Who mends the knobs on a gas cooker?

[Easy]

Cos the one that turns on my top oven/grill has gone wonky, I can't get the oven on at all.

Do I call a plumber or what?

can you get the front of the cooker off?

who, ME????

no way, i'm too kak-handed to try such a thing.

DH is away all week, and he's not exactly a diy whizz either.

Ring the manufacturer and see if they have service engineers?

yes they have service engineers. 80 quid callout fee !!!!!!!!

argh

Is it the sort of knob that pulls off (ooer ) for cleaning?

A qualified gas fitter ought to be able to do it, but won't charge much less than the service engineer, I suspect.

As far as I am aware, the knob doesn't pull off.

Trouble is, it's the knob that lights either the grill (turn clockwise) or the oven (anti-clockwise). well it will light the grill if you wiggle it about in either direction, but won't light the oven at all. I'm afraid that if I get the grill lit I won't be able to turn it off again.

I know a repair may well cost me more than 80 quid, but I don't want to pay £80 for an engineer to tell me to sling my cooker in a skip.

BTW how long should a cooker last? it's 7 years old, was top-of-the-range, cost us about £650 then, and one bloke I've rung has already told me it probably won't be worth repairing!!!