does it come in threes ?... ( none gardening )

i would have thought the workmen would have checked battery first joan, just tipical isnt it,,,
sorry your oven broke to, are you sure it is and not a fuse or something, electric i presume,, poor you, have a few drinks tonight ;o)

yes its electic and has a grill,grill working but not oven.never heard of batteries being in them before..got a large glass now ..water lol

not battery joan fuse! but if grill working it cant be that anyway

no i mean battery in mums thermostat.. not cooker ..i know it cant be a fuse either..lol

Batteries in thermostat is new to me ! You'll be ok now Joan, 3 things all happened. Sing now " Always look on the bright side of life". : o )

de dum de dum de dum de dum ...:o))

oh i see joan lol, no didnt know that myself but workmen should

it should be the first thing they check, as householders dont know they are in there, or at least put a little sticker on them it would save 2 mens working hours and 3 weeks in a cold house for pensioners it should have been done in 5 mins oh im a moaning minnie tonight gonna take your advice san ditching the water lol

lol joan hahah

that has me worried. Dishwash went kaput on Monday. washing machine on wednesday. do i wait nervoulsy...........

our thermostat temperature display flashes when the battery is getting low. I didnt know what it meant until it did it about 3 yrs ago.

Isn't it annoying when this sort of thing goes wrong. The door fell off our tumble drier and it is made such that you can't get at the screws to screw it back on. It works fine if you hold the door in place or jam something against it. It is ready to go in my shed to have a new hinge system fitted to it as it would be a waste to throw it away just for that! :-o

oh SB i hope thats it for you ..at least you know what it is now when it flashes lol and my dishwasher has just gone to bed ..:o))

there is always something Richard isnt there, nothing is easy,you would think you could just screw it back on but no...,you could just prop it up with a washing basket and no one would know lol..:o))

Things are made 'throw away' now aren't they Joanella-I always try to find a way to fix things if I can--it is a challenge ( I win mostly but not always!) :-)

i was saying just that today, a stove should last a lifetime ..nothing is built to last, not household goods anyway, glad you try and mostly win it saves moey in the long run ..ah wel its all sent to try us ..or so they say lol :o))l

I hav a new world oven and hob - it gas and has never be service, but i did give it cleen out bout 15 yeer ago wehn we buy aga - now it just use for bakup an boilin up a brew - oh yes, it now 54 yeer old an still go strong, excepet for oven handel which fal off but i use screwdiver in hole an it shut door better htan handel did

Yes, I'm convinced about things happening in threes! Just last week the glass-fronted wall-hanging cupboard housing most of our wine and water glasses fell off the wall - only a few glasses survived! Then I knocked over a pint glass of water onto a wooden floor and we spent aaaaaages forcing sheets of kitchen roll between the floor and the skirting board to soak it all up. By then I was on tenterhooks waiting for the third thing and keeping away from scissors, knives and knitting needles in case of injury or fatality, but then made a vanilla cheesecake, not realising that the cream cheese was out of date, and it finished up looking gorgeous but inedible! I can relax now!

my mum always said 'break a match' for your third ! have you thought that it could be the element in the oven thats gone? have a look on the internet for your model and sometimes they give you troubleshooting advice then if you call a repairman you know the facts and are less likely to be bamboozled by someone unscupulous :o)

aww what a shame,bet you were looking forward to a wee cup of tea and a cake.

sounds like your havin a bad time,, (there was no heat when i put it on) your oven may need a thermastat as a kind person replaced mine not long ago saving me alot of money on a new oven if you can locate it and find one look on line at your make of oven hope things get better

So sorry everthing went wrong for you, hate them times as they always seem to happen together dont they.

Oh dear what a lot of catastrophies. I mustn't laugh as things have gone ok here for a while. Now what was that song? "always look on the bright side..de dum....

I`ve never heard of a thermostat with a battery though I think the workmen should have checked that before they ordered a part they didn`t need. I know how you feel about being without an oven, its so annoying to say the least. :o(

lol Derek,you cant beat the old things they were made to last throw away society today.:o).
oh Nariz ,can just imagine you on the floor with kitchen roll,shame about your cheesecake but it gave me a chuckle, i no i shouldnt have..:o))
thanks Pam o h has looked on net and been to local appliance shop £100 to replace element, it is quite a good shop known them years but prob get new one now but cheers for your advice..:o)
yes khayla ,had a choccy bicky instead lol..:o)
hi Viv ,trouble is oh is not too good with electrics and we dont know anyone that is so its going to cost us one way or another glad you got someone to help you with yours ..:o))
hi Clarice i know ,its a good job the saying is only 3s i couldnt cope with.it always comes in 6s lol :o)
thanks Granny you must have been singing along with us earlier.lol glad things are going ok for you :o)

It does annoy me also when things keep going wrong - just a point you can cook cake mixture in the microwave just take it out of the paper cases and put it in a glass bowl and they come out lovely

so sorry i didnt reply to you Lab must have crossed over at same time or i had a senior moment again,yes so annoying we are going for a new one tmoz at least the hob works and no i havent heard of it before,:o))
hi GS didnt think of that suppose i should have looked on net, too late now but handy to know thanks ,:o))