How to Repair an Ariston Oven Door

The door of my friend's 15 year old Ariston electric oven has 2 problems:

1. The oven door doesn't stay shut (old hinges with weakened springs).
2. The inner glass has come partially unstuck, this means that the door lets heat out and that it is impossible to clean the door properly since the glass will likely come away completely.

I decided to break this post down into 3 key stages:

How to Remove an Oven Door

How To Replace Oven Door Hinges

How to Replace The Door Glass of an Ariston Oven

NOTE: Since the oven is about 15 years old I wasn't surprised when my local Ariston dealer told me that the hinges are no longer available. A few minutes searching online later I sourced replacements online. When the hinges arrived they turned out to be slightly different; They have only one spring instead of 2 and are fixed by 3.5mm screws instead of 4mm. Saying that they fit perfectly and work fine (as you can see in the photo above of the repaired oven).

How to Remove an Oven Door

This post explains how to remove an oven door. We removed the door in order to replace worn out hinges and the window glass. You might also want to remove the door in order to clean the oven really thoroughly.

Oven Door Removal Step 1.

Open the door fully to reveal the small metal flap on each door hinge.

Oven Door Removal Sep 2.

Lift the metal flap using a screwdriver and rotate it to the fully open position.

Oven Door Removal Step 3.

Partially close the oven door until the Small meta flap causes the hinge to remain blocked open.

Note: The original photo taken while removing the door wasn't very good so we used a door hinge which had been removed from the door to illustrate more clearly how the hinge blocks open

Oven Door Removal Step 4.

Lift the door clear of the oven (Upwards and Outwards at 45 degrees)

Oven Door Removal Step 5

Replacing the door is the reversal of the above process. Once the door has been correctly seated on its hinges make sure that the flaps close fully.

NOTE: The illustrations show the hinges used on Ariston ovens and some other makes. There are other types of hinge but the removal method relies on a similar principle: Open the door fully then block the hinge open in order to lift the door clear of the oven.

As always, if you have any comments or questions please comment below.

How To Replace Oven Door Hinges

A pretty common problem with older ovens is that the door no longer stays closed due to faulty hinges. This is the case with my friend's 15 year old Ariston oven. Its pretty easy job to replace the oven door hinges. Even tho the cooker is pretty old replacement hinges are available online. This is an Ariston Oven but the sequence is similar for other makes.

Oven Door Hinge Replacement Step 1

Remove the door from the oven  as described in this post: How to remove an oven door.

Oven Door Hinge Replacement Step 2

Place the door on a flat surface and remove the 4 screws at the bottom of the door.

Oven Door Hinge Replacement Step 3

Once the 4 screws have been removed we lift away the chromed metal plate from the bottom of the door and carefully slide the outer door glass (door fascia) out of the handle which retains it along the upper edge.

Oven Door Hinge Replacement Step 4

The outer glass is lifted away to reveal the hinges are now only held in place by a metal tab at the top and can be lifted out .

Oven Door Hinge Replacement Step 5

The replacement door hinges need to be partially opened using a large screwdriver or pliers. They can then be slotted into place in the oven door.

Oven Door Hinge Replacement Step 6

Once the new hinges are in place it's just a matter of reversing the sequence to reassemble the door and fit it back to the oven. Take care when opening the door hinges and blocking them open using the small metal tabs they can easily spring shut - This is best done by 2 people, one holds the hinge in the open position with pliers and the other uses a flat screwdriver to open the flap and lock the hinge open ready to slot into the holes each side of the oven.