Electric oven - ventilation requirements?

[David WE Roberts]

I am tidying up an electric single oven at my daughter's house.

It was originally sat in a space larger than the oven, on two pairs of 2*4
with air space above and below.
And yes, there are marks from spurs (yeehah) all over the kitchen floor.

So I have constructed a flat platform for it to sit on, and am adding face
plates above and below it to make it look as though it is built in.

Just checking that there aren't any requirement for ventilation around the
oven - I can't see any around our twin oven here but there is a small
possibility there is something concealed around the back of the unit.

Cheers

Dave R

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[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <9mjipu...@mid.individual.net>,

"David WE Roberts" <nos...@btinternet.com> writes:
> I am tidying up an electric single oven at my daughter's house.
>
> It was originally sat in a space larger than the oven, on two pairs of 2*4
> with air space above and below.
> And yes, there are marks from spurs (yeehah) all over the kitchen floor.
>
> So I have constructed a flat platform for it to sit on, and am adding face
> plates above and below it to make it look as though it is built in.
>
> Just checking that there aren't any requirement for ventilation around the
> oven - I can't see any around our twin oven here but there is a small
> possibility there is something concealed around the back of the unit.

You will need to check the installation instructions.
I assume this is a fitted unit, not stand-alone?
Some have a cabinet fan which draws in and exhausts both from the front,
so don't need any additional cabinet ventilation.
Some are convection cooled and need a heat exhaust up the back of the
cabinet.
There may be other types I've not seen too.

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[Fred]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:34:16 +0000 (UTC), and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

>Some have a cabinet fan which draws in and exhausts both from the front,
>so don't need any additional cabinet ventilation.
>Some are convection cooled and need a heat exhaust up the back of the
>cabinet.

Ours has the cooling fan that blows out the front but the
manufacturer's instructions also asked for ventilation holes above and
below the (built-in) oven. That said, I have never felt any draught
coming from the ventilation holes I cut in the cupboard. HTH

[David WE Roberts]

"Fred" <fr...@no-email.here.invalid> wrote in message
news:bqnag7h99bb4o3svf...@4ax.com...

Thanks for the info so far.
I've looked at an online manual (but not the same model) and it shows a u
nit with ventilation up the back, but there are no words to say this is
mandatory.
As far as I remember the last cooker we had fitted in a standard unit under
the worktop did not have any special ventilation - certainly not a vent
through the worktop - but air flow may have been built into the cooker.
Google has loads about wiring a cooker, but I haven't found anything about
fitting it into the cabinet yet.

I can always add ventilation to the front panel if I find it is required.

The cooling fan on our double oven seems to be to keep the control panel
cool, as far as I can make out.

[Fred]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:55:08 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
<nos...@btinternet.com> wrote:

>As far as I remember the last cooker we had fitted in a standard unit under
>the worktop did not have any special ventilation

Neither did ours. When we got the new oven I cut holes above and below
to comply with the manufacturer's requirements. I'm not sure whey the
new model would be any hotter or any more susceptible to heat than the
last one; it was a like for like swap. It may just be the
manufacturer's lawyers being over cautious. As I said, I thought I
might feel heat coming out of the top grille when he oven has been on
for some time but I never have.