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Original poster

...to pay to have my cooker cleaned?

45 replies

MrsSippy · 30/07/2013 20:09

It's bloomin' horrible and I just don't want to do it, and no bugger else will do it for me.

WIBU to scour the yellow pages rather than the cooker???

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SugarSpunSisters · 30/07/2013 20:11

YANBU

I had mine done about 3 months ago. I lied to her and said I'd only just moved in and it wasn't my cooker!

BurningBridges · 30/07/2013 20:12

I have mine done when I can afford it. Do it.

WhenSheWasBadSheWasHopeful · 30/07/2013 20:12

Friend of mine gets her cooker cleaned for only £75 every 6 months Shock

I just can't justify that kind of money. I'm a huge fan of oven mate though, it's fabulous, you just paint it on and wipe off all the crap a few hours later.

thenightsky · 30/07/2013 20:14

YANBU. I'm currently contemplating ringing the bloke from Express Oven cleaning who advertises in our village magazine.

Original poster
MrsSippy · 30/07/2013 20:15

£75??? Bloody Norah!!

I found a quote for £35 for my double oven, seems a bit of a bargain now...

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BlackeyedSusan · 30/07/2013 20:17

Envy no.

WhenSheWasBadSheWasHopeful · 30/07/2013 20:17

£35 sounds tempting. My friends one sounds that expensive she might as well buy a new oven every couple of years.

I say to for it, get it cleaned but then keep on top of it (easier said than done).

Squitten · 30/07/2013 20:20

My oven is a state. I'm planning to get someone in to do it properly. I want to get those removeable sheets for the bottom afterwards

Original poster
MrsSippy · 30/07/2013 20:23

Oh that seems like a good idea, the latest disaster was an overfilled lasagne that's now baked onto the bottom of the oven.

Where can you get them from?

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shoofly · 30/07/2013 20:24

If you can afford it, do it. We got ours done when we moved house - totally worth the £45. I have one of the removable oven liners from Lakeland, & it'll never get as bad as it was when we moved in!

SuperiorCat · 30/07/2013 20:25

Well so long as you are not going to blow your grocery budget and starve your DCs to pay for it then of course YANBU

deemented · 30/07/2013 20:26

Alternatively, you buy one like mine, and as its under warrenty, i can ring them every year for five years and they will come and clean it for me Grin

valiumredhead · 30/07/2013 20:26

So worth the 40 odd quid I paid. It took him over an hourBlush

thebody · 30/07/2013 20:26

I did it 2 years ago, fuck

thebody · 30/07/2013 20:27

ing brilliant. when have cash again will not hesitate.

PatTheHammer · 30/07/2013 20:27

I paid £45 and it was the best money ever spent. Oven pride didn't touch the sides on mine I'm afraid after the dirty feckers before us had moved out.
'twas like a new oven.
Getting it done once a year now as its a job I never want to do again.

stripeyspots · 30/07/2013 20:28

Yanbu, but I'd be too embarrassed to let anyone see mine.

ProudNeathGirl · 30/07/2013 20:29

We have ours cleaned about twice a year, and its the best money I spend in the whole year. The oven is 15 years old, but comes up like brand new.

Thesimplethings · 30/07/2013 20:30

Go for it. I get my oven and carpets cleaned when they need it. Why not?

BaconAndAvocado · 30/07/2013 20:30

YANBU, 'twas bloody wonderful when I had mine done, though DH still thinks it was all down to me Blush

miffybun73 · 30/07/2013 20:32

YANBU if you've got the money to spare.

cq · 30/07/2013 20:35

Worth every penny.

And don't be embarrassed by the state of it - the man who does mine also gets to do lots of student ovens at end of tenancies. He said they're like that filthy house TV show.

valiumredhead · 30/07/2013 20:38

Oven pride it's meant to be really bad for your oven, it leave 'pits' as it's so strong and so crud gets even more stuck to it.

Sparklingbrook · 30/07/2013 20:40

Ooh do it. It's £40 round here. It's like a new oven after-I nearly hugged the man.

marriedinwhiteisback · 30/07/2013 20:40

Mario does mine. 75 for a double oven twice a year. In my new house I'm having a catalytic self cleaning oven though and its above waist height so I won't have to get on my knees to give it a wipe over.