'Aga' style cookers that run the C/H?

[Starchild]

Stanley, Esse, Aga and Rayburn are all the same company these days.
I have a solid fuel rayburn, came with the house and I refuse to let the housing association to take it away.

Coomber the wood you used, had it been seasoned? Seasoned wood does not upset asthma as bad as unseasoned.

[coomber]

Coomber the wood you used, had it been seasoned? Seasoned wood does not upset asthma as bad as unseasoned.[/QUOTE]

Not sure, we used the wood we found in the log store when we bought the house Maybe we should get a small amount of seasoned wood and give it a go

[Starchild]

Coomber the wood you used, had it been seasoned? Seasoned wood does not upset asthma as bad as unseasoned.

Not sure, we used the wood we found in the log store when we bought the house Maybe we should get a small amount of seasoned wood and give it a go[/QUOTE]

It's worth a try, usually it's coal (dust and smoke) that antagonises asthma, wood certainly less carcogenic and less environment damaging. (Asthma sufferer and proud 2nd generation rayburn user )

[Seahorse]

Stanley, Esse, Aga and Rayburn are all the same company these days.

Yes, I wondered about that! All have exactly the same layout for info and brochure requests!

I don't think I want to go with solid fuel (in fact I'm not even sure I'm allowed to round here).

[Kristen]

"Stanley, Esse, Aga and Rayburn are all the same company these days"

Didn't know that, but it sounds very depressing - heading for the lowest-common-denominator I expect

[Twinkle]

We're on solid fuel only out here - wood and turf. We have a Stanley boiler but are trading it in next year for a range - seems daft not to use the excess heat for cooking as well. The back boiler heats the water and the radiators, though we're laughingly getting solar tubes installed for water heating too.

Stanely (formerly Waterford Stanley) seem to be the most popular and well thought of make here in Ireland, but aren't cheap.

Had a gas-fired Rayburn at my last house and it was lovely - I was gutted to leave it behind, but we have no gas here

[roitelet]

Lived with a really ancient solid fuel Rayburn for 20+ years and miss it horribly. Dried the washing, cooked the food, heated the water, ran 3 radiators and burnt almost anything. Reduced the household waste by half. The ambience was wonderful.

Down side was the dust, the fire suseptable to wind direction and the crap fuel that the coalman delivered sometimes.

The new ones are much improved and will run a full heating system.

Agas are difficult to light and take ages to come up to heat, Rayburns, light a bonfire and you can cook on the top in half an hour.

[janecurrah]

We have been house hunting for a year now and were very tempted by a house in its own wood. Rayburn make a wood burning model that does hot water, central heating and your cooking. I seem to remember that the VAT was less on it than on other models.
Got the Rayburn bug after doing the research and we are getting an XT model in the house we finally settled on. Looks very modern, we are calling it DarthRayburn

[Birdie Wife]

We also have a soild fuel Rayburn and if you have access to lots of free timber, that could be the way to go. It heats the radiators round the house and does hot water too. It's sometimes a pain when you're out all day and the Rayburn has burnt out so you need to restart the fire. Also, the oven temperature is virtually impossible to control so it's not too bad for casseroles but cakes and bread tend to either burn or just go soggy. Still, we save heaps of money - my negihbour up the road has an oil-fired one and he has it just ticking over through the winter but uses his open fire in the living room for heat most of the time, due to the incredible (and rising) cost of oil.

[nemo]

solid fuel ranges

we have a Stanley donard solid fuel range.we use peat and wood as the fuel we have four bedrooms two bathrooms open landing sitting room living room and kitchen and a utility room.the Stanley range heats all the radiators and out hot water.we had an oil boiler before we bought the Stanley .i wouldn't swap it for anything.the range has 1 large oven big enough for a 22lb turkey it also has a smaller oven and the hot plate cooking ( surface )takes 3 large cooking pots at ease.in the morning the range is still warm due to the cast iron .Stanley ranges are less than half the price of aga's or Rayburn. my parents Stanley 9 solid fuel range is 34 years old all it needed was a replacement boiler which was easily fitted

[miss_corerupted]

my boyf has conceded defeat and we are definalty getting a woodburner now, doesn't nessecary have to do cooking Want it really for CH and hot water, have been trying to do research can't seem to find brocheres on stanley??

Do you think second hand is ok?

[Kristen]

"we are definalty getting a woodburner now, ... Want it really for CH and hot water"

I recommend asking some questions on Navitron forum - burning Biomass eg. Wood/Woodchips/Pellets/Sawdust

Stanley's website is here:

Waterford Stanley an Irish brand made in Waterford since 1934

[Polly Fouracre]

I used to have a "Wellstood" that ran on wood and turf (peat) It had a tank on the side that had to be filled with water and poured from a tap in front. I wish I had it now!
I have an elderly Rayburn now that runs mostly on wood but will burn fiercely on tin cans in an emergency! (You will need a set of chimney sweeps brushes though!)
An Aga will only run on expensive smokeless solid fuel.

[miss_corerupted]

thank you very much. i shall read with interest!!

So Aga def out as we will be burning wood. Everyone seems to recomeed Stanley. i'm going to look at seconed hand/reconditioned as we haveb't really got pots of money to spend

[Starchild]

btw, I ONLY have a rayburn for cooking. No electric cooker, no oil fired aga, and the area has no gas. Health visitor thinks I'm mentally unstable!