On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:33:19 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Jimk
wrote:

Nick Odell Wrote in message:
So. The heat had been leaking like a hot thing out of the gap behind
the oven door and we changed the rubber door seal which has helped
somewhat but has not cured the problem.

The door does not press as firmly against the oven as I would have
expected it to do. The oven is an Orbis which a)you almost certainly
have never heard of because b) it is a brand local to here and I am
not in the UK right now. But it has the usual bottom-mounted hinges
which flip over to release the door for removal.

Does this type of generic oven door have any sort of tension-adjust
mechanism anywhere? If so, what should I dismantle to get to it?

Any thoughts gratefully appreciated!

Thanks,

Nick



Dunno, but, how did you get on attaching the new door seal to
(presumably) the oven body? Mine droops at the top & I can't see
how it's supposed to be secured....

Ours has a sort-of staple-shaped sealing strip. The sides go down
about three-quarters of the way and the top stretches across the top.
There are four little holes in the doorframe which line up with four
little metal hooks on the strip. First I had to stretch the seal
across the top of the doorframe then stretch each side down and hook
it into place.

The droop at the top was the reason the seal needed to be replaced:
too much heat was getting out of the top of the oven and the controls
on the front panel were breaking down because of it. The new seal
stretches tight across the top - and if the door closed firmly would
do the job it is supposed to.

Nick