Oven for wheel chair user

[ericmark]

I am looking for an oven suitable for a wheel chair user. The door will need to be side opening with hinge to the right and the shelves must not be able to be removed unintentionally i.e. the type where lifting shelf slightly will allow its complete removal are not suitable. In addition, the controls will need to be operated from below their level so must be designed so a user in a wheel chair can see the settings.
Looking at sales brochures does not give this sort of information, and unless we go for special model with retractable drop down door, information as to how suitable for wheel chair users seems very lacking.

Any ideas of suitable ovens with grill. Want to keep price down of course but no point if can't be used.

 

[Diyisfun]

Any sales cat will either show or state if drop down or side hinged door.
Why not try a disable charity, they will have a list.
When I was in domestic appliances, we would make specials at no extra charge for disabled organisations.

 

[Diyisfun]

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=...esult_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQrQQwAA
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http://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/A...*_*_Save_GBP40_-_in_stoc_B890924M/version.asp

 

[Mickymoody]

My brother, who is wheelchair bound, has a pretty conventional type cooker, with low level grill.

I don't see the reasoning that it needs to be side opening, as that causes the user to move out of the way of the swing of the door..

Regarding the controls, mine is called a 'plus' model, and prevents the gas from being turned off completely, whereas the nonplus model didn't, although it's an antique in todays market.

What is the level of disability that you talk about, how able is the person to use an appliance, and how often would the user be using the appliance, or their carer?

Have you considered the lighting method of the device? If it's gas, then obvioulsly gas is lit, can the ignitor then be pressed? Does the grill self ignite and the oven? I have to manually light the grill and oven, can a disabled person do that?

 

[ericmark]

Thank you for help. The health visitor wants side opening door and as kitchen is being altered to allow my mother in a wheel chair to use it with grant we have to do as we are told.
Seems Belling have released an new oven BI60SO which is side opening so looks like that will be model.
I had a word with Council as I felt the work should be complete job not we get some bits, a council selected firm supplies carcass, and yet another firm fits it, who in turn get yet another firm to do electrics.
I feel it should be all done by one firm who are not just standard kitchen fitters but who are specialists in disabled kitchens.
It seems I may get my way and then I will not have any problems as all done for us.
Fingers crossed.

 

[Mickymoody]

When my brothers kitchen/bathroom was refitted, the council were pretty much on the ball, an initial delay (a few days), as they assembled the various people to come in at the right time of the build. But he did need to move out for a week into palative care. The council were quite accommodating in terms of final finish, and where things should be etc..so just ask politely if there is something you are not sure of, when you have the plans.

Good Luck!

 

[ericmark]

I hope my council have now moved supplier. Council did listen and were measuring mothers eye level and nee level and working out exact hight of oven.
However the main contractor acted as if they were not present at the meeting and produced a plan with oven far too high.
I hope now all sorted. But I have to watch very careful as Mother is 86 and will tend not to cause anyone any trouble and will accept anything offered.

 

[mbeamethyst]

Rather than side opening, Neff do ovens with drop down doors that slide away completely and also there are options for telescopic rails to pull the shelves out of the oven.

 

[imroberts]

Bosch do several ovens with side opening doors. I believe (though I might be wrong here) that they do both left handed and right handed opening doors on them.

Another thing Bosch sell are ovens where the door pulls out much like a drawer does, i.e. straight forwards from the front of the oven. The shelves inside are permanently fixed to the door so they slide out with the door and there is no chance of dropping anything.

I'm not sure how suitable the latter would be for a wheelchair user as they would need to be positioned to the side of the oven really rather than in front of it, but might be worth looking at and running past the user.

 

[imroberts]

Rather than side opening, Neff do ovens with drop down doors that slide away completely and also there are options for telescopic rails to pull the shelves out of the oven.

Bosch also sell telescopic rails for their normal models i.e. the ones with conventional downwards opening doors, or the ones with the sideways opening doors.