On Aug 12, 8:20*pm, Wayne Boatwright
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On Wed 12 Aug 2009 11:49:18a, Cheri told us...





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On Aug 12, 1:56 pm, terry wrote:
No details until tonight, when will be able to view a free stove with
a cracked top.
Gather at this point it's a complete glass topped stove with oven; but
it may turn out to be a separate cook-top and separate oven? No make
or model yet. Insufficient details given in local posting!
For information any idea what a is typical cost for a replacement
glass, also am assuming that the elements and controls can be detached
and affixed to the new glass. Also that it is not so old that the
glass is no longer available.
With these caveats it may not be worth doing?
But since would be own labour and tools worth looking into.
Any advice please welcomed.

From experience with a friend who bought a glass cooktop stove for his
rental house (big mistake) and the experience of others who have
posted here, it's very likely you will find the cost of the
replacement glass is so high that in the vast majority of cases, it
isn't worth it. * *In the case of the friends stove, the whole thing
cost like $320 and I think the glass part was ~ $250. * And if you had
to pay for labor, obviously it's worse. *The exception might be if it
were a high end unit, but even then, who knows.

Get the make/model and check it out at some online parts stores. * Let
us know what you find out.

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Personally, I've never heard much good about them from friends that
have/had them.

Cheri

Over the past 18 years, in different houses, we have had 3 glass top
ranges. *None of the 3 were inexpensive, each costing upwards of $1100. *I
have loved using all of them and we've never had a cracked or broken glass
top. *In fact, the only minor damage to one of the tops was a small scratch
which did not interfere with its function. *

Yes, replacement of the tops is not cheap, and I agree if the range was not
very expensive, then replacement of the top is impractical.

Having said that, I have never liked cooking on gas, and I would never go
back to an electric coil top range.

Aside from the traditional glass cooktops, there are also quartz-halogen
and induction cooktops. *The replacements for these are even more
expensive. *

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Thank you for all the opinions re glass topped stoves.
Seems like a 'Love em' or 'Hate em' situation.

Apparently somebody, not very knowledgeable of electrics and do it
your self repairs has taken the 'cracked' stove. Not sure what is
their intention is but rather glad to not be involved. Maybe they are
going to use it in a summer cabin or something? Wish them well; but
think they will find the glass top expensive if they decide to
replace. More expensive than finding a used stove we reckon.

Still curious by the way ................ are the electrics and/or
burners on a glass top stove detachable; have never worked on one!

Since we tend towards the practicalities and costs of any situation
and for many years ran a small catering company whereby one learned to
cook on whatever was available at the catering location, whether the
stove worked or not was the main consideration! Not just once
arriving at a location and having to 'fix the stove' before catering
the meal.

Quite coincidentally later that day we were offered yet another
cooking stove (not glass topped) free!
It must be something to do with "Being able to fix most things" and
aversion to wasting anything, harking back to older times. But these
days it's called 'recycling'.

This would be our third free used stove, cos we haven't bought a new
one since the 1980s. All coil topped and handed over due to friends/
neighbours renovating moving house etc. We declined this last one;
because our existing free stove works fine, is easy to fix if ever
necessary and have lots of scarpped stove spare bits to do.

Slightly used full size cooking stoves often available for $100 or
less. Sometimes just for the trouble of carting them away. I do recall
the last 'new' one we bought for a school cafeteria, some 8 years ago
cost about $300 brand new. They delivered it (about 5 miles) for free.

Thanks for the comments.