From time to time I like to give help and tips on the repair of domestic appliances and when time permits I’ll submit a post here when I have something I think will really benefit the community.
This time it is not a repair or servicing tip but just to let all my readers know we have extended our spare parts listing to include a new category for Stoves. As you well know the brand name Stoves is part of the Glen Dimplex group who also look after Belling. We have been supplying spare parts for Belling since time began but thought it was now time to dedicate some internet real estate to Stove Spares and Stove Parts.
As you can appreciate, the parts that are used on Belling Cookers may well be found on the Stoves Cookers and vice versa. So some of the parts we have may well be duplicated throughout the site and will appear under both the Belling sections and the Stoves sections. This is particularly true to cooker elements like fan circular elements.
On the Glen Dimplex web site they say “Glen Dimplex Home Appliances are now the largest manufacturer of cooking products in the UK.” Now if that is the case then it would make sense to use the same parts throughout all of their brand. So don’t be to surprised if you are to order a Stoves spare part it may come labeled as a Belling spare part.
If you care to look at our Stoves Spares section and don’t see what your looking for then do please drop me a line, I will answer most inquiries the same day.
A lot of unnecessary oven repairs can be avoided if you take care and condition of your appliance. Cleaning is a must with an oven as the build up of burnt on grease and fat can cause untold damage to part of the oven especially the air circulation.
From time to time you may find you need to clean the inside of the oven glass.
To do this you may need to remove the outer glass.
On Hotpoint and or Creda type built in Ovens it may only be necessary to remove the outer glass without having to remove the whole of the oven door.
After you have isolated the appliance from the electrical supply, open the oven door to about 45 deg and grip both the inner door panel and outer door glass with handle.
Remove the two screws and fibre washers at each end of the oven door.
Pull the outer door glass and handle assembly at the top outwards while still holding the inner door panel.
You may need to ask someone to give you a helping hand at this stage.
Now unhook the outer glass and handle assembly at the bottom by lifting the glass door upwards.
Do not let go of the inner door panel once the outer glass assembly has been removed.
The tension in the door hinge springs are such that allow for the weight of the outer door glass assembly. If you let go now it will spring shut at such a force it may shatter the inner door glass panel. The result being you have now lost all your browny points.
Just return the inner door panel to the closed position.
The inner and outer door glass can now be cleaned using only warm soapy water and cloth taking care not to damage the glass.
Refitting the outer glass assembly is the reversal of removing the glass ensuring the bottom of the outer door glass fits correctly into the bottom of the inner door assembly.
There are a wide range of manufacturers available today that can provide you with that ideal cooker hood. Things to consider when choosing a Cooker Hood are design and installation. These are paramount in choosing the correct operation of your kitchen appliance.
One company worthy of a mention are D R Cooker Hoods. On their website they are quoted to say ‘ Elica are the world’s No 1. They are the company that manufactures for most of the recognised brand names. Elica, the brand exclusive to D R Cooker Hoods, the Company that have pioneered the product for over 25 years.’
Pretty bold statement that but go check them out for yourself. Loads of information there and stuff you never really thought you needed to know.
The one thing to remember with a cooker hood is, you need maintain the efficiency of the hood so it can give you years of uninterrupted service. To do this you need to check the filters are free and clean of grease and debris.
Grease Filter
Your hood may be of the recirculating type or evacuation type so will be fitted with different types of grease filters but mainly they will absorb grease and dust particles and the most commonly used grease filters are those made from metal, disposable paper or active carbon.
Metal grease filters are typically long-life filters and consist of layers or lattice like. The deeper the layers can have an effect on the extraction process and so lessen the efficiency of the cooker hood. For this reason it is important that the correct type of grease filter be fitted.
I have been working on this for sometime and we hope to bring this update date on a weekly basis. We cater for all the usual appliance manufactures like Ariston Cookers and Ariston Dishwashers, Belling Cookers and Ovens right through to Zanussi Cooker or Dishwasher.
We are open to suggestions for the new element web store and if you can’t find the element you are looking for, we have added an online request form for you to use.
We get this asked all the time. How do I remove the oven door?
It’s actually quite difficult to explain this over the phone and I get asked this virtually on a daily basis. I mean, how do you explain what an hoofadoofa is and what the roundy bit on the twisty mode is. People naturally have their on interpretation of the names of the different parts are so it can get confusing, so lets have a picture.
This is only an example of what a hinge might look like, this one is from a Hotpoint Cooker and yours might look completely different but the principle is the same.
Firstly open door fully and then place the metal clips, part B, which form part of the hinge arm, part A, onto the hook on the under side of the hinge arm, part C. Once you have done this you have then locked the hinges in position but be aware that the hinge springs are now fully loaded.
Now you can remove the door as illustrated in the second picture here. There are two movements here but you must hold the door by the sides. Do not hold the door by the handle because once the door is off the oven you will have the weight of the door on the handle, it will break off and your door will be in a thousand bits on the kitchen floor. I have no problem in supplying you with a new door but you don’t want to part with 100 quid at this stage.
While holding the door at the sides, lift it to 45 deg and then pull it towards you. You should now be able to safely remove the oven door.
