We are fixing up my father in laws house to sell. He lives in a senior
development. We want to buy something cheap that looks good for a built in
range. He now has one with 2 ovens and 4 burners. the top oven is smaller than
the bottom
Please email and post as I am reading both now.

"JanetLDD" > wrote:
> We are fixing up my father in laws house to sell. He lives in a senior
> development. We want to buy something cheap that looks good for a built in
> range. He now has one with 2 ovens and 4 burners. the top oven is smaller
> than
> the bottom

I'm not sure what you mean by "built in". The three normal designs are "free
standing", "drop in", and "slide in". Drop in models are similar to free
standing except they don't have their own base or backsplash. Instead they
drop into surrounding cabinetry. Slide in have a base but no backsplash.

Since you mention two ovens, I presume you're talking about one of those
older models with one large oven below the cooktop, and a somewhat smaller
oven over the cooktop. As far as I know, no one makes ranges like that any
more. I researched that a couple of years ago when my parents wanted to
replace the range in their house. Theirs was installed when they remodeled
in 1979.

I think they had one of the last double oven ranges of that type made. I
know that as of the early 1980s I didn't see them any more in new
construction. I've got one in my house which was remodeled in 1973. I think
they became popular in the early 1960s and fell out of favor by the late
1970s.

If you are replacing one of these ranges, you'll probably end up putting a
normal single oven one in. You will then want to do something with the upper
area formerly occupied by the upper oven on the old range. Like installing a
ventless range hood under the over range cabinets, and doing something about
the wall area between there and the top of the stove. In my parents house,
ALL of the walls in the kitchen are ceramic tiled, floor to ceiling. The
area behind the range unfortunately was unfinished. In the end, they just
decided to get the old range fixed and live with it.

You can get a simple single oven free standing range at home improvement
stores like Home Depot or Lowes for starting just under $300. You can check
their web sites (www.homedepot.com and www.lowes.com) or the manufacturer's
web sites (www.ge.com, www.maytag.com, www.frigidaire.com, etc.) for models,
specifications, and ideas.

In article <c6WCd.26165$tG3.5833@trnddc02>,
"wff_ng_6" > wrote:

> Since you mention two ovens, I presume you're talking about one of those
> older models with one large oven below the cooktop, and a somewhat smaller
> oven over the cooktop. As far as I know, no one makes ranges like that any
> more. I researched that a couple of years ago when my parents wanted to
> replace the range in their house. Theirs was installed when they remodeled
> in 1979.


I do not know what the OP is referrring to but the Maytag Gemini and
Kenmore Tripletask are two contemporary ranges with two ovens - one
smaller than the other. The Kenmore is probably is the $1000 range and
the Gemini $1300-1500.

Roland

Joe Doe wrote:
>
> I do not know what the OP is referrring to but the Maytag Gemini and
> Kenmore Tripletask are two contemporary ranges with two ovens - one
> smaller than the other. The Kenmore is probably is the $1000 range and
> the Gemini $1300-1500.
>
Both below the cooktop, I believe?
Cookers like that are quite common in Europe.

Sheila

Joe Doe wrote:
>
> I do not know what the OP is referrring to but the Maytag Gemini and
> Kenmore Tripletask are two contemporary ranges with two ovens - one
> smaller than the other. The Kenmore is probably is the $1000 range and
> the Gemini $1300-1500.
>
Both below the cooktop, I believe?
Cookers like that are quite common in Europe.

Sheila

"Joe Doe" > wrote:
> I do not know what the OP is referrring to but the Maytag Gemini and
> Kenmore Tripletask are two contemporary ranges with two ovens - one
> smaller than the other. The Kenmore is probably is the $1000 range and
> the Gemini $1300-1500.

I considered that possibility, but since the OP said "fixing up" and
"cheap", and to replace something existing, it had to be one of those older
ranges with oven over the cooktops. More than likely they want something to
quickly and cheaply stuff in the old spot and then move on with the sale of
the property.

Of course, cheap is a relative term... those models you mentioned are very
cheap compared to Viking, et al.

If you've been around long enough, you've seen lots of different range types
over the years. Two houses I lived in growing up had 1950s vintage double
oven ranges... but the ovens were side by side under the cooktop. The ranges
were 36 inches wide, from what I remember, rather than today's more normal
30 inches. One of those ranges had a rotisserie in the smaller oven.

The strangest range I ever saw was in my parents house before they remodeled
it in 1979. It had a drop in range with two ovens, but not how you might
think. BOTH ovens were above the cooktop! They were side by side, with one
larger than the other. It had four burners, but they were not arranged two
in front and two in back like normal. All four burners were in a long row
side to side. In front of the four burners was a cutting board area just as
long. When you were not using the burners, you could slide the whole cookup
backwards toward the wall, such that the burners were concealed and all that
was left visible was the long cutting board section under the two side by
side ovens. The house was built in 1952, but I believe this range was
installed at some point after that.

(JanetLDD) wrote:

>We are fixing up my father in laws house to sell. He lives in a senior
>development. We want to buy something cheap that looks good for a built in
>range. He now has one with 2 ovens and 4 burners. the top oven is smaller than
>the bottom
>Please email and post as I am reading both now.


Sounds like the GE Americana range that we had for 30 years. It is a
slide in so just take it out, make sure the wall behind it is finished
and put and any inexpensive single oven range you can fine.

We sold our house last spring and the purchasers did not seem to be in
a hurry to remove it. The kitchen needed to be remodeled, but decided
to let the purchaser do what they want.

If you are not redoing the kitchen and the stove works, just leave it.
Let the new owners get what they want. It will make very little
difference in the sales price.



--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)