Don't buy this oven
1/5
We had this installed in our brand new kitchen in May, six months ago. A lot of steam comes out when the door opens; far more than I've ever seen before and it billows up over the ceiling and all around the room. We noticed the other week that it's actually ruining the new cabinets and fittings above it due to the stream that escapes. AO sent an engineer out today who said there's nothing wrong with it and it's how it's designed:
The bottom oven has an exhaust pipe that goes into the top oven and that has vents at the top that to release it, explaining why we also get condensation. The extractor in the bottom oven gets rid of some of the steam but not all of it so when you open the oven door it all comes billowing out.
DO NOT BUY THIS OVEN.
We decided to go for a cheaper oven but I wish we'd found the money for a better one now; if the kitchen is already being ruined after six months, what state will the oven leave it in in six years?
Buy cheap, buy twice. Spend more money on something that is better designed and won't ruin your kitchen.
Be plus side, it does cook things ok though.
Elizabeth