Advice on fitting built under oven?

Hi

I'm about to buy a Neff U1721 built under oven and need to prepare the space in my kitchen.

So far Ive only been able to find info on aperture dimensions.

I'd like to know how its actually held in place and what I need to provide within the aperture for the fixings.

I'm reasonably handy with DIY and a bit of a tech head, but have never fitted a built in oven before. So any tips/advice on what to do or watch out for would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Rob

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Rob
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Presumably you're fitting this inside an existing appliance housing unit?

Built-under ovens normally just sit within their housing, you'll probably find there are 4 small screws to locate it firmly to the unit it's sitting in, but no more than that (ie, even if you missed them out altogether it wouldn't be a big issue.

Of more significance is provision for ventilation and clearance - you need to ensure you follow whatever the manufacturer stipulates. Also how you provide it with power, which you don't mention: these are the issues!

David

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Lobster

Hi David

Thanks for the points you raised. I should have included a bit more detail.

My ancient freestanding cooker has died so I have a 685mm gap between the existing kitchen units.

I'll either make up a housing to fill the gap or to save time hopefully find a prefab carcase (anyone know where I can buy them second hand?)

On the wall in the gap there's a Gas outlet. Also a 30A(?) connection for an electric oven which is wired to an on/off switch above the countertop on the left of the gap.

There's no info on the Neff web site regarding ventilation requirements and as the U1721 model I'm buying is from last years range they dont have any info about it at all!

I might have to ring them to get specific info - but I hate waiting 20+mins in a call queue!

Thanks again

Regards

Rob

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Rob

My Electrolux needed a couple of L section rails to be mounted on the sides of the aperture (in effect a gap between two units. The oven then slid onto the rails and a top strip acted as a heat shield/ stability bracket

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John

Rob,

I have this exact oven. It comes with a fixing pack - which is IIRC two L shaped bits of galv steel that are meant to screw in to the sides of the adjacent wall units. THe oven basically slides in on these and then you screw the 'surround' of the oven to the chipboard of the adjacent units. If you want any more info then let me know - remove the nospam. stuff :)

Dont really need to suplly anything - just have two bits of chipboard or similar parallel, vertical and 600 mm apart.

Tim

John wrote:

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Tim Snell

I have just fitted one - it's very straightforward. You get 4 L-shape pieces of steel bracket (screwed in to the rear of the oven whe delivered). The 2 smaller ones go vertically down at the front fro exactly worktop level (3 screws each). The other larger ones then g horizontally back from the bottom edge of these and support the ove weight (5 or 6 screws each). Make sure they are level. The oven is the slid into the aperture on the horizontal rails and screwed on to th vertical rails at the sides of the oven doors with 4 black sel tappers.

Make sure there is a sturdy unit on either side and that the width o the gap is pretty close to 600mm. Also, if you are placing a gas ho above there is quite a tight space for the supply pipework - needs right angle quite close to the hob to get the pipe fit the space.

Instructions are very clear (all diagrams, no text). Only had it fitte a few days but it seems to work very well. Good luck

-- ReggieP

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ReggieP

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