I havent posted for quite a while but I'm having an issue with my D'Amani rangehood and oven and would like some advice. In a nutshell we've been in our home since October 2009 and from day one we've had issues with the oven and rangehood. The oven vibrates, the light cover continually falls off and it turns itself off at random times whilst in use. The rangehood also vibrates but the main issue is that it's so noisy that I cant use it. We paid extra to have it ducted completely out of the house and after 6 electrician visits (two diff companies) and a visit by the D'amani repair people we are no closer to an answer. Pl@nt@tion have now contacted me to say they will either refund me the amount for the rangehood (which will be a minute amount) and I can then go and use this money to pick my own rangehood and they will install it for me OR I can choose a rangehood from the Technika range and have that installed instead.
I've come back and said that I have concerns over the quality of Technika and that if I'm replacing the rangehood then I want the oven replaced too but I'm really not sure if I'm doing the right thing here. I'm also not sure if replacing the rangehood is even going to fix the issue. I've asked for the m3/hr airflow specs of my current rangehood so that I can compare the technika ones. If I replace it with one that has the same airflow I'm concerned I'll have the same problem!
We've spent so much damn money building this house and I feel so frustrated! The inclusion of the kitchen products (in particular the 900mm wide oven) was one of the things that pushed me to choose P over other builders and now I feel very disheartened by the whole thing!
Any feedback on the quality of the two appliances would be great... I've heard that D'amani is actually the same company as Technika? Is this true?
cheers