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Repair or replace?

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    blondie
    wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 22:30 last edited by
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    I think builders are into aesthetics, maxing out counter space, and avoiding over the stove microwaves when they can. You can only vent so much with the over the stove microwaves with the built in hood fans. Lot of people prefer a dedicated fan over their stoves. They suck better lol

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      14 Jan 2025, 20:27

      Are those pop up controls?

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 22:35 last edited by
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      @blondie said in Repair or replace?:

      Are those pop up controls?

      Yeah you can close that and it’s flush with the door

      Only non-witches get due process.

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      • B blondie
        14 Jan 2025, 22:30

        I think builders are into aesthetics, maxing out counter space, and avoiding over the stove microwaves when they can. You can only vent so much with the over the stove microwaves with the built in hood fans. Lot of people prefer a dedicated fan over their stoves. They suck better lol

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        George K
        wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 23:11 last edited by
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        @blondie said in Repair or replace?:

        ou can only vent so much with the over the stove microwaves with the built in hood fans.

        Yes. The microwave vents are next to useless.

        Lot of people prefer a dedicated fan over their stoves.

        When we remodeled the kitchen in our house (1986) our cooktop was on an island. We didn't want an overhead vent coming down over it, so the contractor (who was great) installed a vent that would rise up behind the burners and vent down the back of the island, into a vent under the floorboards, and out into the back yard.

        Ours only rose about 8 inches, iirc and didn't have lighting. Worked well, though.

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        https://www.thermador.com/us/products/ventilation/downdraft

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 23:29 last edited by jon-nyc
          #31

          @George-K @Renauda

          No stooping required. It’s a drawer. If it were a normal microwave installed under the counter that would be different.

          I don’t mind it at all. I was worried it would cook unevenly since there’s no turntable but they seem to have figured that out. I’ve had a cheap microwave on my counter since this broke 12/24 and I want my counter space back

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            blondie
            wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:51 last edited by
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            Jon, I think what’s key for you given the tight space in that corner is the installer. He/she needs to get that thing out and a new one in without wrecking anything. If it were me, I wouldn’t be ordering online. I’d be going to whatever appliance center builders send clients to in your area, with that picture in hand, and seeking out who they recommend.

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:52 last edited by
              #33

              For sure swapping it out isn’t something I would do st this point in my life.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                Mik
                wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:58 last edited by
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                I would prefer to have a dedicated range hood fan, but space did not allow. My over range microwave has a pretty powerful fan that is vented to the outside.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  14 Jan 2025, 20:23

                  In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)

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                  LuFins Dad
                  wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:58 last edited by
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                  @jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:

                  In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)

                  IMG_2390.jpeg

                  @jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:

                  In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)

                  IMG_2390.jpeg

                  I’m much more comfortable having a device emit microwave radiation right at the height of head as opposed to emitting radiation at the height of your unit…

                  The Brad

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                    15 Jan 2025, 00:58

                    @jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:

                    In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)

                    IMG_2390.jpeg

                    @jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:

                    In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)

                    IMG_2390.jpeg

                    I’m much more comfortable having a device emit microwave radiation right at the height of head as opposed to emitting radiation at the height of your unit…

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                    George K
                    wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:03 last edited by
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                    @LuFins-Dad aren't you done with those organs?

                    (that's what I used to say when we used x-ray in the OR and I was offered a lead gown)

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • G George K
                      15 Jan 2025, 01:03

                      @LuFins-Dad aren't you done with those organs?

                      (that's what I used to say when we used x-ray in the OR and I was offered a lead gown)

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:07 last edited by
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                      @George-K said in Repair or replace?:

                      @LuFins-Dad aren't you done with those organs?

                      (that's what I used to say when we used x-ray in the OR and I was offered a lead gown)

                      I’ll take a brain tumor before that…

                      The Brad

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                        blondie
                        wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:09 last edited by
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                        Hahaha .. a lead apron for @jon-nyc & his microwave .

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                          blondie
                          wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:13 last edited by
                          #39

                          Built ins may look small from the outside, but they are awkward, heavy, and always have sharp edges when you remove them. My last go at a swap out was 2016. Never again.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:21 last edited by
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                            I might have done it myself 20 years ago. Not now.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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