Hi all we have a separate hob and built in oven, both gas, mounted directly above each other in old but servicable kitchen units. Width is 60cm.
I am looking at replacing both, and it looks like the easiest thing would be to replace both with a single free-standing oven/cooker. I am having a think about what would be involved in doing this.
I presume the work involved would be:
- cut the worktop away to form a 60cm gap; tart up edges
- cut the base of the cabinet away to form a 60cm gap
- perhaps reinforce the base of the adjacent units where the old base used to 'run through'
- cut the foot board (?) away
- slide in new appliance, Bob's your uncle
Is there anything else that might need to be done? I have a jigsaw and a Bosch multitool, both of which seem like they would be needed. I am wondering about cutting the work surface flush back to the rear wall; seems like it might be tricky in situ?
Thanks Jon N