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Kate 15:10 on 2025-01-06 Permalink Reply  

• Kevin 15:21 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  I went through just about every company in the book 2 years ago without finding one willing to work on mine, and ended up replacing the oven instead.

• MarcG 15:36 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  What’s wrong with it exactly?

• Kate 15:39 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  At first, it would start up and then stop after about 10 seconds. Now it won’t start at all.

• CE 15:40 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  One of the burners on my stove has been broken for a while. I went to the appliance repair shop down the street from me and was told that they’re not even considering new jobs until February. Generally, appliances cost as much to fix as they do to replace unfortunately.

• MarcG 15:43 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  The top burners are fine, it’s just the oven that doesn’t heat up? It’s probably just a burnt out bake element like this. I wonder if you could buy one that matches your oven, try it out, and if it doesn’t fix the problem, return it. I guess your landlord is useless?

• Kate 15:47 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  MarcG: the top burners are fine. I have a feeling it’s something in the controls rather than the element. Anyway, it belongs to me, not to the landlord. This place is rented non equipped, so all the appliances are mine.

• Kate 15:55 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  So a regular reader sent me a name and phone number, and his guy answered, directed me to push some buttons, and it’s working again. Thanks all.

• MarcG 16:33 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  Wow, true magic! Does he do plumbing too? 🙂

• Kate 16:36 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  Depends, does your plumbing have LED controls?

• Joey 16:51 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  Call Alex at 514-996-7904. He’s the best.

• Ian 18:09 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  I’ve had excellent luck with réparation Flash but on the two separate occasions I called them it was for a fridge and a dryer repair. Very efficient, excellent availability, good price, and the repairs lasted. They have a basic fee for a home visit but the repairs are very fast and reasonable.

  https://www.reparationflash.ca/

• Ian 18:10 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  p.s. @Kate glad to hear your stove problem was just buttons!

• Kate 18:22 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  This was a used stove when I bought it, so trouble is not unlikely. I’m hoping this button magic holds, but in case not – thanks, Joey and Ian, it’s good to have options.

• Kevin 20:24 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  I know Flash. When I called them saying I needed a new thermocouple, they assured me they had one for my oven in stock.

  So they sent over a guy who looked at my oven, said yup, the thermocouple needs replacement, and that no, they didn’t have that model but would happily order it as soon as I paid the $175 bill for the service be rendered by coming into my house for 5 minutes to confirm that what I had said over the phone and via email was accurate.

  A few months later and with Flash unable to tell me when said part would arrive, I bought a new oven.

  Dear readers, guess who called me the day my oven was installed?

• Ian 23:41 on 2025-01-06 Permalink

  Well that sucks…
  They saved me a lot of money fixing my dryer (replacing a bearing) and fridge (uncloggin gher de-icer), but they didn’t have to order any parts.

• Tim S. 09:31 on 2025-01-07 Permalink

  I second Joey’s recommendation.

• Ian 19:16 on 2025-01-07 Permalink

  Does that guy do other stuff or just stoves? Filing the number away “just in case”.

• Tim S. 23:16 on 2025-01-07 Permalink

  He’s done my freezer (saved) and washing machine (replaced, after exhaustive explanation of various options).

• Ian 11:17 on 2025-01-08 Permalink

  Awesome, thanks!