How do I remove this hob?

[Swoxy]

I have to remove this hob tomorrow. Am I likely I have to remove the oven in order to access underneath the hob to remove the clamps? I'm not at the flat so I can't check it out myself. Thanks ...

Edited by Swoxy on Saturday 11th September 20:13

[Ferg]

Yes. You will have to. The oven will probably be secured to the unit with four screws into the edge of the unit.

[theironduke]

Yep, drag the oven out (out most 4 or so screws will be holding it back to the carcass) and there will be clamps holding the nhob down. It may also be bedded on silicone too. Simple enough job.

[Swoxy]

Cheers

[Don1]

Damn these sensible suggestions. I was going to say:

[cazzer]

Mr Smashy

[R60EST]

If the hob is scrap anyway you may be able to lift it out or pry it up with a bar. It will be clamped from underneath but some clamps have a serrated edge which grips into the worktop core and these can often be pulled through, worth a try , it worked on mine .

[Piersman2]

R60EST said:

If the hob is scrap anyway you may be able to lift it out or pry it up with a bar. It will be clamped from underneath but some clamps have a serrated edge which grips into the worktop core and these can often be pulled through, worth a try , it worked on mine .

Yes, but you'd have to take the oven out anyways to fit a replacement hob... well, assuming you were gonna bother clamping the new one in anyways

[perdu]

R60EST said:

If the hob is scrap anyway you may be able to lift it out or pry it up with a bar. It will be clamped from underneath but some clamps have a serrated edge which grips into the worktop core and these can often be pulled through, worth a try , it worked on mine .

but this can damage the edge that the new hob has to screw up to

You MAY be able to access the mounting screws from the drawer if the fitter was as idle as ME and only used a couple of the supplied screws, try popping it out and having a butcher's

(not that I am admitting that this might possibly have happened in my haste to get cooking on it... )

[Ferg]

R60EST said:

If the hob is scrap anyway you may be able to lift it out or pry it up with a bar. It will be clamped from underneath but some clamps have a serrated edge which grips into the worktop core and these can often be pulled through, worth a try , it worked on mine .

This is madness. If you DO manage to get the clamps to bend enough to get it out the chances are that they will catch on the laminate and break a big chunk off. Recipe for a new worktop. DON'T!

[p4pedro]

most (85%) hobs are held in place by 4 flat plates which are screwed to it under the worktop,others are stuck in place with silicon ( this needs a flat sharp blade running around between hob and worktop ) and others clip into plates fixed to the sides of the cut outs ( these just lift out with a small amount of pressure.


peter

[the_lone_wolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

You're replacing that ghastly red mixer tap as well...right?

[Globulator]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

You're replacing that ghastly red mixer tap as well...right?

Yeah I'd say that tap is more urgent than the hob.






Much more urgent..

[Digger]

What is the replacement Swoxy? Induction perchance? I have a similar looking hob to that pictured. Awful to cook with!

[maser_spyder]

Run a stanley blade around the edge before pulling it out, it might save you a load of extra work.

Oven out, 4 x brackets out, run a blade around the edges, and it should just lift out.

Haynes 2 spanner job!

[Swoxy]

Piece of cake, thanks for the great advice.

I didn't change the mixer tap, it's not my flat, I was doing a favour for the owner. However, every flat in the development was fitted with one from new at the end of the eighties!

The hob was replaced with a second-hand http://www.indesit.co.uk/indesit/2/productselector... however the plates on the left will only function if at least one plate on the right is switched on. IF both plates on the right are switched off, the plates on the left will not function. I've checked the manual and it doesn't say anything about that, is it normal?