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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Gaffers on 27 November 2011, 13:53:05
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I have been sterilising some bottles ready to finish my latest brew and just stepped out of the kitchen when I heard a loud bang followed by shattering. I went back in and found glass everywhere! Worried I had done something wrong and blown up the bottles I made my way through the mess to find that the glass lid on my gas hob had exploded.
I double checked and I had switched off all the gas from using it earlier. Nothing had fallen on to it. The only thing I can think of is the spring mechanism having failed and thrown the lid up against the wall as the bracket for the lid will no longer come down without a lot of pressure against the springs.
There is glass everywhere and it looks like a small bomb went off. Thank break I wasn't in there at the time!
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Some snaps:
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(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll138/mrgaffney/Snapbucket/0992d653-orig.jpg)
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Bet Mrs G will blame you for breaking it though. ;D
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Bet Mrs G will blame you for breaking it though. ;D
You aint wrong. She gets back on tuesday
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bloomin heck, how new was the oven might be worth contacting the manufacturer and see if they will replace it
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You be in for a roasting when she finds out! ;)
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It came with the house, which is a rental, so no older than 6 years :o
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question is : is it leaking now ? :-\
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You have (or rather, had) the same cooker as we have, I would guess you lowered the glass lid after just using the hob?
Ours has just started playing up too, the grill will extinguish it's self every now and again.
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Indeed a lucky escape.....
I reckon the glass shattered and then the spring hinges went up.....i bet it was toughened glass and heavy, thats why the hinges need quite a bit of pressure to move them down now.
Best see if you can measure the thickness of a piece and pop out tomorrow and purchase a replacement piece of glass, before the Mrs gets home :y
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Hello Guffer. cooker looks the same as ours,is it a Stoves Newhome df600 si DO m.If it 's the same I'll be very very careful.
Alfie.
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There was an article on the radio about glass coffee tables suddenly shattering. An "expert" came on & apparently something to do with the pattern in the make up of the glass can cause it to shatter on it's own after changes in humidity/temperature & exposure to sunlight.
Might be worth a look & glad no one was hurt...except you when the better half gets home!!! Guy. ::)
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You be in for a roasting when she finds out! ;)
If he tells her now, she might have simmered down by the time she comes home...
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... and heavy, thats why the hinges need quite a bit of pressure to move them down now...
No leverage either now. :y
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Well it took a couple of hours to get all the glass cleared. It had literally gone everywhere. I still do not understand how it happened. THere was nothing on the glass that could have caused it the only thing I can think of is the sunlight which is a little hard to believe.
I told the missus and she was alright about it, actually concerned that I had not been hurt by it :-*
Now to find a replacement, which is not easy as the model number printed on the back does not give any results anywhere ???
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Didn't spill some home brew on it, did you? ;)
Looks nasty. :-\
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I told the missus and she was alright about it, actually concerned that I had not been hurt by it :-*
You're confusing "concern" and "disappointment"... ;)