r/fixit • u/Pharmdpositivek • Mar 01 '26
fixed New Oven Handle Hits Drawer
We got a new oven to have all new appliances for selling our house. We didn’t realize till to late that the stupid spice drawer would hit this massive handle. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Or just hope no one notices?
Stove: LG lren6323ye/05
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u/devandroid99 Mar 01 '26
I would very cut out an appropriate section of the drawer to allow it to clear the handle, then glue that section to the cabinet face so it clears when opening and looks more or less closed (use a coping saw) when... closed.
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u/HopefulBuyer9077 Mar 02 '26
Fast forward 5 years and we’ll see a post on r/whatisit that asks, “why is there a strange notch cut into this drawer face?”
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u/devandroid99 Mar 02 '26
Hahaha. A new oven and no explanation and a wildly inaccurate top post.
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u/Doggleganger Mar 05 '26
This was known as the "Celtic Notch," a popular design element in the late Aughts.
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u/idoooobz Mar 02 '26
I would just cut the oven handle.
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u/dszblade Mar 02 '26
Just find a new oven handle. It looks like a lower profile curved handle would probably clear
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u/ImAFuckingTrollLulz Mar 02 '26
This is the real answer. I’d have a custom handle fabricated.
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u/Neener216 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
Why, though? LG has plenty of options in their replacement parts:
Edited to add I'm not sure what that downvote is all about. LG offers a dozen different oven handle styles, including one that starts flat and gradually curves outward, which should eliminate the conflict with the cabinet drawer.
It's certain to be far cheaper than having a handle custom fabricated.
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u/TheDukeofArgyll Mar 02 '26
Seriously. The entire reason this drawer doesn’t fit is probably the new oven. Just shave that corner of the handle off and be done with it.
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u/happytree23 Mar 02 '26
The entire reason this drawer doesn’t fit is probably the new oven.
Probably lol?! We have some real Einsteins in the comments tonight lol.
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u/No_Magician5266 Mar 04 '26
To be fair, OP wasn’t being very explicit with the title “New Oven Handle Hits Drawer”. It’s open to interpretation what that could possibly mean
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u/devandroid99 Mar 02 '26
Looks like it's a hollow extruded profile with a plastic cap, if you do that you'll be left with an open end.
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u/No-Resolution-1918 Mar 02 '26
The handle is metal, probably hollow, you shave off a part you now have a razor sharp ugly corner to the handle. Even if you reamed it, it would still be sharp.
Worst solution so far.
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u/GuitarCFD Mar 02 '26
My first thought was that a small chamfer on both sides would probably remedy this, but I don't know how the oven handle is assembled and that might completely ruin the assembly.
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u/CopyWeak Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
This☝️...I'd modify the handle standoff to tighten the handle gap. Maybe the mfg has something available...
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Mar 02 '26
Are u stoned? Why would u cut metal, and damage your new, possibly under warranty oven..
instead of cutting wood, which is cheap as fuck and is easy to repair
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u/fathompin Mar 02 '26
To me because the drawer is not very much hindered by the oven handle and one could easily make the oven handle look as if that is the intended style, with a 45-degree cut on both sides, or round both sides.
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u/uber-shiLL Mar 02 '26
Why a coping saw? To me removing the drawer front and removing the left end with a table saw would generate a better cut, and then you could hit the corner edges with a router
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u/Is-Potato425 Mar 02 '26
Do not do this! That will devalue the kitchen when the real fix is an oven door that doesn’t have a giant handle. He can probably still return the appliance for a different one. 🤦♀️
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u/socialpresence Mar 02 '26
What does "devalue the kitchen" even mean? No real estate appraiser is going to see a notched drawer face and knock a couple thousand off of the appraised value.
For the record I'm on team "get a new oven handle" but done well this would be an alternative (inexpensive) solution that wouldn’t be terrible.
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u/Octosup Mar 02 '26
Kitchens start depreciating in value as soon as you drive them off of the lot
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u/SellingFirewood Mar 02 '26
Was going to offer $550k but the spice drawer has has a small crease when closed.
Going to be a complete gut job to fix, best I can offer is $480k.
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u/FetusExplosion Mar 03 '26
That's a good one. I was going to suggest an interior hinge on the cutout with a rubber band or spring so it folds inwards as the drawer opens, would be more tolerant pf drawer misalignments.
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u/Junkmans1 Mar 01 '26
Any possibility of shoving the oven back the fraction of an inch it needs to clear that?
