Replacing old single oven

[Tyrone Dawes]

Just looking for some advice on the replacing of an old single oven which was built in to the kitchen of the property I've brought, as I'm currently gutting the old built in appliances, fridge and freezer down and just the oven to go.

I've swapped the fridge and freezers for some cupboard units, I want to swap out the oven for a cooker, and change the hob unit separately. is this something that is as easy as my head says it should be.

I believe that the cooker should fit in the same slot of 60cm width, once the housing of the cooker has been removed. I'm not in the habit of messing with electrics so anything that gets done will be done by a sparky, I just want to know what I'm getting myself in for, before I go on the hunt.

Cheers

 

[BigBoy]

Out of interest are you looking to replace the oven with a free standing cooker?

Also why join a computer forum just ta ask a question about DIY?

 

[NickK]

Just looking for some advice on the replacing of an old single oven which was built in to the kitchen of the property I've brought, as I'm currently gutting the old built in appliances, fridge and freezer down and just the oven to go.

I've swapped the fridge and freezers for some cupboard units, I want to swap out the oven for a cooker, and change the hob unit separately. is this something that is as easy as my head says it should be.

I believe that the cooker should fit in the same slot of 60cm width, once the housing of the cooker has been removed. I'm not in the habit of messing with electrics so anything that gets done will be done by a sparky, I just want to know what I'm getting myself in for, before I go on the hunt.

Cheers

It depends - you will need to look at the current the oven draws. It should be on it's own main into the consumer unit and if you have an induction hob then you'll need a juicy cable - probably a second main into consumer unit (I'm not an electrician just remember the discussions with the electrician).

For the kitchen refit the new Bosch series 8 has a connector almost like a kettle which makes installing it easy after the electrician laid the electrics. It was into a 60cm space IIRC. We have a gas hob which only needs 240V mains connection (although in hindsight running a second 16A cable into the hob area even if it wasn't used may have been a good thing for future proofing).

You'll probably want to bring the wiring etc back up to current standards too - look at the insulator positioning for example. We have a gang isolator for the hood, hob, oven and fridge but separate isolators for the dishwasher and washing machine.

 

[Demon]

if you have an induction hob then you'll need a juicy cable - probably a second main into consumer unit (I'm not an electrician just remember the discussions with the electrician).

Surprisingly some induction hobs I've looked at are configurable to lower wattages/current to allow them to be used on various feeds.. I think I've seen some that run off 13A (normal socket) are can be configured down that low. The knock on effect is simply that if you want to have maximum power on more than one pan at a time you need more than 13A..

I had the electrician run a spare 45A circuit to the kitchen ready for me revamping it just for the Hob as we've had to get rid of the gas supply in the kitchen, however that seems overkill now, most hobs are well under this, only a handful get close to 30A..

Just looking for some advice on the replacing of an old single oven which was built in to the kitchen of the property I've brought, as I'm currently gutting the old built in appliances, fridge and freezer down and just the oven to go.

I've swapped the fridge and freezers for some cupboard units, I want to swap out the oven for a cooker, and change the hob unit separately. is this something that is as easy as my head says it should be.

I believe that the cooker should fit in the same slot of 60cm width, once the housing of the cooker has been removed. I'm not in the habit of messing with electrics so anything that gets done will be done by a sparky, I just want to know what I'm getting myself in for, before I go on the hunt.

Cheers

You seem to be on the right lines, 60cm is the standard width for either an appliance built in cupboard (the actual built in appliance is under 60cm..) or a standalone appliance.

In terms of electricity, that will entirely depend on what supply you already have for your old single oven.. You can get single ovens that run off a normal 13A socket and some that need a 20-30A supply..
A standalone cooker, if all electric, will no doubt need more than a standard 13A socket since it has an oven (or 2) and a hob to feed potentially simultaneously..
I was lucky when I upgraded my single oven to a double oven, the original builder had fitted a 45A feed just for that, so it was just a simple 10 minute exercise of just unscrewing one set of wires and screwing the other set in..

 

[tom_nieto]

Ovencookers.com ?