Aga - any experienced users?

Tangled

Hi,

We bought an old house a few years ago and when I finally get my dream kitchen I want an Aga or range-style cooker. I've just been told of a friend of a friend who has bought a house that she will be gutting, and chucking out a solid fuel Aga that's mine if I want it. Now, I haven't seen it or anything yet and don't want to get over-excited but would love to know how people find them in a practical, day-to-day sense? I can't see the solid fuel aspect working out for me so how easy is it to convert them to gas (or is this even possible?) and I'd also like to know if it's possible for older, solid fuel ones to be hooked up to our oil heating?

Sorry for the complete ignorance, I just have this image of an Aga in my kitchen without actually thinking about running it! Any help greatly appreciated.

coylemj

Google 'aga conversion', there's lots of people doing it, not cheap but it can be done.

In your case the existing Aga will need to be dismantled, transported, converted and reinstalled, you should also explore the cost of a new or refurbished gas model.

Tangled

Thanks for the reply. I've since found out that it has actually been converted for oil (but still haven't seen it!). Would the dismantling etc have to be done by an 'expert' or is it something someone with a bit of boiler knowledge could do, do you think?

Stove Fan

Tangled wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. I've since found out that it has actually been converted for oil (but still haven't seen it!). Would the dismantling etc have to be done by an 'expert' or is it something someone with a bit of boiler knowledge could do, do you think?

A friend of ours had an aga and they said it used to drink the oil. As far as I am aware the boiler in them is only big enough to do hot water. They seemed to suggest they couldnt turn it off in summer:(

Look into the ins and outs but myself personally if I wanted an oil fired heat source I would fit a external modern condensing oil boiler, which it's efficiency would be superior. The older agas were very fuel hungry:mad:
I would fit a multifuel stove in the living room with back boiler and link it into the oil heating system.
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Tangled

Thanks so much for the suggestions!