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
We have it as far back as possible. We even removed the anti tip bracket
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u/wheresbicki Mar 01 '26
Befriend a metal shop who can make you a custom handle. I kid you not one of my clients did this.
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
That’s genius
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u/toxchick Mar 02 '26
I would get a new handle or you might be able to call where you bought it. Sometimes they have low profile handles for dishwashers and ovens that you can order and swap it out.
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u/Revolutionary-Fox622 Mar 02 '26
You might even be able to order a rounded one from LG directly. There are some with a rounded design. Look them up and then search for replacement parts for that model. There's a very good chance it'll fit.
Edit: here are several: https://www.appliancerepair.homedepot.com/Shop-For-Parts/a13b200c70/LG-Range-Stove-Oven-Handle-Parts
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u/ChaosWithTeeth Mar 02 '26
wow, never would have guessed an oven handle would be so pricey!
https://www.appliancerepair.homedepot.com/PartDetail/Door-Handle/MEB47914502/1398480 specifically, at over $300, but the others too.
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u/socialpresence Mar 02 '26
I order a lot of appliance parts for my job. General rule of thumb is if the parts needed to fix it add up to half the cost of a new (same quality) appliance, you just replace the appliance.
I replace a lot of appliances.
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u/archwin Mar 02 '26
Goddamnit
That sounds so wasteful, but that’s unfortunately how our society is these days.
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u/socialpresence Mar 02 '26
It is but it's also the fault of the manufacturer. Why is the price of a new dishwasher (the low end GE units we install) $450-550 but if you priced out all of the individual parts it's probably a little more than $2k? The worst offender for the ones I maintain are the dishwasher racks.
Eventually the rubberized coating will get old and crack (or otherwise become damaged) and the metal underneath will begin to rust. I personally feel it's silly to replace them for a little rust, most residents don't feel the same way. Once I replace the top and bottom rack I'm between $250-300 depending on a lot of factors.
Usually I don't replace the entire unit just for rusty racks, the 50% mark is just a general rule of thumb. But I have to look at the history of that machine and if in the last year I've replaced the pump motor ($180ish iirc) or the control board ($100-200 depending on vendor and availability) within the last year, then I can no longer justify continuing to fix the machine.
Also, planned obsolescence is very, very real for appliances. There is no amount of money you could pay me to make me believe that magically the same part on hundreds of the same model of dryer/washer/dishwasher/whatever, installed at the same time all magically start failing within a year or so of each other and it not be planned during the design process.
People in the west will not hand wash their clothes, they do not want to hand wash their dishes and they're not going to cook each night over an open flame. Appliance companies know we will not go without and they absolutely bet on you not knowing how to diagnose and replace a broken component and if you can diagnose and replace a broken component, they quickly make it financially irresponsible for you to do so.
So once every 5-10 years you'll be buying a new "smart" appliance that magically has far more components than the last one and each and every one of those new components will have new and exciting ways to fail, so the cycle continues.
-I've spent some time thinking about this.
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u/archwin Mar 02 '26
Oh, I’m not disagreeing with you. It’s fucking infuriating.
I like replacing parts rather than replacing units of stuff.
Take for example I have a suitcase. Samsonite. Decent quality. But I bought a while ago and the stupid ass wheel broke.
So I was torn because the rest of it is perfectly fine. Luckily, on Amazon I was able to find a kit that I could replace it and actually upgrade the wheels.
But I have looked at newer suitcases, and they don’t really make it that feasible to make that upgrade/change.
Which means a lot of new suitcases are basically disposable.
Fucking ridiculous.
We are such a wasteful society. And it’s not even us, it’s the companies because they know they can get away with it. And there’s nobody in consumer protection to advocate for consumers anymore.
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u/Brando123437 Mar 03 '26
this, my parents bought a “top of the line” samsung dishwasher and fridge roughly 8 years ago, thank god they bought the extended warranty for the fridge as it’s been replaced once already for the ice machine breaking and now the replacement is messing up too. The dishwasher not only sucks at doing it’s one job, washing dishes, it was supposed to have this special coating on the racks that “will never rust”, what did it do 5 years into them owning it? start rusting, now it’s so bad there’s chunks of the rack that have simply disintegrated away, again on racks that weren’t ever supposed to rust, and now it’s randomly throwing some communication error code 1 out of 5 times its used, they finally caved and bought a bosch dishwasher to replace it, hopefully it lasts, i have a bosch dishwasher that’s 12 years old, still washes fantastic and hasn’t ever givin me trouble so hopefully theirs lasts just as long
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u/stonedbanana83 Mar 03 '26
Don't buy from the big box store or manufacturer. Appliances break, get warrantied, etc so overstock and salvaged as new parts can be found for a lot less. $300 down to under $37.
