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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....
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"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?

Mine certainly does.

If so, what should I dismantle to get to it?

You don't dismantle mine to do that, you do
it with a screwdriver with the door removed.

Check the youtubes on how you do that.

Any thoughts gratefully appreciated!

Even the thought that you should shove
your head up a dead bear's bum ? Funky.

Oven door closer
 

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

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Jimk pretended :
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....

If this is a gas oven, then most/all have a gap in the seal at the top
edge,to allow exhaust air flow. Fresh air enters at the bottom rear by
the burner and exits at the top / front by the door.

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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.

Oven door closer
 

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



YouTube vid - similar issue - a fella removed door, packed out the
*top* fixing of each hinge from the body with bits of cut nail
(!) then refitted. The hinges were now in effect slanted
backwards by a few mm...
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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

Hm. Posted earlier that I would wonder if the hinge springs had lost
their tension, but it's not showing here (plusnet/thunderbird).

Not normally any adjustment IME. New hinges vary in price according to
oven, but not usually silly money.

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Nick Odell Wrote in message:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:41:09 +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



YouTube vid - similar issue - a fella removed door, packed out the
*top* fixing of each hinge from the body with bits of cut nail
(!) then refitted. The hinges were now in effect slanted
backwards by a few mm...

I shall have a search for that - thanks!

Nick


https://youtu.be/l5D3wtlL3f8
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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

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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

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:41:09 +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



YouTube vid - similar issue - a fella removed door, packed out the
*top* fixing of each hinge from the body with bits of cut nail
(!) then refitted. The hinges were now in effect slanted
backwards by a few mm...

I shall have a search for that - thanks!

Nick

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 22:32:30 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Jimk
wrote:

Nick Odell Wrote in message:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:41:09 +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



YouTube vid - similar issue - a fella removed door, packed out the
*top* fixing of each hinge from the body with bits of cut nail
(!) then refitted. The hinges were now in effect slanted
backwards by a few mm...

I shall have a search for that - thanks!

Nick


https://youtu.be/l5D3wtlL3f8

Cheers!

Nick