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Personally I find the fireplace to be particularly awful. In addition to being out of place from a style standpoint, it also appears to be physically out of place. The placement looks like something an inspector would throw a fit over.

This poor home is now scary in so MANY ways!

Would you mind sharing the name of your electrician? We also have a MCM house with flat roof, and the wiring issues are chalenging to say the least!

Your house looks great! I'm jealous of the window walls. Those are on my dream list down the road a year or two (or three).

Thanks.

Thanks, and welcome to The HAIF!

What do you mean by "go up from the existing inside framing"?

Sorry that was unclear - see if the contractor can expand the opening in such a way that you do not need to rebuild the internal framing that holds the current oven in place, then you can just reuse the frame that is already there. Cut the brick at the top of the existing opening to expand the hole then the shelf or framing that supports the weight of the oven inside the wall will not have to be moved or replaced.

Thanks for the welcome - I've been a voyeur for a while. Thought it was time to participate!

... only there isn't really a good place for a floor unit.

Any recommendations for a good contractor to tear me a new oven hole? And any ballpark on reasonable prices?

We replaced a single oven with a double oven in a river rock wall. We used a construction company for the work - I can't say I was thrilled with everything they did for us, but they did a very nice job cutting the wall and fitting the ovens in. Try RA Briggs & Co. Construction. They charged us a total of $1060 BUT they had to cut around the river rock and refit the pieces together like a puzzle AND build a new inside wall support for the new oven. It took 2 guys 3 days for this work.

But If you just increase the size of the opening, have them go up from the existing inside framing and it will be cheaper. Plus they can probably just cut right through the brick rather than piecing brick back together so it will be much easier and faster. Make sure they do not grout the oven in so that you can not remove it in the future for repairs, etc. I would guess your job would be less than half the work ours was.

Good Luck!