Wolf Service in Mirrormont

Older houses and newer builds

Mirrormont is a census-designated place rather than part of any city, and it mixes houses that have stood for decades with larger homes built more recently. The kitchens follow suit: a Wolf range here may have gone in when the house was new, arrived with a renovation, or come along from a previous home. Two questions matter more than its age, though: what happens to it when the power goes, and which gas it was built to burn.

A gas oven and a power cut

A Wolf gas oven depends on electricity as much as on gas, because its igniter is electric. Wolf’s guidance is to turn the oven off whenever the power fails, however short the cut, and it states plainly that there is no safe way to use a gas oven without power. Never try to light one by hand.

Left on through a brief cut, the oven should light itself again when the supply returns: Wolf says the igniter senses the gas flow and fires. Should that not happen, Wolf’s remedy is to switch the knob off and back on. An oven that still will not light after that, with the power restored and the breaker on, has a real fault and is worth a visit.

Natural gas or propane, and what to tell us

Where a home runs on propane (LP) rather than natural gas, the range has to have been set up for propane. Wolf builds its ranges for one gas or the other, and the rating plate states which. For a new range whose burners will not light, Wolf’s own troubleshooting starts by confirming the gas type. So if a range has moved in from another house, or the house has changed its supply, we read the plate before touching anything else. When plate and supply disagree, that has to be put right by a gas fitter before the range can be judged at all.

When you call, tell us whether the house is on natural gas or propane and whether the trouble started with an outage. Summit Cooking Appliance Service answers on (425) 272-6613. The $89 call-out pays for finding the cause and comes off the repair when you give the go-ahead.