Replace 31 year old AEG Built in Oven - Cannot find an oven to fit cabinet

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#2686475 5-Apr-2021 03:19

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alisam:

I think the AEG must be a slimline model, because all the ovens I have re-searched on-line require a bigger cabinet that what we have.

Ugh, I feel your pain. "Slimline" is actually Italian for "doesn't fit any standard bakeware/cookware you try to put in it".

Think it’s pretty clear from the thread now that OP was mistaken - does not actually have a slimline model.

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#2686601 5-Apr-2021 11:30

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@alisam We are currently re-doing our kitchen as a result of a very similar conversation about replacing a 1985 wall oven that is slowly dying! :-(

Things to be aware of....

1/ Older ovens were designed with an external lip that went around the outer edge of the hole in the cabinetry and they were also usually proud of the cabinetry as a result of the lip. The body of the oven (and the hole) was often say 600mm but the face was wider.

2/ Modern ovens are designed to be flush mounted and the standard 600mm is the width of the face, but they are mounted on wooden rails inside the hole which reduces the width of the oven itself. This also means that they wont necessarily mount in the existing hole as the older oven was screwed to the cabinetry from the lip around the edge, but the modern one requires a lip inside the hole to screw it to. Your AEG is a bit younger than ours but worth checking how it is mounted.

3/ Older ovens were also often designed to have an air gap around the sides of the oven (ours is about 90-100mm on either side. Modern ovens are designed to be flush with the side walls, significantly reducing the space required so that is good.

Our experience was that kitchen cabinet makers are generally not very interested in rebuilding just the cabinet that the oven is in to accommodate a new oven. They apparently have too much work doing big new kitchens in all the new housing developments so will only really talk to you if you are looking to do a full rebuild. Expect to not get much change out of $30-$40K once you go down that path so good to avoid it if you can!

If your current wall oven is flush mounted then you are probably in much better shape than we were. I would suggest taking a tape measure and measuring all you can on your oven then head into your local appliance shop and do the same with the actual units. Its amazing what you discover! :-)

Good luck!

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#2702135 5-May-2021 11:21

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@alisam Interested to know if/how this was resolved - what did you end up doing?

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#2702157 5-May-2021 11:56

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@alisam Interested to know if/how this was resolved - what did you end up doing?

Absolutely nothing.

I would like to but but the mistress of the house wants to leave it and/or not think about it.

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