One of our guys had a single oven, hob and extractor to clean but when it came to finding the extractor he couldn’t see it! He asked the client where was the extractor and she said there it is right in front of you. The reason he didn’t see it was because it didn’t look […]
Continue readingA few weeks back we had a complaint by a client. She said that we had scratched the glass of her oven door. I went out and had a look at it and as it slid out I was able to take it out and walk to the window and see it in all its […]
Continue readingWhen you first start cleaning your first ovens after training you are going to be a bit cautious as you still don’t have the faith that everything works in the real world and you still worry about things fall ing apart. One of our franchisees had a problem with the door on his first job, […]
Continue readingI thought I’d share some top tips with you for cleaning cooker hob burner units that I have known about for a while but have been asked about more than once lately so is worth sharing. Question one is: How do you get the black carbon off of the aluminium burners surrounds? Well […]
Continue readingHere is a picture of a Selection of toothbrushes that I was in the Foyer of The Deep in Hull where we have been On holiday For the Last week. Really looking at this Selection I can’t see a good brush for oven cleaning. Really nothing beats the Tesco Budget toothbrushes at 5p each or […]
Continue readingLaCanche Range Cooker Brass CleaningI cleaned a couple of LaCanche cookers, one with brass trim and the other with chrome trim, in one house a few years ago and a couple of days later the customer complained that I hadn’t cleaned the brass work on the one which had brass knobs. Really we always clean […]
Continue readingThis last week I have been oven cleaning in Bristol every day. I have had a few tough jobs and this one in particular was a thoroughly. It was a SMEG standard single oven which was completely stainless steel INSIDE. It is the first time I have ever cleaned an oven like this, in all […]
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 When I first cleaning some ovens I often notice that the customer has lined either the grill pan or the bottom of the oven with aluminium foil. Often this is coated in grease and smells revolting! People thing that this is a good way to stop the spills, well it may do […]
Continue readingImage by Terry Freedman via Flickr Can’t Get That Damn Cooker Timer To Work? I’ve had a problem with a Bosch Cooker two days in a row so I thought I do a post on it. The problem has been setting the clock after switching the oven back on after switching it off. As the […]
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