Replacing a fitted oven?

[Heffa]

I hope this is the right place to post this! We recently moved into a new house, which has a fitted, dual-fuel oven (gas hob, electric fan). We want to replace it with a non-fitted oven but we don't know how to get the fitted one out. DH is quite DIY-capable so would give it a try, but is concerned about the fuel supplies and doesn't think he has the right tools. We phoned a local kitchen fitter, but he doesn't seem very keen because it's such a small job. Places like Comet will fit the oven, but I doubt they offer a service to cut the old one out.

Does anyone have any experience of this? Is it something that we should be able to do ourselves? If not, then who should we call? We're happy to pay for it to be done since I can't imagine it's a big job.

Watching with interest. I have a fitted gas oven that's buggered and want to replace with fitted electric. As you say shops will deliver and fit new but won't disconnect old. As it's gas you're not allowed to touch it.

If it's fitted then it will only be sitting within a unit so removing it sholud be fine. For the electric bit find which circiut it's on and switch the fuse off before disconnecting it! For the gas bit there should just be a tap that you switch off like the vavle on a washing machine inlet.

It looks like we'd have to cut out the hob bit though - would a jigsaw be good enough?

I think you'd need to finish off the rough edges though. If it's just that bothering you then I think anyone DIY competent would be able to do it but I think you have to be Corgi registered to touch the gas.

We had to replace the oven when exh smashed the glass front when drunk . I bought a new oven from Currys or similar and found a guy (small self-employed business mending all appliances) in the Yellow Pages who fitted it for about £30. It only took him about half an hour. But no gas was involved.

Actually £30 for half an hour sounds extortionate!! Never mind...

£30 would be fine! It probably is extortionate but I really want to get rid of this thing. I might try and track down some local handymen - the kitchen fitter is coming round to have a look but kept muttering about it being a really small job (although, you'd think if it was that small that he could do it quickly and pocket some easy cash!).