Stove Top Cover

RZRBUG

The cover for my stove sits down in a recessed area, just loose.  A couple of times it has bounced out while traveling down the road.  I have since started taping it down.

Has anyone come up with a solution for this problem?  It would be nice to have some type of hinge, which I understand the newer models have.

Verna

Rare earth magnets? It would work if both the top and the stove are metal, not aluminum.

RZRBUG

You know, that might be a possible solution.  I could glue some to the top and some to the lip so they would hold to each other.  I would need to allow for the thickness of the bumpers on the corners since I wouldn't want to remove them, but that shouldn't be a problem.  I will search other solutions, but that is a definite maybe.  Thanks, Verna.

RZRBUG

Problem solved -- I hope.

I didn't try the magnets because the lip is so narrow I didn't think they would work.  I did try industrial strength Velcro and ran into basically the same problem.  There was not enough area to stick enough to hold it down.  I even tried mounting putty.  Not.

So, today I ordered the hinged cover.  I actually liked the glass cover better, but could not figure a way to keep it from bouncing out. 

Oh, and I even checked around for no drill glass door hinges, but could not find any that I thought would work because of the lip of the stove.

Wanderoo

Larry, did you order it from Little Guy?  My hinged cover is smoked glass (2014 T@B S Maxx) and I love it.

RZRBUG

No, Beth.  The cover I ordered is for the Suburban stove that came in the 2013 T@B.  It is solid black metal, not glass.  I'm pretty sure they changed brands of stoves the next year.  I don't think the model stove I have was ever designed to accept the hinged cover.

RZRBUG

Well, back to the drawing board.  The cover came today, and although it says it will fit ALL Suburban drop in two burner stoves, it does not fit mine.  The back of the cover has square corners; my stove has round corners.  In addition, the cover is wider in depth than my stove.  So, if you have the Suburban SDN2 model, these hinged covers you see advertised on the Internet will not fit.

Headed out Thursday, but when I get back I will scratch my head until I figure out a way to put a hinged cover on that stove...or until the rest of my hair is gone.

Verna

Larry, how about taking a piece of diamond plate, cutting it to size, having two smaller "wings" for sides to prop the back up, and use rivets or small screws to screw the hinges on? I think Lowe's has small sheets of diamond plate.

RZRBUG

Thanks for the suggestion.  Although it would look nice, just not sure I would want diamond plate as part of the countertop when closed.  A sheet of stainless steel might be worth looking into though.  I still believe there has to be a way to use the current glass cover in conjunction with no drill hinges.  That would be my first choice if I can make it work.  Biggest problem I see with any solution that is not pre-fab is that there is a lip to the stove on which the drop in cover rests.  I think this will require modification to any hinge whatever the final solution turns out to be.  Next time I go to one of the larger hardware stores, I'll poke around and see what I can find.

RZRBUG

Just to tie up a loose end, my final solution was to order the stock hinged cover.  It was not quite as simple as take out the old, insert new.  The hinged cover has to have notches cut into the countertop to accommodated the hinges, which swing down and back.  Or, you could just cut a wider opening.  I only discovered this after I had already removed the stove and attached the cover.  So, it was take the cover back off, remove the stove again, and cut notches in the countertop.  The new cover has a wider lip at the back to cover up the notches (and hide my not-so-perfect woodworking skills).  Anyway, glad it's done.  It's so much better than just having a loose glass cover sitting on the stove.