We are about to select a range for remodeled kitchen. Up to now we're
planning to get two Dacor's - an all gas range mod. EGR-30, and an electric
wall oven in another part of the kitchen. I am fine with the wall oven, as
it mounts nearly flush with the cabinet front. But I just discovered that
the range is 24 in. deep, from back of oven door to the back of the unit,
the same depth of the lower cabinets we are planning. Trouble is, that
leaves 2 inches of bullnose, 2 inches of door, and 3 inches of handle
sticking proud of the cabinet faces. The "look" troubles me. Looks like the
stove was too big to fit in the cabinet fronts.The salesman tells me that
due to heat from the door opening, which has no edge or frame, designed
for that mount, so there is no oven heat escaping directly onto the adjacent
cabinet. Other brands, like the Viking, etc, have framed oven doors (at some
cost in capacity), and therefore may be mounted flush with the cabinet
doors, a look I really favor.
Since Dacor is my preference, what are my options, short of changing brands?
- mount it flush anyway, and line the cabinet edge with sheet steel, etc.?
- learn to live with the popped-out look of the front of the range?

All ideas welcome!

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:43:35 -0800, "Roger T." >
wrote:

> Trouble is, that
>leaves 2 inches of bullnose, 2 inches of door, and 3 inches of handle
>sticking proud of the cabinet faces. The "look" troubles me. Looks like the
>stove was too big to fit in the cabinet fronts.The salesman tells me that
>due to heat from the door opening, which has no edge or frame, designed
>for that mount, so there is no oven heat escaping directly onto the adjacent
>cabinet. Other brands, like the Viking, etc, have framed oven doors (at some
>cost in capacity), and therefore may be mounted flush with the cabinet
>doors, a look I really favor.


After looking at
http://www.dacor.com/products/produc...sp?ID=egr30s06

it doesn't appear that the stove protrudes. To me, it looks
completely flush with the cabinets.

"Ida Slapter" > wrote in message
...
> After looking at
> http://www.dacor.com/products/produc...sp?ID=egr30s06
>
> it doesn't appear that the stove protrudes. To me, it looks
> completely flush with the cabinets.

Perhaps the salesman was hipshooting about the heat, clearance, etc. Now
that I look at the Dacor contractors' planning guide, I see that the
recommended cabinet depth is 25 inches, but I cannot tell if that includes
the cabinet door or not. Thus, the unit appears nearly flush, yet the
hardcopy Dacor brochure, unlike the online pic, shows at least half the
thickness of the oven door sticking out beyond the adjacent cabinet door
fronts.
Thanks for pointing this out - it would suggest there is no danger of making
the oven flush, or nearly so.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:43:35 -0800, "Roger T." > wrote:

>the range is 24 in. deep, from back of oven door to the back of the unit,
>the same depth of the lower cabinets we are planning.

Why are your lower cabinets only 24 in deep? Is there a size problem with
the room that they have to be so shallow? One of my pet peeves of the US
kitchen industry is this silly 24 in deep base cabinets. The kitchens get
bigger and bigger, yet the base cabinets don't. 30 in makes much more
sense. Put some appliances along the back and you still have counter space
to work.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.