Ill fitting oven and microwave, how to solve?

[Andehh]

Please see photo attached. Above and below both the oven and microwave you can see the internal trim of the cabinets. Never had this with Wren when we fitted the same appliances before, other then a gap between them which I filled with a wood off cut.

 

kitchen supplier (diy kitchens) are fobbing us off as a "we can supply wood to cut down, but neff should supply a filler panel...... Not all appliances are the same size". Neff just sign post is to a £150 kit which I'm not convinced will solve it. 

 

Anyone else come across this?....... Any smart ideas? 

 

Thanks in advance! 

[Nickfromwales]

When I was installing kitchens, the top oven usually sat on two metal L-brackets and not the wood shelf we can clearly see in the pics. That would lower the top oven and create a new problem at the top of that though. 🤷‍♂️

[Andehh]

Yep, we have two small bit irritating gaps very top and bottom, then bigger middle gap. 

 

All too big for neffs stupid fillers, to small for DIY kitchens fillers.... Grrrr

Edited June 19, 2023 by Andehh

[Big Jimbo]

Move the top onen/microwave up by a couple of mm. adjust the top door first and set it up right. You can do this with a couple of pieces of 50mm wide pieces of wood/ mdf sat ontop of the shelf below the oven / micro. The lower oven should be raised by a larger amount using the same method. Aim to get the gap between the Two appliances to about 5mm. You will need this gap unless the top appliance door opens within it's own axis. (most dont) Then set your bottom drawers up, which they are clearly not at the moment. The result is that the gap you have will now be between the lower appliance, and the top of the drawer below. The way to now fill the remaining gap is what a lot of kitchen companies call an oven filler. Don't forget that you will also require a gap between the lower appliance and the top of this filler in order for the door to drop when it is opened. You will also require a gap between the bottom of the oven filler and the top of the drawer. If the oven filler you purchase is to high / tall, you cut it down to fit the gap, and fit putting the cut face down. You can always put a bit of silver tape over the cut edge, but really not needed. Hope the above gets you sorted.

[Andehh]

Thanks very much big jimbo, we'll give it a go!