broken cooker ..

[coffeeman]

my cooker hobs and grill work fine ..but the oven is not working at all..any ideas ?

[Old_Geezer]

It is broken.

Is it electric ? Probably a broken connection. That or the heating element has gone.

[coffeeman]

yep electric...easy to fix or buy new ? :(

[Old_Geezer]

Personally I'd turn off the juice and take a look to see if I could see anything obvious. Sometmies fixing a broken connection proves easy.

Aside from that it's a personal decision. Decide what the oven is worth and whether it is worth the call out and potential repair charge compared to the cost of replacement. If it's fairly new it may be worth investing in a call out. If it is due for replacement soon anyway then maybe treating yourself is the better option.

[rosamundjohn]

buy a free standing oven and grill?

[KJN]

It is probably the element, not expensive and not very hard to change, have a look on google to find the element, I was quoted £45 labour. But done it myself.

[heathfield]

Agree with KJN. Oven element replacement is a pretty simple job.

[MichaelZZ]

Daft question:-
Are you absolutely sure that the automatic timer (if indeed there is one) is completely 'OFF'? Somtimes these dials can just get slightly knocked out of position. It happened to my daughter and she was mightily impressed that I could diagnose and solve her problem over the phone from 150 miles away!

[theshedman]

As MichaelZZ says have you checked the timer as this can often be the cause of this problem on gas or electric cookers. Can be expensive to call out engineer only for them to come out and just reset timer, as my cousin found out. Worth looking at first.

[coffeeman]

Thank s everyone...the cooker was kaput..bought a new one