Replacing a built-in oven

[SiD the Turtle]

So my oven is on the blink, it doesn't hit the requested temperature, and putting it up to max it takes forever to get there. It's a cheapo 'comes with the house' oven and I've been wanting to swap it out eventually, but the question is how. Here's what it looks like:

The whole unit is sitting on legs, I can't seem to take off the wood panel below the oven to see what's in there. Underneath all I can see is the slack from the electric cable (electric oven, no gas supply in the room). If I open the oven door there are screws on either side that I guess will allow me to slide the whole unit out.

Is it as simple as buying a replacement unit? I really don't want to have to start replacing the kitchen cabinets. Could I go full height? Note the air grille on the panel I pulled off, what's it for?

Is this something that's easy to replace or should I be paying for install?

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Cheers folks. I'l have a bash tonight to see how it's all put together.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Yes, it's got in own circuit at the fuse box. The oven and hob are on the same switch next to the hob.

The replacement oven I've been looking at is 16 amp, so some thorough investigation is needed before I start buying anything.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

I bet that one will be plugged in rather than hardwired. Is the oven on its own circuit at the fuse box and does it have a local isolation switch next to the oven?

So I've checked and you're right. The hob above is hard wired, there's a switch-less socket next to it that the oven is plugged in to, it seems to be a spur off the hard wired hob connection:

The cooker fuse in the main box seems to be rated to 40 amps. I assume though that that's to allow the higher energy usage of the hob, but then you've got a standard socket that will allow only 13 amps.

So (in theory, regs aside) would I be right in saying if I got a standard 13 amp oven, I could just wire it with a plug or hard wire it into that spur, but a 16 amp one would probably require a bit more work?

If it's even slightly complex I'll get a sparky in as this isn't my area of expertise.