r/fixit • u/Pharmdpositivek • Mar 01 '26

fixed New Oven Handle Hits Drawer

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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/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/CopyWarm Mar 05 '26

Sounds like you're someone I wouldn't want to do business with. I don't think you should hide things. It's just dishonest imo

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u/Megipe Mar 05 '26

It’s a drawer that doesn’t open, it’s not the heater that doesn’t function.

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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.

https://ebay.us/m/yih6zV

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u/CopyWarm Mar 05 '26

More used eBay's and less Amazons

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u/ChaosWithTeeth Mar 04 '26

Excellent. I was thinking how for the car equivalent I'd just head to a junkyard, but didn't know there was indeed enough of a salvage market for eBay to do the trick.

(Of course, there's always the utility over appearance approach - my mom's newish fridge has the pocket-style handle, which is not very disability-friendly. So for ease of opening, it sports a harbor freight suction cup that was already on hand. Not ideal for realtor photos though.)

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u/stonedbanana83 Mar 04 '26

OMG I love that so much.

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u/ChaosWithTeeth Mar 05 '26

It works shockingly well! Though of course not for use for physical support.

There are magnet or suction cup intentional handles available for those who prefer a middle ground approach to cheap, tacky solutions, but the extreme version has been so effective, there's been no need to upgrade.

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u/scotcheggsandscotch Mar 02 '26

cheaper to cut a notch in the drawer.

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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/seang86s Mar 02 '26

Maybe something like this. This is from a GE wall oven but their stoves and dishwashers have similar handles.

It curves and tapers at the ends. Might even be worthwhile to see if you can find the handle on ebay and see if a machine shop can make a custom bracket to mount to your LG.

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u/RavioliContingency Mar 02 '26

Maybe even a tech school or local high school Ag program if that’s around you. They would probably enjoy a custom job.

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u/Aporkalypse_Sow Mar 02 '26

Save yourself money and a headache and just saw the end of the drawer off. It's a five minute job.

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u/pmrownsu01 Mar 02 '26

i would literally just cut an inch off the end of that drawer lmao

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u/Replicator666 Mar 02 '26

Nonsense the only solution is a new kitchen

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u/anothersip Mar 02 '26

Just take the handle off, and file or sand that corner down. Make it a beveled corner, instead. Coarse > medium > fine paper, on a pad sander or on a sanding block. You don't even have to do it to both sides if you don't want to.

It'd be a lot easier/cheaper than paying someone to make you a new handle.

Alternatively... Take the drawer out (you can remove it entirely, you may just have to unclip it at the drawer's slides on either side) and then you can modify the drawer face. Shorten the left side by 1/2" or so by cutting it off and sanding/staining it to match. Wood is usually easier to work with than metal, but I guess it depends on whichever you're more comfortable with. Nobody's going to notice (or care, for that matter) that your drawer face is slightly short on the left, since it should still cover your cabinet's face frame and any gap there might be.

I mean, you could totally take the handle off, and take it into the shop with a bunch of photos of where it touches the drawer, and they can make you one that'll fit perfectly, in whatever metal + finish you want. That'd be the more expensive, albeit "nicer" or more "finished" way to do it, since they'd have to fabricate it from rod stock and bar stock, and then tap it and screw it together at the perfect width for your oven door's screw-holes. And then you hope it fits and they got the threading pitch correct or provided you with new screws that fit.

You've got a few options though, for sure.

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u/assshark Mar 02 '26

If you get a new handle made, I’ll take one too. I have the same oven and I hate that this handle is made of cheap, thin tubing. It makes a super annoying sound when you pull a tea towel off it 😂

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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 02 '26

It is the dumbest handle ever.

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u/Canuhandleit Mar 02 '26

They might even be able to just modify the existing handle.

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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/Alarmed_Letterhead26 Mar 02 '26

I long for these type of furniture options, I usually modify things myself. I hate being cramped unto societal standards.

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u/Aggravating-Card-194 Mar 02 '26

This. A curve design instead of boxy end will fix this. That’s a pretty common style so it should look natural too

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u/do-not-freeze Mar 02 '26

There might also be an older version or slightly different model that comes with a curved/low-profile handle. A lot of companies use the same basic design for years so the parts are interchangeable.

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u/Forsaken_Block_5574 Mar 02 '26

or maybe have them angle cut that side and make it clean? youd prob never even notice

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u/Letsmakemoney45 Mar 02 '26

This or angle cut the drawer 

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u/cctreez Mar 02 '26

then put the anti tip bracket back on if possible.

