Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Installing a Slide-in oven
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TLB
05-20-07, 10:21 PM
Our current free-standing oven is on its last legs. I recently purchased a lightly used slide-in oven as part of package deal. Now I'm trying to figure out if I can actually use it. There are three problems I think I need to deal with:
1) Adequate support: I haven't yet seen the slide-in oven uninstalled, but it looks like it supports itself on the edges of the counter on each of the two sides and at the back. The edges of our existing counter don't protrude from the edges of the cabinetry, so I'm not sure if this oven will be able to hang there. And there's nothing to hold it up in back, which leads me to...
2) It looks like there will be a gap at the back of the oven. Our Formica counter top has a curved back that goes up a few inches. I've thought about filling the gap with ceramic tiles. (I've been thinking about tiling the wall behind the oven for years anyway to make it easier to clean.) But I'm not sure I can make an attractive transition between the tiles and the counter top.
3) In the house that the oven is coming out of, I noticed that the baseboard runs right under the front of the oven. Our baseboard, of course, is interrupted by the space where the oven goes. I think the gap will look bad. Is there a good way to piece in another piece of baseboard (chipped wood with a faux wood finish) without leaving an ugly line at the joints?
At Lowe's, a lady told me to just forget it. But maybe someone will have an idea how to solve my problems and make it work. If not, I've got a nice slide-in oven for sale! :-) One idea I had to solve problem 1 and maybe 3 was to fashion some sort of feet to turn the slide-in oven into a conventional one.
1) Adequate support: I haven't yet seen the slide-in oven uninstalled, but it looks like it supports itself on the edges of the counter on each of the two sides and at the back. The edges of our existing counter don't protrude from the edges of the cabinetry, so I'm not sure if this oven will be able to hang there. And there's nothing to hold it up in back, which leads me to...
2) It looks like there will be a gap at the back of the oven. Our Formica counter top has a curved back that goes up a few inches. I've thought about filling the gap with ceramic tiles. (I've been thinking about tiling the wall behind the oven for years anyway to make it easier to clean.) But I'm not sure I can make an attractive transition between the tiles and the counter top.
3) In the house that the oven is coming out of, I noticed that the baseboard runs right under the front of the oven. Our baseboard, of course, is interrupted by the space where the oven goes. I think the gap will look bad. Is there a good way to piece in another piece of baseboard (chipped wood with a faux wood finish) without leaving an ugly line at the joints?
At Lowe's, a lady told me to just forget it. But maybe someone will have an idea how to solve my problems and make it work. If not, I've got a nice slide-in oven for sale! :-) One idea I had to solve problem 1 and maybe 3 was to fashion some sort of feet to turn the slide-in oven into a conventional one.
Snoonyb
05-21-07, 04:12 AM
You are saying oven, yet you are describing a free standing range, which you intend to replace with a slide-in range.
If you have the make and model no. you can find installation instructions by doing a google search.
Clue: Slide-in's set on a platform.
If you have the make and model no. you can find installation instructions by doing a google search.
Clue: Slide-in's set on a platform.
caleyg
05-21-07, 08:04 AM
I think you really need to replace the countertop to use this, and probably need to either re-set the base cabinets or purchase a filler strip. I don't think you can make it look acceptable without having a cutout in the countertop wrapping around it.
My guess is that will cost more than a new range.
My guess is that will cost more than a new range.