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.
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December 22nd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Hi
The door on my Neff oven was loose so new hinges required. Hinges arrived this morning and I tried to fit them. As usual, getting at the hinge was easy enough but I couldn’t get them out of the oven.
One look at this site and bingo…flick the little clip and out they pop.
Thank you very much and merry Christmas!
January 29th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Re your description for removing an Hotpoint Oven Door. I’m afraid the hinge on our BD31 Double Oven (main door) is slightly different to the one you describe it doesn’t have the ‘flip-over’ catch to hook onto and lock the upper arm.
Any suggestions how I should go about removing this door?
Would be very grateful.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Look where the lower part of the hinge protrudes from the door. There is a flat washer with a cross head in it. Use a large bladed screwdriver to turn the washer so it locks the hinge in the fully opened position.
Hope that helps.
February 18th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Used the principle for Candy oven,it worked a treat.Many thanks
April 10th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Thank you so much.You made it a 3 minute Job for me.If i lived near you i would buy you at least 3 pints.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Pat
Glad to be of assistance. I will trade those three pints in for your comments on a new site I have been working on at www.first4electricals.com.
I need some feedback.
Thanks Tony
June 29th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Spent 4 hours trying to get the hinge off my hotpoint double oven door, had the oven out of the unit and stripped down no success.
Found this site and replaced faulty hinge in 5 mins
Cheers