For some home chefs, a gas stove is a cuisine must. For many others, your home came with a gas stove and you’re just trying to figure out how to use it. One of the biggest concerns of owning a gas stove is the pilot light. Some stoves, the pilot never goes out and your burners always flare up on …
Cooking with a glass top stove is not like any other electric (or gas) stove experience. You have the whole stove to work with and far less iron to soak or scrub. In many ways, it’s cleaner. But it’s also harder to perform repairs. With a traditional electric stove, all you have to do is swap out burners in sockets …
When it’s time to make dinner the last thing you want to deal with is a non-heating Frigidaire oven model FFGF3016TS. Unfortunately, a lack of heat is a common malfunction that ovens often succumb to after years of use. While the issue is beyond frustrating, diagnosing and fixing the problem isn’t necessarily an impossible DIY feat. Often times, the malfunction is …
When it comes to stove problems, you can expect there might come a day in the future where you turn it on, and the coils produce no heat at all. However, electric cooktops can also have the exact opposite problem as well – they get too hot instead. An electric coil getting too hot doesn’t immediately seem like a problem. …
Every appliance has a maximum lifespan. It doesn’t mean when they get to that number they will automatically self-destruct, but when they do hit that magical number, it means you can expect to have components wearing out and may even have to replace it in the next few years. It used to be that ovens were made to last until …
If you have found that none of your stove elements reach full power or suddenly stop working altogether, you have a power issue with your appliance. However, if you found that your range is still receiving a full 240 volts from its power source, then you likely have a faulty terminal block. The terminal block is where the wiring from …
Every now and then, there comes a time for a little extreme home appliance repair. When your oven door is malfunctioning, this is one of those times. Oven doors have no special electrical components and circuits, they are purely mechanical. This means that if you can operate the mechanisms, you can do everything from repair to replacing your own home …
When it comes to common worries for your oven, there are many. It doesn’t turn on. It doesn’t produce any heat. It gets too hot. All of these are serious problems that will need to be addressed. However, an oven that isn’t hot enough isn’t often considered a common problem. For some, they may not even notice it for a …
The flames on your gas cooktop should be blue, strong, and perfectly even. If even one of those things fails to be true about your gas stove, then you have a problem. However, aside from no flames at all, having an uneven flame is a common issue that can be caused by a number of different problems. The good news …
While not all electric cooktops come with a glass covering, it is a convenient feature for many kitchens. As the entire range is covered by a pane of glass, it makes any spills easy to wipe away. There are no coils for food to burn onto and it is less of a burn hazard for those that use it. However, …