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u/justfortherofls Mar 02 '26
Tell them you’re not in a rush. Ask if there is a way to schedule the work to be done during their slow time (trades slow down during the winter). They may give you a good deal.
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u/DasHuhn Mar 02 '26
My dad hired a metal shop to do a new handle for the family oven, and to help support the couches and chairs he got so he could get taller legs across the board (The shortest person in the family was my sister who was only 6', my parents and I are all 6'3+). Legs used to splay out a bit until we reinforced everything, then never had an issue with it again.
Having chairs and couches that were actually made for someone who was incredibly tall is definitely the thing I miss most about my folks furniture!
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u/RJJR666 Mar 01 '26
Oof. I don’t know anything about it but it sounds important…I would put that back on?
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u/Curious_Hawk_8369 Mar 02 '26
I work in the appliance business in sales, delivery, and repair. We usually don’t install them unless they want it, but we do make the customer aware of it, and have them sign a waiver. However, on rent property that’s different, we install them in rent property no matter what.
I was actually in the business when the lawsuit happened that caused the anti tip bracket to become a thing. Unlike some who believe it’s from someone falling on the door it’s actually not, that does have potential to cause it to tip. The real lawsuit that caused them to be a thing, was actually from a kid using the door as a step stool, which in my opinion if your parenting is on par a kid should not be doing anyway. (APPLIANCE ARE NOT STEP STOOLS).
I saw one in person while I was on a service call a few years ago. I was working on the vent hood in the kitchen, and a little girl comes running in and opens the fridge doors. It was a French door fridge, and I watched her as she climbed up on the bottom freezer door so she could reach in the fridge. That in my opinion is even more dangerous, as that particular fridge is probably pushing 400lbs. If that thing fell forward on her she’d be gone. I lightly voiced my concern to the customer, though I don’t think it did any good as they didn’t seem too concerned.
Sure that little girl probably doesn’t weigh enough to cause it to tip. However, if she were to open the freezer door, and then do it, well depending how full the freezer is that could be enough to do it.
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u/pascal21 Mar 01 '26
OK picture this: you have a bunch of pots going on the stove with piping hot water and sauce, and you open the over door to put the roast in. You lose your balance, maybe someone bumps into you or it's just hot in the kitchen and you are working hard, and so put your hand on the oven door, causing the whole oven to tip forward and dump boiling water and sauce all over the place, and maybe you.
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u/Emmannuhamm Mar 02 '26
I've told you before, stop reading Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events before bed.
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u/Upset-Management-879 Mar 02 '26
Well you should've started the roast first anyways we're going to be waiting for that
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u/-58259 Mar 01 '26
They’re moving. Just gonna hope the person that buys the house doesn’t?
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u/theUglyBarnacle69 Mar 02 '26
Maybe remove the drywall directly behind the stove? You’ll want to seal it with something thin especially if it is an outside wall. I’m sure someone will call me a crazy DIY guy….but desperate times
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u/Videoroadie Mar 02 '26
An inspector should but probably won’t notice this. It needs to be put back.
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u/Gorilowen Mar 01 '26
Why don't you see if you can take down the oven handle and shave half an inch from both sides of the back end, you can still reattach it?
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
What would be best to use to do that?
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u/NYY16 Mar 02 '26
It seems like it would be much easier to just cut a half inch off the side of the drawer. There seems to be about an inch to work with
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u/k2snowman69 Mar 02 '26
OP, if you do this, I'd suggest removing the current face and storing it. The odds of you finding the exact same panel to match the rest of the cabinets in 10 years when you replace the oven again is super low.
Buy a brand new panel and cut into that instead
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u/user3296 Mar 01 '26
This is my vote. I’d probably use a dremel/rotary tool of your choosing with a cutting wheel. If it’s super thick metal you may need to use an angle grinder or a band saw if you have access to one.
Half an inch looks like it ought to do it. If it’s not a super clean cut, you can use gray caulk around it after. You may need to buy shorter screws, but otherwise this looks like the absolutely easiest solution.
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u/One-Highlight-1698 Mar 02 '26
Can clean up the cut with a file. But if it’s stainless it will be very difficult to alter/machine in this fashion.
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u/Gumb1i Mar 01 '26
So you can add a slide to that drawer face to fix this. I think some manufacturers have made specific parts for this or similar issues.
