Bauknecht oven takes 45 mins to heat up. Normal?

[MilchMama]

We've just moved house. It can't be more than ten years old as that's when the house was built. Should it really be taking so long to get to ~180ºC? I have tried it on fan with top and bottom heat, and just top and bottom (which takes over an hour).

Should I get a service engineer round? I was told it would be an â?¬80 call-out fee over the phone. Could it just need the fan replacing? Could I do that myself (or perhaps DIY fan DH)?

Blimey that's a long time. My oven takes approx 10 mins to get to 180, I'd definitely get yours looked at.

it is probably not the fan, but one of the elements has failed.

If you are handy, oven elements are not very difficult to replace. They have a plug-in fitting as they are intended to be replaced when they go wrong. Some dismantling will be required and you will find it very dirty and greasy.

Thanks for the replies. Thought it was too long.

PigletJohn, any idea how to work out which element has gone? DH really is rather good at stuff like that, just doesn't know which bit to replace.

Thanks for the replies. Thought it was too long.

PigletJohn, any idea how to work out which element has gone? DH really is rather good at stuff like that, just doesn't know which bit to replace.

Sorry for double post ...

no, but if you look on the manufacturer's website for spare parts, it may have an exploded diagram, which will give clues on how to unscrew the inner panels. It will also show you part no's so you can look up the prices.

(if their website is as good as the Bosch one)

when you look at oven elements, they are very clean if they work, and dirty if they don't (oven grease and dirt burn off a hot element).

then you will have an idea of DIY cost and can decide if you want to try and mend it. You do not have to buy parts from the maker, there are other suppliers.

An electrical fault is possible, but much less common.

A multimeter will help confirm a faulty element once you have got it out.

That's very helpful, thank you!

The bottom heat element crumbled into pieces as DH pulled it out of the oven. Think we can safely say that that was the problem!