Smeg oven door, loose inner glass.

[Derek ^]

My Smeg electric DO4SS-5 oven is about 18 months old but in the last 3 weeks the inner glass in the oven door has come loose.

Removing and dismantling the door it appears that the glass is simply bedded on a bead of some compound (silicone?) and that's it, no mechanical fastenings at all.

The loosening took place over a few weeks and since the original system of adhesion has already failed once I am a bit of a loss to come up with a susbtitute that will perform better, especially since the open gap has permitted all the surfaces to become contaminated with a typical oven door window, congealed grease, burnt deposit.

Supposing I can get the surfaces clean again, what adhesive could I use that would bond glass to metal (or the existing bead of compound) that would be reliable at 250c ?

It would appear Smeg couldn't do it.

DG

[Rick]

You use some special stuff, avaiable from electrical spares shops.

Rick

[Tim Mitchell]

In article , Rick writes

It's just high-temp silicone sealant, nothing special.

[manatbandq]

It's a Smeg (pricey and perceived to be high quality, I understand) and only 18 months old. Regardless of any guarantee, I would say the retailer is clearly liable to fix it for you under the sale of goods act, unless of course you've mistreated it in some way.

MBQ