Well time for another little household maintenance job. On Wednesday SWMBO complained to me that the oven was sending "smoke" out from the bottom of the door and it needed looking at. I duly went and opened the door and looked at it :
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It was clear that the door seal had seen better days!! So I did my due diligence and rejected the replacement seal from the manufacturer due to the £54.99 price tag!!! After further research I came across a universal oven door seal kit on Amazon which could be used on almost any electric fan oven for £9.99!! Following true Falcon bargain principles I ordered it for next day delivery from my Amazon Prime account. That was on Thursday evening and it didn't quite make next day but arrived on Saturday morning. The kit looks like this:
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Basically a single length of seal to be cut to size and two sets of serrated joiners for either round or square cornered ovens:
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You can see the joiners have spikes to push into the oven latch holes:
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Then it was a simple matter of pulling off the old seal which really has seen better days:
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And fitting the new one:
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The only two things which need a little attention are to make sure the spikes all face the right way as you make up the new seal and to cut the rubbers 25-30mm shorter than the distance between the holes to ensure they are stretched when fitted.
Another few brownie points banked for Christmas!!
