We see more and more of these types of jobs as more and more people are convinced by more and more advertisers that they can create a kitchen the size of Taj Mahal out of a 2 x 2 metre room. Unfortunately for the homeowner we are always the one who has to tell them that…

1. the large giant built under double oven won’t fit easily into the space that was occupied by the previous single oven
2. that I can get the giant double oven to fit but the gob installed above it will hae to be removed and re-piped because the pipe work is in the way
3. that I can make the giant double oven fit but there is no properly sized electric circuit available to run the cooker and I need to re-pipe the hob
4. I can make the giant oven fit but have to remove the carcuss, add a new circuit, move the gas pipe that is in the way of the cooker fitting and re-pipe the hob

We can always get the oven to fit, leveled and looking good but the path we have to take is sometimes a long one. Today was no exception and next week we’ll be going back to:

1. remove the lead gas pipe which is in the way when trying to push the oven into it’s spot
2. run a new circuit to the kitchen for the cooker and the old fan assisted oven only required a 13amp circuit which is not large enough for the new double oven
3. re-pipe the hob which, even if we didn’t have to remove the old lead pipe work, would have been in the way
4. and finally slide the new oven into place, level and square it to the non-level and square carcus on either side and then cut the plinth

After all that we will have created the Taj Mahal out of a small kitchen.

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