The Essential Guide to Lymm, July 2015 | Page 36

Essential Feature Prolong the life of your oven with these simple tips! Although one of the UK’s most hated household chores, it’s important that you maintain and clean your oven properly to prolong its life and ensure it’s working at its best. At least twice a year, you need to give your oven a deep clean, one in preparation for food-filled Christmas festivities and one during the annual spring clean. Let someone else roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty to get rid of the stubborn burnt on grease and grime, which builds up in the appliance and can create unpleasant smells, impact on its working condition and potentially cause a fire. Paul Clark, Owner of Ovenu Warrington, and his wife Andrea, offer a professional environmentally-friendly oven valeting service to homeowners, which will make your oven look brand new. The Ovenu valeting process involves dismantling key components of an oven such as the door, interior panels, fan and shelves and placing them into design-registered equipment, which uses environmentally-friendly, non-caustic products to clean the oven parts. The whole process takes between two and three hours and leaves the oven, hob and exterior in immaculate condition. In-between thorough Ovenu cleans, it’s important that you follow these simple tips to maintain the performance of your oven: - Make a habit of wiping the exterior 36 surfaces of your oven with a damp cloth every time you wipe down the worktops - To help prevent any mess in the oven, place the food you’re cooking on a baking tray and have a foilcovered tray on the bottom shelf of the oven to catch any spills. Alternatively, you can purchase a specially designed oven liner for the bottom shelf available from Ovenu, which is dishwasher safe and can be used time and time again - Wipe any spillages immediately (once the oven is cool) to prevent any dirt hardening - For the hob, remove any detachable parts and soak them in soap and hot water either overnight, if possible, or for a couple of hours, dry and place back onto the hob - Use a toothbrush to clean around gas burners - Avoid caustic-based products if cleaning the fan, pilot light or heating element in the oven Following these simple steps should ensure that your oven is clean, safe and ready to cook up a feast. Ovenu is accredited by the British Accreditation Bureau to ISO 9001 and all cleaning products used by Ovenu are environmentally friendly, bio-degradable and conform to the latest government REACH regulations. Ovenu’s Carbon Remover is also approved by the Vitreous Enamel Association. For more information about Ovenu, or to make a booking with Paul, call 01925 453377, email ovenuwarrington@ hotmail.co.uk or you can visit www. ovenuwarrington.net/. Ten issues in Culcheth • Lymm • Great Sankey & Penketh • Chapelford • Stockton Heath & Appleton Thewlwall, Grappenhall & Latchford • Birchwood • Lowton & Golborne • Newton-le-Willows • Warrington Town