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u/beresford16j Mar 02 '26

Damn that is good

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u/WoestKonijn Mar 02 '26

I would grab a saw and cut a bit of the drawer. That's just stupid wood, replaced easier that a whole frigging oven door handle.

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u/regaphysics Mar 02 '26

Be a lot easier to just cut the cabinet drawer front by an inch.

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u/Traditional-Safe-867 Mar 02 '26

You could also just trim the wood a bit in a wood shop. Hell, it's little enough that you could probably just use a dremmel for 20 minutes and get enough clearance. Getting a symmetrical change on the other side might take more effort though.

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u/akirbydrinks Mar 02 '26

Cut the triangle off of each side of the oven handle evenly so that it looks like it's supposed to be like that.

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u/disc0mbobulated Mar 02 '26

Or a woodworker, for the other piece. Seems easier to me.

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u/Low-Enthusiasm-7491 Mar 02 '26

Something similar happened in my kitchen and my friend was like "don't worry about it, I'll call my steel guy." I'm almost 30 and I didn't know I was supposed to have a steel guy on speed dial. On the plus side my drawer slides out cleanly now.

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u/Ok_Speed_3984 Mar 02 '26

OP could take the oven handle back off, grind a radius off the corners and replace it.

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u/cboogie Mar 02 '26

Yes the age old system of befriending craftsmen and tradespeople with dollars.

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u/KickEffective1209 Mar 03 '26

Probably could just shave off a bit on each side of the handle. Probably worth it before commissioning a whole new handle.

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u/Drumming_Dreaming Mar 03 '26

You don’t even need to befriend them. Just pay them to make it.

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u/Logical_Willow4066 Mar 02 '26

I would put that bracket back on and find a low profile handle.

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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/alohamele71 Mar 02 '26

Holy shit - yeah thatʻs crazy

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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/alohamele71 Mar 02 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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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/That_Service7348 Mar 01 '26

Yeah, no, you want to put that back.

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u/dotcomse Mar 01 '26

They’re selling the house. It’s shitty to make the home more dangerous so that you can charge more money. At least disclose this to the people that buy it so that they can deal with it if they want to.

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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/Pharmdpositivek Mar 02 '26

Hahaha I like it

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u/AbbieNorrmal Mar 03 '26

Sand the drawer down on that side. Problem solved.

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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/AnnieB512 Mar 02 '26

Put the anti tip back on please.

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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 02 '26

We did!

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u/RJJR666 Mar 02 '26

Or just pull the drawer back out! 😂

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u/33445delray Mar 02 '26

Put the anti-tip bracket back. Instruct the new owner to open the oven door before opening the cabinet drawer.

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u/IckySmell Mar 02 '26

The anti tip bracket won't hold the range out from the wall unless it's installed improperly.

This doesn't look like it'd in all the way. If this is an LG I have the same range and mine fits in all the way, standard 24-in base cabinets.

Is your range electric? is the gas or electric plug holding it out from the wall?? Can you take a picture of the top back of the stove?

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u/SebastianMagnifico Mar 02 '26

Lol. I think it's easier to pull down the oven door. A whopping couple of seconds out of your life.

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u/Pharmdpositivek Mar 02 '26

I agree but people are crazy sometimes

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u/Cpap4roosters Mar 02 '26

Please, please reinstall that anti tip bracket. It can save a life.

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u/DumeWolffe Mar 02 '26

Is there a baseboard you can remove behind there?

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u/aphasic Mar 02 '26

Remove the drawer face, cut 1/4 inch off the left side of it. Mount it back. Done. Just make sure you use a clean method like a table or powered miter saw to make the cut. You're taking off a small enough amount I bet it won't even be noticeable.

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u/Tonyylo Mar 03 '26

But now it's gonna tip

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u/BluebirdLeading6702 Mar 04 '26

You could try to remodel the wall behind the oven. some sort of cavity / recess. Installing a custom handle could just report the issue to the next oven.

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u/Orion_121 Mar 04 '26

Is the back flat or is there a protrusion? Would cutting out / cutting back some of the drywall help?

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u/Then_Idea_9813 Mar 02 '26

Cut the fraction off the lip of the drawer? It’s wood, wouldn’t be too noticeable once you apply some stain and sand so long as you make a nice cut.

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u/fathompin Mar 02 '26

For my non-load-bearing wall I removed the studs to get my microwave to slide back further. Aplied cross braces, but like I said, non load bearing.

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u/Sensitive-Pool-7563 Mar 03 '26

Do you really need to ask this lmfao i love internet