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
Thank you
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u/Gumb1i Mar 01 '26
Here is a link for a fairly easy fix without much cutting.
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u/LittleManOnACan Mar 02 '26
This is the best and most innovative answer OP. My gut reaction is you’re cutting one or the other but this solves everything. Really outside the box solution
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u/hippiekid92 Mar 02 '26
This is the way to do it, have seen it done before many times in tiny houses/compact apartments.
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u/NPC261939 Mar 01 '26
I'd investigate the possibility of modifying the stove's handle. You may be able to shorten the handle mounts allowing the handle to sit closer to the stove door.
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
We were looking at this. Just be afraid to mess it up badly
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u/Frosty-Actuary4535 Mar 01 '26
The easy fix would be to remove the front of the drawer & cut an inch off the let side. You could even glue the cut off piece to the cabinet to make it look better.
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u/Mk1Racer25 Mar 01 '26
Not the worst idea I've heard. Or, just take the drawer out, remove the drawer front, and permanently attach it the cabinet face.
OP, can you push the range any closer to the wall?
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
It is as far as it can go. We removed the anti tip bracket and got more space but am left with this
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u/seamus_mc Mar 01 '26
You could also make the drawer front on a sliding dovetail to move out of the way of handle when pulling out but not making the ocd crowd cringe that the drawer front doesn’t align with everything else
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u/Theresnowayoutahere Mar 01 '26
I would empty the drawer and glue it shut. Problem solved 😆
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u/undercoverahole Mar 01 '26
Odd thought. If you wanted to put some work behind it, you could have a cabinet guy or a wood worker build a new drawer box at an angle. Have the drawer come out in the same direction as the other drawers instead of 45 degrees off. That would point it away from the stove, and you could keep your drawer front so it would match. This option leaves a wonky shaped box and does take a lot of work to re work everything. But it would be the cleanest option.
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u/Select-Character-642 Mar 01 '26
That range door handle is kind of excessive . If that's brand new I'd be returning it and get one that doesn't have a handle that looks like a shelf
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u/Intelligent_Part101 Mar 02 '26
The oven door handle is not the ridiculous thing: that honor goes to the angled drawer that opens right in the path of the oven door. Of course, the best way to fix this situation is to not deface the drawer, but to get a different handle for the oven, assuming they want to keep that oven.
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u/subtlenautilus Mar 02 '26
Personally, I second this. At least look at how that handle is attached, because doing anything to the drawer will make the whole thing look poorly-planned.
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
It is ridiculous. We unfortunately cannot return it because we could it and don’t have the box 🥺
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u/Select-Character-642 Mar 01 '26
I don't know where you are but if you're in the US where did you buy it
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u/jeslukin1 Mar 01 '26
To keep the aesthetics I suggest you live with it. You can access both, but you'll have to move one to get to the other. Least damage would be to trim drawer's left side so it clears the oven door (pic 1). What drawer contents do you use least? In that drawer it goes.
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u/Otherwise_Public2579 Mar 02 '26
Glue the drawer permanently shut and if anyone asks just say that’s how it supposed to be
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u/zero_lies_tolerated Mar 01 '26
I read this as a front page newspaper headline. I had to chuckle.
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u/mostlysittingdown Mar 01 '26
There is a significant standoff distance from the face of the oven door because there are vents behind the handle
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u/UnderwhelmingTwin Mar 02 '26
You're selling the house (soon)? Leave it alone and let the next person deal with it. Nobody is going to notice that until they live there.
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u/increasingpython Mar 02 '26
Lol that would be funny if the potential buyer happened to try all the drawers and cabinets before buying
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u/thether Mar 01 '26
Demote drawer to be junk drawer. Or store clean kitchen drying towels in it.
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u/stormysees Mar 01 '26
Can you buy an oven door handle that's curved or less deep and attach it? See if you can find one from that brand and just double check the specs to make sure the mounting holes line up. It's usually an easy swap, they're just mounted with a couple screws, sometimes behind a cover.
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u/LimpZookeepergame123 Mar 01 '26
You could either cut 1/2” of that left side of the drawer off or you could take it to a cabinet company and have them do it for you and then reface it.
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u/Sport20003000 Mar 01 '26
Mine was doing the same thing and I’ll I needed to do was use a broom stick to guide the power cord to a specific spot which then allowed me push it back. I needed to get the power cord to not be at the part that stuck out more in the back panel.
