is what it is currently supplied for. Safest and best way is to get a qualified electrician in to move the outlets to the correct position and convert to what is needed.

 

Cool, Claire and Simon - that's good news about 'stacking'.

And if each oven is rated at 13A, then almost certainly the current wiring and setup will be fine IF the hob will be gas; the supply is surely bound to be 30A plus.

And you'd be nuts not to make the hob a gas type. (Electric hobs - yuck...)

But, of course, you would need that confirmed.

Looks 'all good'.

 

as a foodie +1

 

Electric hobs are yuck ......................You're all totally mad and out of date tbh

I've got a 5 spot Neff Induction hob and its the best bit of kit in the whole house, let alone the kitchen
I could write a list of at least 20 points why induction is the best hob system on the planet but not had my dinner yet (gonna be cooked on the induction hob of course)

Seriously though, if you would like a few main points of its superiority over gas, please just ask, Claire or anyone else

And if you start by saying "but don't you need special, expensive pans to use on those hobs" well yes to a degree but no, doesn't have to be expensive and you don't have to have the pans shipped in from Mars or somewhere equally exotic

Go induction...............You wont regret it I promise (simon.....you sure your a foodie mate) ?

 

Totally familiar with induction and agree definitely the best of the electrics, but I'll be sticking to gas thanks.

 

Oi, Dave - wrong forum, mate.

Stick yer foodie comments on Screwfix's 'Culinary' Forum.

Thank you very much.

Anyways, did you hear about the lady with her brand new induction hob and brand new copper bracelet? Complete amputation at the wrist.


Ok, I made that up.

 

i've worked with induction and gas and it's gas all the way.

 

No. I have an induction hob and it's 100 times better than the gas hob that it replaced. There is no comparison. Induction every time.

 

we will have to agree to disagree.

 

READY>>>STEADY>>>BAKE

I'll judge.


Yummy.

 

Cheers DA. but couldn't find the "culinary forum" ,although that may be an idea for the mods to consider

A bunch of guys (mainly) on here swapping recipes - just nobody mention a "sausage fest"

Now that lady with the copper bracelet, probably meant as a joke but you do know DA that copper won't work with induction don't you ??

Works by magnetic energy (very basically) so any comparable items need to have a ferrous content

Come on DA , didn't you teach tech design in a former life

Still the best hobs - end of ......
Until they go wrong then that is gonna be painful on the wallet