Graham Rogers founded OvenGleamers in Taunton in 2004, growing it from a one-man van to a five-van operation within three years. The first franchise launched in 2010, and today OvenGleamers is a growing national network, recognised as experts in cleaning Everhot, AGA, and large cookers. Graham also blogs, creates videos, and hosts a podcast. Outside of business, he enjoys weight training, has owned AGAs for nearly 30 years, and holds two Open University degrees.
Image by Ivydale via Flickr Today a new operative has started with us. We interviewed about 8 people last week and got down to the final two who we sent out for a trial with one of our established guys and then made the decision. It was difficult as both would have done an an […]
Continue readingWell here it is my first video oven cleaning van cast which I filmed today on the way to my jobs. My wife is saying whats the point of it with some choice words thrown in, but it's a start and that's the main thing and to me it's a great first attempt at putting […]
Continue reading30 Amp AGA Cooker Problems Image by Ivydale via Flickr If you been reading my posts about my own 30 Amp AGA you will know that back in April we had a problem with one of the elements. Well the engineer actually replaced the fan first as he said that was the problem, but it […]
Continue readingImage via Wikipedia Yes I did buy 92 toothbrushes today. I think there may be a song about it. Well okay there isn't but I spent the drive home trying to think of one. The Red Balloons song seemed a good song to re jig the lyrics and get something sorted out all about 92 […]
Continue readingImage via Wikipedia Today I have been out cleaning ovens in student accommodation, we got the job late last Friday afternoon. A cleaning company had been let down by another oven cleaning company and they wanted 28 ovens cleaned by the end of Thursday this week. I think we were the only company that could […]
Continue readingImage by Ivydale via Flickr Oven Cleaning Day 5 I got the candidate to clean an AGA cooker with me. We then did a recap of all the stuff that we had done in the week and also went through the manual again to ensure that any questions that needed to be answered from a […]
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Today I have been training someone who is has joined us a new OvenGleamers franchisee and is starting his oven cleaning business as an OvenGleamer in his local area. We do two weeks of training and today was the first day of ten days of training. DAY 1 of Oven Cleaning Training 1. Course Introduction. Read through […]
Continue readingImage by Ivydale via Flickr If you are looking for Ovengleam ltd then you are nearly in the right place. Our trading name has been Oven Gleam or presented as one word OvenGleam since we started in early 2004. At the time Oven Gleam Ltd name was taken so the name that we registered was […]
Continue readingThat SMEG 90cm Range With The Racks That Fall Off The Runners. I think I’ve mentioned before that some of the SMEG single oven ranges have painted bits on the doors inside the oven. This means that if you use a shop bought oven cleaner with caustic in then there is a good chance that […]
Continue readingImage via Wikipedia Sometimes I have had a dog in the kitchen with me when I have been cleaning the oven. I'm not sure why the owners let the dog stay in the kitchen or perhaps I should have said, should say something. I think I've mentioned Barry and Dave the two Jack Russel terriers […]
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