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  • Anyone moved a range cooker for repair and cleaning...

    ...how did you do it?

  • Had a stove /range (1960s Stanley No8) refurbished and re-enameled a few years back,get someone else to move it is my tip, that or don’t bother.

    In seriousness ours could break down a bit to reduce the weight - doors off, top off,etc but there’s still a fair old bulk. Ours also burns turf so there was no CORGI or sparks needed to disconnect it from a fuel source.

    Do the people repairing it not offer collection?

  • in seriousness ours could break down a bit to reduce the weight - doors off, top off,etc but there’s still a fair old bulk. Ours also burns turf so there was no CORGI or sparks needed to disconnect it from a fuel source.

    Yep. Everything comes off it. But there's still no obvious way to move it. Looking at the parts diagrams, it seems to have adjustable feet and no rollers which gives me the fear of god.

    Do the people repairing it not offer collection?

    Well, it 'just' needs a fan motor replacement, which in theory is DIYable, which is good because the repair people are like 'nobody for three weeks'.

    Presume I'd need a gas / sparks engineer to shut it off & cap the supply before it's moved enough to be worked on...

    Ballache. Ballache squared.

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