My wife wants to change our existing cooker which is a separate hob and oven to a free standing cooker.
At the moment the hob is cut into the worktop and the oven is in a separate carcass.
This means having to cut the necessary gap in the worktop so that the oven will slide in.
I can't remove the worktop to cut from underneath without doing extensive dmage to the tiles etc.
Is there a way to cut the worktop in situ without lifting/cracking the laminate?
The only way I've been able to think of is to use the existing hob as a templete, mark lines either side to give the required 600mm gap, drill a series of small holes then use a jigsaw to cut through the holes and break the top out.
This would mean having to do some tidying up afterwards to make a neat edge and I'm not sure how I would work around the bullnose.
On a scale of 1 to 10 my carpentry skills are about 1 but this won't deter the lady of the house insisting "it can be done".
Would appreciate any advice on the best way to proceed.
Thanks
At the moment the hob is cut into the worktop and the oven is in a separate carcass.
This means having to cut the necessary gap in the worktop so that the oven will slide in.
I can't remove the worktop to cut from underneath without doing extensive dmage to the tiles etc.
Is there a way to cut the worktop in situ without lifting/cracking the laminate?
The only way I've been able to think of is to use the existing hob as a templete, mark lines either side to give the required 600mm gap, drill a series of small holes then use a jigsaw to cut through the holes and break the top out.
This would mean having to do some tidying up afterwards to make a neat edge and I'm not sure how I would work around the bullnose.
On a scale of 1 to 10 my carpentry skills are about 1 but this won't deter the lady of the house insisting "it can be done".
Would appreciate any advice on the best way to proceed.
Thanks