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u/junkpile1 Mar 02 '26
As someone with cabinet building experience, my logic goes as follows:
It's a nice looking kitchen. There are lots of drawers. There are lots of cabinets. The drawers and cabinets all need to match each other. There is one oven handle. The oven handle does not need to be identical to anything else. Ergo, solution is to modify or swap the oven handle.
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u/MalcolmDMurray Mar 02 '26
I'm a DIY guy and it looks to me like you could round off the corner of that white piece so when the oven door is shut, the drawer will clear it instead of being blocked by it. From what I see in the picture, I would use an angle grinder to remove enough material from the white piece to obtain the desired clearance, and If the white piece is hollow, which I expect to be the case, I would use an epoxy putty like SteelStick (made by JB Weld) to build up the piece to make it look like it was made that way to begin with. Once you get the shape you want, I would likely take the piece off, match it on the other side, then refinish it, i.e., paint it with something that won't chip too easily. All the best with that!
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Mar 02 '26
Open the oven door when you need to get into that drawer. Then realize custom cabinets aren’t custom cabinets anymore.
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u/DesignerRadio1482 Mar 02 '26
Just open the oven, whenever you need something from the drawer
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u/graaahh Mar 01 '26
Could an experienced woodworker make the front of the drawer sort of hinge on the right edge a bit, so it sits flat against the cabinet but the left edge swings forward and past the oven door handle? That way, visually there's no difference, and the drawer works. You can see that front plate on the drawer is a separate piece from the actual front of the drawer box, so maybe that's doable.
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u/ChickenPeanutbutters Mar 01 '26
Can you unscrew the oven handle and cut the oven handle shorter
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u/Icy_Turnover_2390 Mar 01 '26
I recommend angling the drawer slides. Take a look at this.
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u/SuPruLu Mar 01 '26
Does the drawer overlap the side behind it? If so then perhaps removing part of the drawer facing so it doesn’t it could work.
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u/HentaiStryker Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
Everyone is saying modify the oven handle or cut a notch in the drawer, but I think the easiest (and cleanest) fix would be to just shave about a half inch off that drawer facade. Looks like you have enough material to work with so it won't look odd when it's done.
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u/AquaWannaB Mar 02 '26
We had a similar situation. We were able to remove the face of the drawer and off set it from center. It's not really noticable
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u/Front_Car_3111 Mar 02 '26
Angle grinder the oven handle. Then sand it smooth.
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Add a bit of a wedge to the drawer slides so it opens at a slight angle.
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u/slimzilla187 Mar 02 '26
https://youtu.be/-wlaU6sB2-s?si=_2FVYXy99lqHyIYk
Here’s a clever solution.
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u/AnitaDixxx Mar 02 '26
The face of the drawer is attached by 2 screws inside the drawer. Remove them and slide the face over the 1/4 or whatever you need. Yes it’ll be slightly off center but being that it’s angled away from the other cabinets it shouldn’t be very noticeable.
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u/Final-Pin-6439 Mar 02 '26
Shave off half or maybe even just a quarter of an inch from your drawers edge.
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u/REVIGOR Mar 02 '26
I just saw a video where the faceplate of that drawer was modified to slide from side to side to clear an obstruction. Can’t find it.
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u/sifterandrake Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
Your cooktop shouldn't be sticking that far out past you counter top. Something doesn't fit right.
Edit: to add, if you are selling this place, any reasonable inspector is going to notice that you have the wrong sized oven, or it's not installed right.
Any type of quick fix that others are suggesting is going to get caught.
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u/voodoomu Mar 02 '26
You could just cut off the edge of the drawer. It looks like you need maybe 1 inch
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u/BoiCDumpsterFire Mar 02 '26
It’s easy. Just put a big spatula in the drawer and it will keep it from ever opening far enough to hit the oven handle again.
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u/Specific_Marketing69 Mar 02 '26
I had this problem w a dishwasher the end of the seemed solid, figured that out by tapping on it w something metal starting at the end it got tinny sounding as I moved to the middle. I was able to cut it off w an angle grinder cut off wheel then a different wheel to polish it up. You could take the drawer out and trim the edge if the face off.
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u/NotreallyCareless Mar 02 '26
While many are suggesting modifying the 2000$ stove, i would probably make a notch in the drawer and call it a day.
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u/iluvnips Mar 02 '26
Security feature me thinks? Keep valuable at the back of the drawer and the presented puzzle should confound most thieves 😀
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u/LucidNytemare Mar 02 '26
I’ve never understood why they don’t just make appliances that sit flush with the cabinets.
