My Ceramic Stove Top Cracked

It is cracked from close to the center of the burner in a y shape with two of the cracks stopping at the edge of the burner area and one extending all the way to the front edge of the stove top.

My ceramic stove top cracked.

While a ceramic cooktop may reduce the time you spend cleaning dropping a heavy pan on top of the cooktop can cause it to crack. We cracked ours about 2 years ago it is mostly in the middle of the stovetop by having a jar candle fall off the top ledge where my dh had stuck it when he was wiping off counters. Rather than replace the entire stove simply replace the damaged. I dropped my can opener on my stove and broke the glass cooktop.

No abuse here just poor engineering or materials i suppose. Ceramic tile over ceramic tile. After just nine months of use my wife was making some mashed potatoes turn the stove off and as the pot and stove were cooling she heard a loud pop. The break starts on the right side between the burners and goes all the way around the burner on the right rear.

The stove has worked fine since then i am just careful to keep liquid away from the crack so it doesn t seep down in there and get anything wet that should be dry. Get shopping advice from experts friends and the community. Unfortunately this is not a problem that is simply repaired. That means it is made stronger by a heating process.

Just wanted to know if it is still safe to use the unaffected burners until the replacement part comes in. The only way to be sure the cooktop is safe is to replace it or to replace the glass. On ranges the oven vents out the backsplash or rear of the oven onto the cooktop so. Can i use my oven if the glass cooktop is cracked.

If the ceramic glass cooktop surface on a cooktop or range is cracked or if the cooktop is pitted you will need service. The cleaning method recommended by merry maids is to spritz on distilled white vinegar from a spray bottle and wipe it off with a microfiber cloth. Large crack hello i have a 2 burner ge ceramic stovetop. Even if the abrasive cleaner doesn t ultimately result in a cracked stove top the fine scratches can cloud the surface and require you to resurface the glass top stove.

2 weeks ago i caused a 1 2 l read more. It is a whirlpool model wfe301lvq0. Ceramic tile grout cracked in bathroom tiled windowsill i hope this is the right forum for this my problem doesn t fit into any st. Lots of spider cracks and one big crack front to back.

Glass can break and when your glass top stove gets a crack in it you may not like the way it looks anymore. We have a frigidaire glass top stove that is still under the one year warranty. Tempered glass the glass in a smooth top stove is tempered. I just noticed today that the glass over one of the burners on my glass top stove is cracked.