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I have been going through a long, drawn out kitchen remodel that keeps presenting frustration and challenges, the latest being the wall oven I purchased not fitting in below the cooktop. I tried to slide in the wall oven, but it started bumping up against the cooktop when it was about 75% in, raising the cooktop.
For those of you who know about kitchen remodels or carpentry, can the cabinet platform be modified for the wall oven to fit underneath the cooktop? What can be done short of buying new appliances?
I chose the appliances before I bought the cabinets and I had no idea there would be compatibility issues, where only certain wall ovens fit below certain cooktops. The kitchen designer asked me for specs (dimensions) of the wall oven and cooktop before the cabinets were ordered. I'm not sure if that was to make sure the wall oven would fit underneath the cooktop or to make sure both would fit in the cabinet company's box.
How should I approach this with my kitchen designer? What's a win-win situation for both of us? Even though I had no idea about the compatibility of the cooktop and wall oven dimension wise, especially relating to height, I would have appreciated knowing that it wouldn't have worked out with the cabinet company's boxes. Then I could have gone out and bought a new cooktop or oven or perhaps chosen another cabinet manufacturer.
At this point, financially, it would make the most sense to find a fix to make them both work. Should I ask the kitchen designer to have the cabinet installer find a fix.
The reason why I chose a wall oven underneath a cooktop was for esthetics and being able to select the best individual units vs an all in one slide in or free standing range.
1. When the designer asked for the opening size, did you give the basic height width, depth dimensions or did you give the dimensions from the appliance’s installation spec sheet?
2. Are the openings in the cabinet matching the dimensions provided (basic or spec sheet) or are they not the dimensions provided? (example - is the depth equal to what was provided throughout the opening)
3. What is causing the collision betwen the two? (have you tried installing the oven followed by the cooktop to see if the obstruction is cleared)
I gave the designer the model numbers of the wall oven and cooktop. I also typed out the product dimensions from the manufacturer's website. When the cabinet installer was installing the cabinets, I gave him a more detailed printout from the manufacturer's website that had specs on cutout sizes. He did a good job cutting out the cabinet box width wise to make room for the wall oven. I don't know what exactly is causing the collision between the two. The oven sides in fine and then right after it's 3/4ths of the way in the cooktop gets raised, so the cooktop is too deep for this oven. One solution would be to buy the same brand cooktop as the wall oven, however, I do not like that brand for cooktops. I chose separates (wall oven and cooktop) to be able to have more control/options in choosing the best separate pieces. I haven't tried installing the cooktop after the oven, but if the cooktop itself is too deep, I don't think that would make a difference. The bottom platform/base probably has to be "shaved" somehow.
Why would you want to put a wall oven under a cooktop? Why not just get a regular stove then?
Having one contiguous countertop looks so much better than a slide in or free standing range, where food can get in between the part where the countertop meets the range. Plus, I can choose the best cooktop and oven, whereas in an all in one unit I can't.
Except that most cooktops are not designed to have an oven mounted below them. oops.
The owners manual of the wall oven indicates that you can have a cooktop with wall oven underneath, and they specifically indicte that any of our brand of single wall ovens will work below any of our cooktops. More and more design magazines and and remodels I see in photographs, have a cooktop with a wall oven underneath. Even the owners manual of my wall oven gives instructions on placing it underneath a cooktop. My new kitchen was designed to where there is no obstruction in the countertop by a normal height wall oven. Looks a lot better esthetically in my opinion.
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