On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 10:30:28 +0100, newshound
wrote:

On 21/08/2020 22:04, Nick Odell wrote:
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

If it's an old-ish oven the springs may have lost their tension. New
hinges is the answer, not usually too expensive.

Not that old really - about four years, I think. It is not terribly
well made but it is locally made which means spares are abundant and
cheap. There is an argument to be made for buying better (ie foreign
made) in the first place but that argument has to compete with the
higher original price, plus 50% import tax plus non availability of
parts if anything ever does go wrong.

Spare hinges are available: if other tweaks do not work, that is the
way we will have to go.

Thanks.

Nick