Stanley Cooker Question.

Philip82

Hi all, quick queury for anybody in the know. I am currently building at the moment. My heating will be controlled by oil boiler in the garage. What I was thinking of doing is buying an old stanley superstar range (oil) and putting it in the kitchen purely for the effect of heating the kitchen only through the hot plate. This is the single burner type. What I want to know is, is it possible to do this without having to connect the boiler and just have the dampers turned up to the hot plate with no water connected in the boiler. Will it cause any harm or can it only be done by connecting boiler and therefore rads or hot water?? Any experience or answers obliged thanks...

Dtp1979

Philip82 wrote: »

Hi all, quick queury for anybody in the know. I am currently building at the moment. My heating will be controlled by oil boiler in the garage. What I was thinking of doing is buying an old stanley superstar range (oil) and putting it in the kitchen purely for the effect of heating the kitchen only through the hot plate. This is the single burner type. What I want to know is, is it possible to do this without having to connect the boiler and just have the dampers turned up to the hot plate with no water connected in the boiler. Will it cause any harm or can it only be done by connecting boiler and therefore rads or hot water?? Any experience or answers obliged thanks...

The only one who could answer this is Stanley themselves. Ring the tech department.
It's an incredible waste of oil and efficiency to be honest.

Philip82

Dtp1979 wrote: »

The only one who could answer this is Stanley themselves. Ring the tech department.
It's an incredible waste of oil and efficiency to be honest.

Thanks for the reply.How is it any different from using the oven burner on the newer dual burner cookers?? (as in efficiency)

Dtp1979

Philip82 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.How is it any different from using the oven burner on the newer dual burner cookers?? (as in efficiency)

Dual burner cookers are the most inefficient oil heating appliances. And that's when they're using the water from it too!
Buying a cooker, paying to get it installed, all just to heat a kitchen is head scratching to be honest

Philip82

Nice to have a hot range in your kitchen these mornings!! Everybody different I suppose. The kitchen itself will have rads for heating, just for that nice feeling of having the cooker heating the kitchen maybe only the weekends when Im home during the winter. zone in kitchen can be easily left off if using the cooker. We always had a range in the kitchen at home and I suppose I have that want maybe to continue it in the new house maybe only as a small additive to an A rated high efficiency boiler outside.

Dtp1979

Philip82 wrote: »

Nice to have a hot range in your kitchen these mornings!! Everybody different I suppose. The kitchen itself will have rads for heating, just for that nice feeling of having the cooker heating the kitchen maybe only the weekends when Im home during the winter. zone in kitchen can be easily left off if using the cooker. We always had a range in the kitchen at home and I suppose I have that want maybe to continue it in the new house maybe only as a small additive to an A rated high efficiency boiler outside.

Maybe get a solid fuel non boiler model then. It'd be cheape to install, cheaper to buy and alot cheaper to run.
If you use an oil cooker wit empty boiler then there's a chance the boiler might rot. Fumes would leak from it. Very dangerous

monseiur

Before you even consider buying a second hand superstar and if you're set on an oil stove, I'd advise you to check out the following oil stoves - Stanley Oisin , the Nestor Martin Stanford 21, Harmony 1, Harmony 5 and there are many other makes on the market, all have glass front with coal effect fire, are very economical to run when compared with Stanley Superstar and look the business especially in a new build.

M.