Hi all- Here is what I found: burners are 4x 13,000 btus. Open, not sealed it has a full 21" backguard as pictured, plus he also has a shorter 9" one. One burner has ignitor problems but he has ordered the replacement part for the buyer. he has had it 10 years. His wife is updating all the appliances and they are buying a new DCS with sealed burners so it's easier for her to clean. oven is 30,000 btus (according to owner) That's what I found out. The seller seems like a nice guy.

babim, personally I wouldn't go with all Miele despite the phenomenal 10 year warranty they are currently offering. There are some Miele appliances that are worth it such as dishwasher, speed oven and laundry pair; the hood fan, oven, and radiant cooktop you can get elsewhere. If you said induction, I would have said Miele. You didn't mention a fridge? If you are committed to Miele and having a consistent look (and using the warranty as a back stop to make sure that the appliances work in the long run), have you gone to a Miele Design Gallery and played with the appliances? I went to the one in Vancouver and the representative let me cook on the steam oven and speed oven, which was immensely helpful. Everybody's feedback is different so you might actually like a Miele oven (personally I liked it and it's large cavity). As to the speed oven, even getting the chef version with the knob is at least Canadian $2900 before tax and delivery. If you just re-heat items, then get a Panasonic microwave as it will do the job and they make a ton of versions. And get a Breville counter top toaster oven. Both of these cost a fraction of the speed oven. The best thing about the Miele radiant cooktop that I saw was that it was designed specifically to mount a Miele oven underneath without having it positioned too low. Usually most people have cabinets underneath a cooktop due to the space clearance. My brother has a Miele cooktop - it works, it looks nice, but nothing special for the price. You can get a great hood with Kobe (I think better than Miele but perhaps not as nice looking). If you are in Toronto, you can get it from Tasco or other dealers. Tasco also has a website that lets you filter the appliances that they distribute (tascoappliance.ca). Other hoods you can look at are Best and Zephyr. A good resource is ajmadison.com where you can filter appliances and read reviews. Have you given it a try?

There is a huge amount of free e-book material available on the WWW. File types range from epub to zip and everything between. I use the features available in CALIBRE to convert to an epub file (Nook Color), download the metadata and select the best cover, view the book and then if all ok download it to my Nook. Calibre can add books to my Nook or delete books from it. I usually have only 4 books on the Nook and the rest stored on my PC or on DVD's; about 8 gigabytes of books, i.e. thousands of books. For me CALIBRE is an essential program.

If it's the mylar stuff, don't let them use it. It's good to hear they haven't had any problems in 20 years, but it still shouldn't be used. I think the stuff they are talking about is this semi-rigid aluminum ducting. It comes compressed and as they pull it expands like an accordian. This stuff is approved for in-wall use, but it has a higher resistance to air flow so most dryer specs don't allow you to run it as far as rigid duct (ususally can only run it 40 to 60% as far). This material is also more likely to accumulate lint compared with rigid ducting. If you have any way to control this installation, I'd STRONGLY opt for properly installed smooth rigid duct even if it ends up costing more or introduces a delay. The only exception might be if it's a very-very short run from your dryer to the outside. Rigid duct should *not* be joined with screws - only tape. The pieces are also put together so as you go away from your dryer to the outside the end of the existing sections of duct are placed inside the new sections at the joints (again to minimize a place where lint can attach).