Yesterday while WS was at work, I had a project to finish up that had been started last weekend. Our cook stove was looking quite used. The cook top very scratched up from scrubbing and had two big dents on the stovetop (1 that was put there during the install). The dents were so severe that the enamel had cracked and flaked off, showing the black primer underneath. The burners themselves, made from aluminum, were quite corroded from different cleaning products, so those needed replaced too. Also, what started the whole project, was the trim piece below the oven door had rusted badly.
The interwebz is a grand place to find replacement parts for fairly cheap. Instead of having to go back to where we bought the Kenmore stove (hint), and pay their prices, all I had to do was look upn the manufacturer's part number and order from discount a site. I haven't had any experience so far with such sites, but picke eAsyApplianceParts - and was very happy with my choice. I ordered parts on the 4th of July, they shipped the next day, and on Saturday everything was sitting on the porch - all for one low shipping rate.
Once the parts arrived, I started working (remember, this was last Saturday). I got the door trim off without any trouble - unless you count the fact that the trim, the side pieces, and ghe glass front all came flying off when I remeoved the last of the three scews holding on the trim piece. I was lucky that nothing broke, but it took probably an hour of fiddling around beofre I figured out the secret of getting everything back together again. I wish I had taken before pictures, but at least I got pics of the old, rusty trim piece.
The trim piece is from the split between the upper oven door and the warmer tray. Believe me when I say that it looks 1000% better!
The I couldn't figure out how to get the stove top off to replace it. I had unscrewed the sealed burners (mostly anyway - some screws were so bad that I decided to wait for WS to help with those), but was getting nowhere with the stove top. Besides, it was hot and sticky so I decided to go for a ride.
Sunday, WS worked magic and got the rest of the burner screws out. Then we got the stove top off and found that we needed to replace a few internal parts as well. So, I ordered those and they came in during the week.
So, that is why I was finishing the repairs yesterday. I got the internal parts replaced, put on the new cook top, repositioned the burners and screwd them on (that was the time-consuming part as everything below "floats" so getting them positioned to be screwed in was a pain). And Viola - it's a pristine cook top again.
Next project - cleaning out the den and getting rid of all the books that I will never read again. Don't worry, that should leave me with severaql hundred books that I will actually use/read again.
Bogie--You really are a chip off of the old block, your mother. I have always enjoyed renovating something more than replacing it - once I get past the angst of getting the work done, that is. Well done - that's a good looking range!
Posted by: Cop Car | July 14, 2013 at 11:45 AM