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October 26, 2009
Antique Stove Restoration
Looking for someone that can restore an antique stove.Anyone have experience with this?
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You could go to the Bowery and ask one of the Mexicans restoring kitchen equipment in front of the commercial kitchen stores if they're interested in "after hours" work.
Or if that makes you nervous, you could go into one of the stores and try to work out a deal with the owner. Or maybe he'll know somebody. . .
Posted by: IronBalls at October 26, 2009 10:05 PM
I have been looking too - tried plumbers who've been around, antique shops, appliance repair places. If you Google 'antique stove repair' or 'vintage stove repair' you'll get some hits, but the only place I found relatively close by is in Massachusetts: http://www.goodtimestove.com/
Posted by: zeebee_in_bklyn at October 27, 2009 11:48 AM
Belgrove is in Yonkers. I haven't used them, but see them referenced often for vintage stove sales, restoration: http://www.belgroveappliance.com/contact.html
Posted by: vinca at October 27, 2009 11:59 AM
Whatever you do, do not go to Belgrove Appliance for repair of your antique stove! Unless your stove is a Chambers, Carla Belgrove will be clueless as to what to do with it. But, even if it is a Chambers, I would not recommend her to you as she is totally incompetent, unprofessional, and charges unreasonable prices for work she either doesn't or can't deliver. When we called her to our house to fix our antique stove (not a Chambers) stove, she was completely lost as to what to do. Used some smoke and mirrors to temporarily "fix" the problem, claimed she would return to finish the repair, collected $250 from us and, of course, never returned. We later ended up calling in another technician who doesn't market himself as a vintage stove repairman. He not only fixed the issue for us but also showed us how Carla Belgrove's so-called repair was just a mask for the problem and bemoaned the total mess she left left in her wake. Citing the bad name people like Carla Belgrove give to his profession, and realizing we were already out a chunk of money on the repair, he charged us only $75 to actually fix our stove!
Apparently, Ms. Belgrove inherited the company from her dad whom she describes as an old school master appliance repair technician. Unfortunately, she seems not to inherited either his skills nor his integrity and is a whole new ball of wax altogether. I don't think you want that kind trouble on your hands.
Posted by: Brooklynista at October 27, 2009 2:09 PM
please tell us who you used. We have an appointment with Carlita tomorrow that I'll cancel!
Posted by: Argyle Road at October 27, 2009 4:15 PM
Argyle Road, I had a feeling you would want to know who we used. Feeling sensitive about having publicly shared his criticisms of Carlita Belgrove's "work", I'd rather you email me offline at brooklynista at yahoo dot com for his identity.
Posted by: Brooklynista at October 27, 2009 4:58 PM
OK- thanks all.
Regarding using a Mexican....what the...?
This is an antique stove needing both cosmetic and actual mechanical restoration. It is so freakin heavy I know why the stove was not moved .But it is beautiful.THe massing and scale is so unusual.
will also be e-mailing you Brooklynista...:)
Posted by: argentina at October 27, 2009 9:04 PM
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