Two ovens in one cabinet means two of most parts — but usually only one control board, one power feed and one cooling fan. That’s why a single fault can take out the upper oven, the lower oven or both. Best Pro repairs double wall ovens and double-oven ranges. They show up in a lot of larger kitchens from Burlingame to Los Altos.
Reading the symptoms
Upper works, lower doesn’t (or the other way round). Each cavity has its own heating parts — bake and broil elements, or igniters on a gas model — plus its own sensor and door lock. So the cold oven’s own parts get tested first. Only when they check out do we move to that oven’s relay on the shared board.
Both dark. No display and no response usually means the thermal fuse has blown or the board has failed. Before you call, flip the breaker off and on. A double wall oven is on a 240-volt circuit, and if only one leg of it trips, the clock may stay lit while nothing heats.
Trouble that starts after self-clean. Cleaning the upper oven cooks the whole cabinet, including the board and the fan that sits above it. If that fan is getting weak, the board or a fuse often fails during the clean or right after it. We check the fan on every double-oven visit for this reason.
One cavity runs hot or cold. A sensor that has drifted, a door gasket that’s flattened, or a convection fan motor that has stopped turning.
Before the holidays
Thanksgiving week is the hardest workout a double oven gets all year, and it’s when a tired element or fan finally quits. If one oven has been acting up, have it looked at in early November instead of on the morning the turkey goes in.
Two-person jobs
Some repairs mean sliding the oven out of the wall, and a double wall oven can top 200 pounds. For those we send a second technician and tell you in advance; the extra charge is on our prices page.
Single wall oven or a freestanding range? See oven repair and range and stove repair. Microwave stacked over the oven? See microwave and combo oven repair.
What it costs
- Service call and diagnostic
- $85 — free if you go ahead with the repair
- Oven / range / stove repair
- $185 – $785
After the diagnostic you get a flat price for the whole repair, and you decide before any work starts. In 70–80% of cases the breakdown is minor and the repair costs about $180–$280. Parts and labor carry a 90-day warranty. All prices
Common problems we fix
- One oven heats, the other doesn’t
- Both ovens dead
- Control panel blank or not responding
- One oven runs too hot or too cold
- Problems right after self-clean
- Door locked after self-clean
- Cooling fan noisy or not running
- Error code on the display
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