So, as we had our recessed lighting installed in our kitchen, we ran into a small problem. The electrician moved the oven, only to realize that the glass on the oven door popped out! So, as you would open the oven door, the glass would come off and hit you right in the shin. This is somewhat of a problem given the fact that most of the time the temperature of the glass will exceed 350 degrees.
Well, no big deal, we have that home owners warranty, they’ll fix it right? Wrong. When we called and told them about the problem, they asked us “does it still bake?” Well, yes it still bakes, but it is what I would call unusable and dangerous. It didn’t matter because simply put, it still bakes. Great. Well now what!? Clearly we don’t want to buy a new oven, this looks relatively new, and frankly we have our money allocated elsewhere.
Our first idea was to buy some adhesive and glue the glass in place. We asked a few stores about this idea, and all of them said it wouldn’t work, and even if it did, it was a terrible idea. Damn. Well, it’s dangerous, so I might as well take off the oven door. When I took off the door, I noticed something that I never saw before. There were these little plastic pegs on the door handle that actually held the glass in place, and ALL of them were broken. Well, that changes everything. I found the serial number on the oven, and headed over to home depot to see if they could help me out. The guy there gave me a parts website through home depot that I could enter the serial number and see if I could order just the part. Well, I did just that, and wouldn’t you know, I found the exact part I needed for only $30. I placed the order, had it delivered a few days later, took off the old handle and replaced it with the new part.
A 10 minute fix, and $30 later I had totally fixed our broken oven door, which we thought was dead to rights. I put the door back on and now the oven works just fine. So, even when you think that something is completely broken, really look hard at it and maybe you’ll find out it actually a pretty easy fix.
About Matt and MC
We just recently bought our first home, and we decided to share our story of our adventures with you. The ups and downs of home ownership, and all the fun we'll have in between. Ignore the typos and just have fun, that's what we're here for. 
