Kenwood CK231DF problem.

Hi everyone.

The element blew on our Kenwood oven earlier this week. Not a big deal; it’s almost 10 years old and this is the first part to go bust on it.

Called a local repair man who is very well reviewed to handle the repair. He ordered the part, fitted it this morning, problem solved.

However, the wife has gone to make dinner this evening on the gas stove top (it’s a gas stove, electric oven) and the flame on each hob has become difficult to light and extremely weak. To the point where it’s unusable to have more than two on at once; the flame is barely a whisper with two hobs on.

This has NEVER been an issue in the past – even yesterday we were using the hobs no problem minus the oven. I called the repair fella back and he’s coming back tomorrow but I’m not sure what he can do because I don’t think he’s Corgi.

What on earth has gone wrong? It surely has to be something from when he’s pulled the oven out whilst carrying out the element repair, it’s too coincidental that the hobs aren’t working hours after he’s gone after 10 years of no issues. No smell of gas, the hose appears to be connected just fine. Hob burners are aligned and clean, no visible blockage or anything. He didn’t touch anything related to gas, taps etc and everything else in the house that runs on gas is working fine. Any help appreciated!