Should we ask the size of your orifice?

That's the reason I asked what I should expect to be put in it... 

Are you expecting?

I think they are all 60cmx60cm.

All I can say is DON'T put Smeg in your orifice!

I'm almost completely Smeg in my kitchen  I love it 
Xochi...you may need to do some leg work and visit a few kitchen suppliers and ask them to do all the thinking (you should also haggle like mad) and recommend a good electrician/builder.

suzy, we've had a Smeg fridge and a Smeg range cooker for about nine years, and we've had nothing but trouble with them!

Bish - bash - Bosch    

Nah they aren't all standard!

its the height/drop bit we had problems with...  (my oven packed up two weeks before the only christmas I had arranged to have all the family over for xmas dinner)

agree with Suzy....   measure your orifice and then go round the shops!

We're about 7 years through...thanks for the heads up blizz 

We have Philips Whirlpool. It was installed in 1993 when we moved in and got a new built in Kitchen. It's still going strong.

Can't help with a London electrician though.

Thanks everyone! 

Yeah... I think I've got an orifice that shape Blousey!  

However... I stayed up half the night googling suitable ovens and was so horrified at the expense I've changed to Plan B. Try and get it repaired first!  I spoke to some folk and it seems a 13 year-old oven should be easily repairable. The grill is still working and the fan... so it's likely to be the heating element that has bust and a cooker repair shop near me says they can supply one of them for about £30! A mate of mine who does a lot of DIY electrics jobs for me is going to try and get the old element out, take it to the shop to be sure it's the right one to replace and then fit a new one if/when they are in stock. I have a microwave, hob and of course a grill! I will not starve!  I will inform you all of progress in due course! 

Oh... ahem... bad blonde confession to make. It's not an AEG... that's my washing machine. It's an ATAG.  

Xochi you are in West London? I know a fantastic electrician but he doesn't live in West London. Not that that helps but I wanted to acknowledge your pain.

Awww! Karms! Luvly to see you again!  

Yeah... west London  ... under the Heathrow flight path... that is my only compensation from this new government... third runway cancelled!  Are you in west London too?  Does your electrician travel to these parts?  

Blimey you are not a million miles from me at all My electricial friend does travel to these parts, but socially Good to see you too my dear! I still have a nosey on here but been busy with other fings

Yep, I had Smeg dishwasher...hideously expensive and rubbish... it finally broke down. Too expensive to repair

I just thought I should up-date you oven worriers!  

Plan B worked! No thanks to my friend who went... well... basically all DIY-disaster on me. He couldn't get the element out... as his efforts continued he remarked he was only used to installing appliances... not fixing them or dismantling them etc!  

So I hurried him out with ego still intact I think... rushed to phone the shop I'd contacted before in the event of this happening and on Saturday afternoon they had a bloke around within an hour!   

And in less than an hour I had a functioning oven... £95 including the new element which he already had in his van!  

The moral of which is... try and get it repaired first. I've just saved around £600 for a replacement!

It's very nice to know your story has a happy ending Xochi.
Well done on the tactful treatment of your willing friend.
Your story serves as a useful example.

Yay nice one Xochi! My sociable companion has also saved me quite a bit of wedge for various things. Aint it great knowing a man who can? x

Awww shucks brisket...  thank you!

Karms! Glad to hear I didn't have to 'share' your friend then! A 'man who can' is always good to have in your phone list!  

A man who can, with a van and a plan, is always good to know!

Glad to hear your orifice is now entertaining some functioning equipment, Pam.

Filthy mare