Ok, first off, this could be for the Wood forum, but I thought it was more of a question that is specifically concerned with the correct procedure for installing and insulating an oven from the surrounding kitchen cabinets.
The base (bottom) element in a Teba TFA10 integrated oven has stopped working, so I purchased a replacement and had the time today to disconnect and remove the oven from the cabinet space. The oven is basically resting on the cupboard below, and has a shelf above the oven, so it's a fairly snug fit, although the shelf above is merely resting on the control panel section rather than the actual oven casing.
This is what I discovered when I removed the oven from the cabinet:
As you can see, the cupboard top that sits below the oven is quite severely charcoaled!
Now, I'm not sure how long ago the oven was installed, but it seems a bit odd that there is next to no gap between the oven and the cupboard below. The boiler in this house is being replaced this week and has been estimated to be something like 7-10+ years old, so I guess the oven is around the same age...
I found the manual for the oven, but it's more of an operation manual than a service/installation manual. Here is the installation page:
So, it mentions that adequate support is required below the oven, but does not specify any required material for the support, nor air gaps, etc.
I'm not entirely sure what to do at this point. I have a few ideas on what to do:
1) I was thinking possibly I could put a thin sheet of asbestos substitute over the charred cabinet, which wouldn't require any adjustment to the oven position, nor the shelf above.
2) Place a ~6mm sheet of concrete/wood fibreboard on top of the charred cabinet, adjusting the position of the shelf above, and maybe painting any visible fibreboard along the front face.
3) Use some sort of heat shield foil/fabric material (as used in cars, around part of engines, turbos, etc.) This would not require moving the oven and shelf above.
I've lived at this house for just over a year now, and long story short, a lot of the house has been done wrong (e.g. almost all the doors hung the wrong way, swinging into the room) so it wouldn't surprise me if this oven was installed wrong. Although, to be fair, the installation doesn't go against any directions in the manual...
I'm leaning towards the heat-shield fabric, as I've just had a little discussion with a friend who says that the stuff he uses around sections of his engine can resist temperatures up to 800°C. The charred cabinet is a bit of a puzzler though, could I just chip the loose charcoal away and fill it in with wood filler or some kind of general filler?
The base (bottom) element in a Teba TFA10 integrated oven has stopped working, so I purchased a replacement and had the time today to disconnect and remove the oven from the cabinet space. The oven is basically resting on the cupboard below, and has a shelf above the oven, so it's a fairly snug fit, although the shelf above is merely resting on the control panel section rather than the actual oven casing.
This is what I discovered when I removed the oven from the cabinet:
As you can see, the cupboard top that sits below the oven is quite severely charcoaled!
Now, I'm not sure how long ago the oven was installed, but it seems a bit odd that there is next to no gap between the oven and the cupboard below. The boiler in this house is being replaced this week and has been estimated to be something like 7-10+ years old, so I guess the oven is around the same age...
I found the manual for the oven, but it's more of an operation manual than a service/installation manual. Here is the installation page:
So, it mentions that adequate support is required below the oven, but does not specify any required material for the support, nor air gaps, etc.
I'm not entirely sure what to do at this point. I have a few ideas on what to do:
1) I was thinking possibly I could put a thin sheet of asbestos substitute over the charred cabinet, which wouldn't require any adjustment to the oven position, nor the shelf above.
2) Place a ~6mm sheet of concrete/wood fibreboard on top of the charred cabinet, adjusting the position of the shelf above, and maybe painting any visible fibreboard along the front face.
3) Use some sort of heat shield foil/fabric material (as used in cars, around part of engines, turbos, etc.) This would not require moving the oven and shelf above.
I've lived at this house for just over a year now, and long story short, a lot of the house has been done wrong (e.g. almost all the doors hung the wrong way, swinging into the room) so it wouldn't surprise me if this oven was installed wrong. Although, to be fair, the installation doesn't go against any directions in the manual...
I'm leaning towards the heat-shield fabric, as I've just had a little discussion with a friend who says that the stuff he uses around sections of his engine can resist temperatures up to 800°C. The charred cabinet is a bit of a puzzler though, could I just chip the loose charcoal away and fill it in with wood filler or some kind of general filler?
