walshie Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 (edited) 'Er indoors has a twin oven range style thingy. The element in one of the ovens packed up, so I googled it and it seemed a fairly easy job to change it. 3 screws and 3 electrical connections. Wrong! Instead of the screws being on the inside, it has bolts that go through the back of the oven with nuts on the back. Still not too taxing I thought. Having disconnected the gas hobs, we attempted to pull the cooker out. Nope. The worktop has been built round it, tight up to it. OK. I'll just take that bit of worktop off to access it. No. No access to the screws holding it down without taking the drawers out. No. The drawers don't pull out, they need to be disconnected from the runners. After an hour or so tussling with it, we got the cooker out. Were the bolts on the back? No. The whole back of the cooker had to come off. Got all the screws out except one which wouldn't budge. Mole grips and a lot of swearing and it was off. 2 of the 3 bolts holding the element in came out ok, but one snapped. Grrrr. Changing the actual element took about 30 seconds, then the reverse faff to get everything back together. Changed the flexi gas pipe and the electrical connection and my little job was done. IN SIX HOURS!!! Don't get me started about refitting the oven door. Moral of the story is there are no fairly easy jobs in the kitchen. Avoid at all costs. Edited September 1, 2018 by walshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 i can relate to that...................sounds like real life to me................ thats why there is so much fiction on TV..........imajine 12 episodes of Eastenders....wiv rikay an' sanjay...changin da element om da oven babe...............leave it aut darlin...cor blimby wheres me 'ammer babe....im shattered babe ...up the apple an' pears doll........................... think not......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbriar Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 Too much faff for my liking ! I'm what's known as a Midlands engineer............"We're gonna need a bigger hammer !" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted September 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 At one stage, I was seriously going to shoot it with my shotgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 She'll want a new one now. Not only will it be old (any appliance over a year old is "old" to the female brain) but now it is unreliable. Cunningly it will be phrased as saving you future trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted September 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 13 minutes ago, TriBsa said: She'll want a new one now. Not only will it be old (any appliance over a year old is "old" to the female brain) but now it is unreliable. Cunningly it will be phrased as saving you future trouble. Good idea. Should only take 10 minutes to take the old one out and put the new one in..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbriar Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 20 minutes ago, walshie said: Good idea. Should only take 10 minutes to take the old one out and put the new one in..... .........if you have a big enough hammer ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 10 minutes. Id have done it 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 glad its not just me ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 I feel your pain , about a month ago( one one of the hottest days ever recorded in the uk), my kitchen got a tap problem , that within minutes , turned into a whole new kitchen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 3 hours ago, mel b3 said: I feel your pain , about a month ago( one one of the hottest days ever recorded in the uk), my kitchen got a tap problem , that within minutes , turned into a whole new kitchen . Perhaps one of your guns might get a trigger problem and need replacing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 Sounded horrendous. Guess that's why we live in a throw away society, most people would have had a new one installed, having been told the old one is uneconomic to repair. Well done you though. Want a job fixing cars?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 44 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Perhaps one of your guns might get a trigger problem and need replacing! Funny you should say that dave, that's exactly how I ended up buying two brand new shotguns a couple of years ago ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 10 hours ago, walshie said: At one stage, I was seriously going to shoot it with my shotgun. that is funny .....we have all felt like that at one time.............the inanimate stuff we have threatened to kill with a shotgun........ cooker murderer.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 It's the law!! Every five minute job will take at least eight hours. I feel your pain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 10 hours ago, walshie said: At one stage, I was seriously going to shoot it with my shotgun. You have my every sympathy. I can relate to everything you have said. It always makes me laugh watching Wheeler Dealers on TV. Big Ed China never has any problems. Bullshine ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyefor Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 13 hours ago, walshie said: 'Er indoors has a twin oven range style thingy. You don't know how lucky you are. My " 'er indoors" thinks the black thing in the kitchen with the circle "thingies" on the top is just a large coffee timer. She has never used any of it's other functions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 I had one of those quick jobs yesterday, a bunch of chewed wires in the back of the misses van. Simple enough solder back together, oh now, 1 plug was nearly trashed that that had to be rebuilt, then he'd eaten all the trailer wiring so I had to figure all that one with a wiring diagram! 5 hours later it was done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 I’m in the middle of a quick job right now! Low spot in the field that fills with water every winter. ‘It won’t take long to stick some drainage pipe in there’. Started digging and found an old oak tree, well it’s roots, fortunately I had demanded a 5 ton digger not the 1 tonner that ‘would surely do the job’. Main trench dug, found the cause of the wet spot ? blind panic of Mrs BTJ because ‘now surely the hole will fill up with water!!!’ Panic not wife it will find it’s own level and it did with a small puddle in the bottom of the hole, carry on and 3 out of the 4 side trenches went in no problem, two scoops into trench 4 and crunch, someone has buried a load of rubble or rubbish or something hard that came up in 4ft chunks and ruined my tidy lines! Fortunately she’s ******** off for macdonalds- for them I’m doing light racing one day this week so I’m on rations - and in the time they’ve gone I’ve filled up the holes with stone and I’m about to put the pipe in and hopefully have it back filled before they return. I love a won’t take long job ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 How would anyone price such a job as that! There is no such thing as a 10 minute job, especially when it is someone ELSE, telling YOU how long it will take. The worst sort of clients are those who say ‘ it should only take you an hour or so’ or ‘ you’ll have it done in less than a week’ as they show you round their property, describing everything they want doing. I lose interest immediately. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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