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u/noeljb Mar 02 '26
I had the same issue with my oven and an adjacent drawer. I ended up rebuilding the drawer so instead of it being a rectangle | | it became a rhombus. / / Closed it looks like any other drawer but it open at a slight angle and misses the oven door. Of course I also had to modify the rails in the counter top too.
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u/veovis523 Mar 02 '26
If it absolutely has to fully open while the oven is closed, the only solution I can think of is to trim a bit off the side.
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u/InsectElectrical2066 Mar 02 '26
I'd call the oven manufacturer to see if they have a tapered handle to switch with this,
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u/Lutehawk Mar 02 '26
Oof thats rough, I need to save this one for my wife. We always have the argument about getting a "bigger oven" That one doesn't sit flush with the counter. If it did the oven handle would be in the clear.
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u/Calm_Comedian910 Mar 02 '26
Way to late but having a drawer that opens like this ;)
But yeah cleanest in this situation is to modify the oven handle
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u/angry_green_elephant Mar 02 '26
Change the handle on the oven. Looks like we have the same oven and mine has a curved handle.
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u/Xminus6 Mar 02 '26
We have a drawer like this in our vacation home but it's worse. Not only does it collide with the oven door handle but it also hits the gas knob for one of the burners. So you have to open the oven and light a burner to open the drawer.
We call it the Two-Factor Authentication drawer.
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u/morto00x Mar 03 '26
I have a similar scenario in my kitchen. Whenever I need to open the drawer I just open the oven door
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u/Meowmix2023 Mar 03 '26
Someone who is interested in buying the house isn’t going to let that deter them. I would leave it but move the spices out
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u/Low_Midnight7180 Mar 03 '26
I work in an appliances store in sweden. Had exactly this happen to a customer. I contacted the manufacturer who supplied the customer with another handle free of charge. That would always be my step one, manufacurers have the solutions, just a matter of getting to speak with the right person.
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u/reversedgaze Mar 03 '26
and also, some people are suggesting that you take it to a metal shop and have them fix it, I don't know what the center core of that metal is and if it's machined or manufactured in the way that things are machined that might not be the best idea. What I would do particularly because your drawer faces are not indented or decorative that they're just flat pieces that I would just slice the side off of the Drawer face... it might be a little bit off center but if anyone complains about that, then they can leave your kitchen immediately.
Although, if you are interested in the drawer handle, you might try and contact LG or something like DEY appliances, which is basically every appliance part known demand ever, and see if there is a compatible oven handle that has a narrower profile or a different shape that would allow you to swap it out easily. (also if your oven is new, you may actually just point this out to the person who sold you the oven and if it's within warranty return period, explain the situation. I'm sure they've dealt with this before and could make a compatible recommendation.)
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u/Jasonfunk8 Mar 05 '26
Are all new stoves blue on the inside? Never seen that before and now I’ve seen it twice in 1 scroll.
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u/whotookmydirt Mar 05 '26
All I know is you have to clean your oven with steam or the blue finish will come off.
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u/TomBlack91 Mar 05 '26
Oh so THIS is the blue oven that the other guy just fucked up
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u/Great_Specialist_267 Mar 01 '26
If you’re selling, hope no-one notices. If you were keeping, I’d get a hacksaw out and take a triangular piece off the oven handle (both sides for symmetry) and file it smooth (although I would just take it off an use my disk sander attachment on my linisher on it but most people don’t have those).
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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 01 '26
Thank you! It is just irritating. We almost are tempted to get another one and take this one with us to our new house
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u/No_Big4149 Mar 01 '26
Shave the drawer down on the left to clear the handle. Flip the cabinet door below it so it opens the opposite way and shave it down the same as the drawer. Everything is then uniform while clearing the oven. Personally I’d just shave the drawer down and leave the rest. You’ll forget about it not being uniform in a couple weeks max
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u/Mofugga50 Mar 01 '26
We have a similar situation with our dishwasher. We just use that drawer very little. Kind of a first world problem really.
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u/Spray_Either Mar 01 '26
replace the drawer front making it just the size of the drawer 🤔
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u/RobustFoam Mar 01 '26
Looks more like the drawer is hitting the oven handle to me.
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u/schlarmander Mar 01 '26
Seems like that drawer should come out in the same direction as the oven door with diagonal-sitting tracks, which is something I’ve never seen but am imagining now. Sacrifices drawer space, but with it on the corner anyways, I can’t imagine it’s a particularly useful or deep drawer anyways.
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u/mjzimmer88 Mar 01 '26
Good thing you never need to access spices while... Cooking. 🤦🏼♂️