Erm nearly 40 and don't understand whether I can just get a new oven or the whole shabang!

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The oven has died. Looks like it may be the element as only half appears to be working but as it's ancient (and desperately needs cleaning!) the time has come to get a new one...but this is where I show myself up!

Do I just need to replace the electric oven? Or do we have to replace the gas hob as well? I'm presuming these are separate but have no idea!

Secondly, we have the tiniest narrow kitchen ever and it was an inherited bodge job. The gap between the other worktop appears to be the same as the oven depth so I'm not even sure how they got it in! Or how we'll get it out!

And finally, if you're still awake, it appears to be plugged in to a standard plug socket. Everything I've read says that they need to be hard wired in...erm this means nothing to me so can anyone explain in very simple terms obviously we'll be paying for installation but does it limit our choice of oven!

Thanks if anyone can help and I'm mortified by my lack of oven related knowledge!

I have a stand alone oven like you and it plugs into a normal socket my husband is an electrician so,it it need to be hard wired it would be . I think it has to do with the size of fuse required . If I remember correctly the hard wired ovens need something like a 30 amp fuse and have a fuse of their own in the circuit board and the others on a plug are a 15 amp fuse so can use a plug.

It may be worth getting a higher wattage oven as you can get pyrolitic cleaning.
This is the best feature on any oven as it means you will never have to clean the oven again, just a little dusting!!

It's a single oven - lots of then just plug in. AO do a 'deliver - take out old one and install new one' service.