Dances with Stoves

[luscious_purple]

So, 2020 might end up being The Year of Three Stoves. The appliance repair guy said that the cost to fix the stove in my kitchen would be about $400 and a couple of parts needed to be ordered. OK, fine, I'm not thrilled, but whatever. Then I ran into our condo maintenance guy and he said he knows of some guy named Frank who is remodeling his kitchen and has a fully functioning gas stove to give away. He said he could help us install it.

(Remember that I began 2020 with the 1980s-era gas stove that was in the kitchen when I bought this place in 1999. It wasn't working too well. So when I had some renovations to the kitchen done thanks to the water leaks from the upstairs neighbors, I bought a new-to-me stove from one of those sketchy "discount appliance" places.)

Now waiting to see whether Frank is still giving that stove away and, if so, how we can get our hands on stove #3, get rid of stove #2, etc. I would still owe $72 for the initial visit of the appliance repair guy; I hope I don't fall onto his employer's shit list.

Comments

[silmaril]

Good luck.

A few weeks ago my oven died; the igniter is gone. The part is on backorder. Still waiting. Hope your situation gets resolved quicker; the supply chains are all groaning...

Also dancing with stoves

[ursulas_alcove]

We have electric. No choice on that. Our almond stove and faux wood paneling date the kitchen to the 1970s, maybe early 80s. We were down to 2 stovetop coils, no thermostat control on temperature and one oven coil. The oven coil goes out almost as soon as it’s installed. I mentioned this to Egil so he loaded a gently used stove into my truck. He’s gotta move workshops soon because the owner where he rents is selling in spring. He needed it out of the way. But because I have a driveway with grass and I had roofers, I have a large quantity of shrapnel. So to get my van up the hill to unload the stove, I need 2 nine volt batteries. My neighbor loaned me a metal detector. I need to replace the batteries to clean the driveway and get my new stove into the house.