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Posting here because I feel like people here will understand my dilemma. I smelled a bit of gas around my 1950s Wedgewood. My portable gas detector lit up around the pilot valve on one burner and around the little chimney stack on the left. I had a repairman come and he says they can clean out all the gas lines and pieces and that should fix some of the problem, but since it’s very old he can’t guarantee that there isn’t another leak somewhere. It will cost $850 to do the thorough cleaning. I’m worried about spending $850 and still having a leak. He suggests I replace the stove completely. I’m also wondering if I can try simply cleaning the lines myself, but maybe that’s overly ambitious.

I love my stove so much — she came with the house and I’ve gotten to love her despite her crankiness — but I’m conflicted 😢

Photos of my baby without her lids on (I know she’s dirty, I was in the middle of retiling my kitchen when I discovered this, and the past owners may not have taken great care of her either)

EDIT: thank you everyone for your suggestions and your compliments on my sweet stove! I ordered some equipment to try to clean it myself, and if it doesn’t work I’ll call the more specialized places people recommended. I appreciate everyone’s help, this repair guy really got in my head about safety but now I’m feeling much more confident!

Hi everyone! I just had new cabinets/quartz countertop installed, and the countertop guy used a section of the material to finish the top of an existing ledge. It looks great, except that he didn’t quite leave enough overhang, so when I tile the backsplash underneath, it will stick out a little, especially since I may need to put a backerboard to level out the surface under the tile.

ideally I’d like to shift the whole ledge forward 1/4 inch. The problem is that it’s already glued down with silicone. Is there a way to gently dissolve the silicone layer underneath to detach it? Or will I break the ledge?

As you can see, he shimmed it to be level with the other existing ledge, so there is space underneath. The ledge is about 7” deep and consists of a 6” piece joined with a 1” piece. This section about 68” long and joins with a shallower 40” ledge on the left.

(I have a 1950 house that has been through many owners and this was not a full renovation, hence all the wonky edges to level out. I’m going to ask the contractor about this tomorrow, but the ledge was just a small add-on to the overall project, so I don’t want to cause a lot of extra trouble about it if it’s not fixable anyway.)

Thank you!

PS I know the wallpaper looks shitty, I will be removing it and tiling over everything you can see here other than the ledge and cabinets :)