Wondering if an electrician can fix your electric oven? Learn when to call an electrician vs. an appliance technician, common causes of oven failure, and how to avoid costly mistakes.
Electrician Oven Repair: Fix or Replace? What You Need to Know
When your electric oven, a household appliance that uses electrical current to generate heat for cooking. Also known as electric range, it stops working, you might think it’s time to buy new. But before you do, you need to know what’s actually broken. Most electric oven problems aren’t about the whole unit failing—they’re about one part wearing out. A faulty oven element, the heating coil inside the oven that glows red when powered, a broken oven control board, the electronic brain that tells the oven when to turn on and off, or a loose wire can all make it seem like the oven is dead. These are common, fixable issues—and they’re exactly what local electricians in South Shields deal with every week.
Here’s the thing: replacing an oven element costs less than £50 and takes under an hour. Replacing the control board? That’s more like £150–£300, depending on the model. But here’s where most people get tricked—some repair shops will tell you the whole oven needs replacing because the control board is expensive. That’s not always true. If your oven is under 10 years old and the rest of it works fine, fixing the board is almost always worth it. The real danger? Trying to fix it yourself without turning off the power. Electric ovens run on 240 volts—enough to kill. That’s why you need a qualified electrician, not a handyman with a YouTube tutorial. We’ve seen too many cases where DIY attempts led to melted wires, tripped breakers, or even small fires.
And it’s not just about the parts. Wiring, fuses, and the circuit breaker feeding your oven all matter too. If your oven trips the breaker every time you turn it on, it’s not always the oven—it could be the house wiring. A good electrician checks all of it. In South Shields, we’ve fixed ovens that hadn’t worked in years just by replacing a £12 thermal fuse. No new oven needed. No big bill. Just a quick, safe fix.
So if your electric oven isn’t heating, isn’t turning on, or keeps cutting out, don’t jump to replacement. Start with the right diagnosis. Below, you’ll find real repair stories from local homes—what broke, how much it cost, and whether it was worth fixing. No fluff. No upsells. Just what actually happened.