Oven cleaning companies

[CoolC]

Has anyone used these companies that come around and sort your oven?

Ours needs doing, but it's one of those jobs I hate, so rang a couple of these companies in the yellow pages. Most couldn't do anything until the new year, and the one quote I did get was for just shy of £60.

That is more than I was expecting to be quoted (expected something more like £40) so though I would ask here. Is that a normal sounding quote? And does anyone know of an easy effective way of doing it yourself?

TIA

[OllieC]

the paint on goo you can get from betterware will shift all the burnt on crap.

its a messy job though, but never one I would pay to have done for me

[GreenDog]

I too hate cleaning the oven. Last time I did it though I used that Oven Pride stuff where you put the shelves in a big pastic bag then add the goo. It worked a treat.
For the interior of the oven I use Mr Muscle oven cleaner.

[pugwash4x4]

Used to own an Ovenu Franchise- never actually did the work myself, but was very very impressed with the results. It isn't cheap as you say, but by god it will get the overn clean. Most franchises will do minor repairs FOC and can do bigger repairs (such as seals, door glass, specialist bulbs and elements) without too much cost.

Each franchise can only reaslistically do 3 or maybe 4 people per day, and you can expect to have them for 3-4 hours- but they shouldn't leave until it is mint.

[matts4]

£50 was what I paid for the main overn to be cleaned last year.

From memory the double oven would have been £60, but the top half wasn't really dirty.

I looked upon it as an easy way to get a clean oven.

Why pay £10-£15 quid on second rate products, have the hassle of cleaning it, not get it "quite" right and then be dissapointed with the result.

Just get the professional to do it, right tools, right job.