Browse Forums Kitchen Appliances 1 Oct 14, 2012 9:09 pm With our House Of The Future we'd like to pay as little electricity as we can get away with and would like to have as much as possible on gas. (Though we don't have Natural Gas here yet). We mentioned a gas oven to a builder or two and they basically said that they're hard to get and very rare. Some basic searching has turned up some Westinghouse models so they're not that hard to find? What's the general consensus on installing gas ovens? Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook Re: Gas ovens? 2Oct 14, 2012 9:15 pm One thing to keep in mind is how often you use the oven. Based on 24 c/Kwh for power, a 2.4 kW element thats runs for 50% of the time it costs around 60 cents to cook a roast for two hours. Can't remember the last time I saw a gas oven though. My grandparents had one in the 1980s as a stove/cooktop unit. Gas ovens? 3Oct 15, 2012 8:05 am My thoughts. I would prefer a gas cook top and a gas oven. I have electric in this house as it wasn't sensible to have piping put in for gas bottle just for cooking. I miss my gas stove and oven from our previous house of 17 years. We've been here 31/2 yrs and in a rental for 1 1/2 yrs prior to that. Both on full electric. I'm not impressed. Ceramic cook top. Not induction. Re: Gas ovens? 4Oct 15, 2012 2:00 pm What brand was your oven? Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook Re: Gas ovens? 5Oct 15, 2012 3:07 pm We have a gas oven in our house (was there when we brought it) and I think its SO much better to cook with than electric. I've never had any troubles cooking anything, even finicky things like pavlova. Using other peoples electric ovens makes me want to bang my head against the rangehood! I'll definitely be sorting out a gas one when we build. ETA: Ours is a Westinghouse - MrsT Brought first house in 2008. Renovated...a LOT. Built in 2013. Our thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67954 Re: Gas ovens? 6Oct 15, 2012 7:14 pm ^^ See that's what I THOUGHT would happen. Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook Re: Gas ovens? 7Oct 15, 2012 9:13 pm sorry can't remember what ours was. It was over 25 years ago that it was purchased and its been 5 years since I saw it. but it was a full stove type. not separate components. Re: Gas ovens? 8Nov 02, 2012 3:49 pm belling, glem gas and ilve make gas wall ovens. I wanted a gas wall oven to start with and had the same trouble finding a gas one. The one you had mentioned had some seriously scary reviews so i quickly decided againsed that one I am now looking at a gas freestanding one but theres not to many either....that i like! Goodluck Re: Gas ovens? 9Nov 03, 2012 9:06 pm I saw some Belling in the latest Harvey Norman cooking catalogue. Not bad looking things. Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook 4 10821 I want to build a decking to the drawn shape outlined in black. The problem is how close can I build to the gas hot water unit? Will I be able to build around it and be… 0 20224 you need a fridgie to answer but I would think you vac the whole system then add gas if you have a leak, unless it is new install with the gas already loaded, in that case… 1 3656 |