Smeg Induction Hob Glass

[Jimk]

How much is a new hob?

[Jimk]

Think I'd rather live with the crack!

[Jimk]

I don't think they'll encourage DIY repairs... YMMV

[cf-leeds]

SWMBO junior accidentally dropped a bottle on our new Smeg induction hob and it's now cracked across a corner. All is still functional, but it needs replacing as it looks a mess.

I actually thought it would all have to be thrown away, as I didn't think it would be possible to replace the glass, but after contacting Smeg, they put me onto an authorised company who I contacted. They saids they'd be able to repair it and the glass will cost £300+ with labour on top. Ouch !!

I've had a good look around the web at the usual spares site, but can't find my model of hob for the replacement glass. Maybe it's too new.

My questions therefore are:

Do you think only 'specialist/authorised' people would be able to source spares? Any recommendations on how I can source the part?

It it an easy enough job for me to change the glass myself, assuming I can get a replacement? Any specialised tools needed?

Thanks for any advice

./c

[cf-leeds]

About £680

[cf-leeds]

About £680

[Tricky Dicky]

We recently bought a Bosch induction hob approx. £800. It arrived with the glass smashed, the supplier replaced the hob but surprisingly did not want the other one back. Out of curiosity I looked up the cost of getting a replacement glass from Bosch and the cost was £195 and it simply required 12 screws to fix it in place.

As far as I know there is one supplier that produces the majority of glass tops for manufacturers and I cannot imagine there will be a great variation how these things are attached so if you can get hold of one replacement should be quite straight forward.

Richard

[cf-leeds]

Thanks - good to know. I might ask Smeg directly of they can provide one. Hope they don't send me to an 'authorised' service company.

[Theo]

Not yours, but this one just looks like a piece of glass with some clips:

Wonder if you could replace it with a similar piece of heatproof glass?

Theo

[tabbypurr]

What type of glass is it, borosilicate? Pyro glass can be bought.

NT

[Michael Chare]

Your link shows markings on the glass particularly for the controls which presumably line up with the electronics underneath. My Bosh hob cost £300 new with the £30 for the old hob.

[Chris Hogg]

[polygonum_on_google]

Is an insurance claim an option worth considering?

[newshound]

From that link

"If food with a high sugar content (such as jam) spills, it should never be allowed to dry on the surface, otherwise damage will occur."

It's not immediately obvious to me why that should be. Obviously, if you cook it on underneath something like a frying pan that you take up to ~

200C you may get something very adherent giving a risk of scratching when you try to remove it.

But if you let sugar syrup "dry" (or, perhaps, freeze) on the surface surely it will just dissolve away once cold using a sufficiently wet cloth.

[polygonum_on_google]

Although I have not done so myself, it wouldn't just be sugar - it would have started to caramelise and then, quite likely, carbonised.

Some jam making people do things like put baking parchment (or similar) underneath the jam pan.

There are many suggestions out there - vinegar, some scrapers, bicarb, etc.

(I was under the impression that if seriously burned on, it will actually react with the glass.)

[The Other Mike]

It's specifically hot sugar, get a blob on the surface and as it cools it will bond to and then stress the surface, the glass having near zero thermal coefficient of expansion, with the result being a crater sized from something maybe 1/8" across to the a little fingernail

There is a specific glass / ceramics industry term for it but I can't at the moment recall what it is, something like corner cracking comes to mind but that reveals no results.

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[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Where its broken, is it a part that gets hot? I did wonder about windscreen repair material which has the same refractive index as glass. Alternatively if there is space, some kind of trim to hide it. Another thought, is it maybe worth claiming on contents insurance? Brian

[S Viemeister]

Yes, baking parchment works well, or the silicone mats sold for lining pans. Good for protecting the surface when using cast iron, too.

Best to avoid it with a layer of protection.

[Chris Hogg]

Pitting or flaking, perhaps. In the tableware industry, when a glaze starts coming off a pot due to thermal expansion mismatch (pot shrinks excessively on cooling out of the kiln, glaze layer goes into extreme compression, bond between pot and glaze fails, glaze flakes off), it's known as peeling or shivering.

[harry]

It actually causes chipping on the surface of the glass/ceramic. The (tiny) chip holes then fill up with hard to remove muck. If it's white glass, it looks terrible after a while.