Comments on: Love your Aga? Revel in your Rayburn?

By: Jane Green

Jane Green — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:12:58 +0000

Is there anyone else out there who has a Heritage Cooker? What do they think of them?

By: David Gresham

David Gresham — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:36:15 +0000

We have had an oil fired condensing Sandyford Sherlock range for 4 years & I have to say it is far superior than any other product of its kind. It cooks, heats water & runs the central heating in our cottage for about £750/year. It is programmable, heats quickly & can be turned on & off at will. I would reccommend them very strongly indeed.

By: Chris Arnold

Chris Arnold — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:56:05 +0000

We had an Esse Soverign 70 oil burning providing hotwater/CH and cooking facilities. Also had built-in convential electric oven ceramic hob and finally a wood buring stove in the lounge. Precis of the problems. Esse provided lovely hot water but useless for keeping the place warm (11 rads) and gobbling min 4000 litres of oil per winter. Cooking in the Esse ovens was fantastic in the upper, plate warmer really in the lower. Esse made a hell of a racket when fired up and constantly needed attention I spent £800 just to get it sorted the first year we moved in. Builtin electirc oven and hob was old and inefficient.
Dovre woodburner was eating logs to keep the place warm in winter.
So drastic measures were needed. Out went the Esse and a Grant Vortex 15/26 condensing boiler fitted. Out went the electric ovens and a Redfyre total electric range with induction hobs fitted. Results are lovely warm house, only 2500 litres last year in the worst winter we have ever had, electricity bill down 25%. Cooking in the Redfyre is like a range and two ovens both useable. Woodburner used now for effect or when it gets really cold (-15C last year).
Advice if its a small house great have a Rayburn otherwise a new condensing boiler is so more efficient.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:42:01 +0000

I'm looking in to making my house more eco-friendly too and I would like to thank everyone for their help and advice. Cornwall Boiler Repair

By: Simon Smith

Simon Smith — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:38:54 +0000

Hi Lesley.
Thanks for that its handy to know. ive been thinking about the multifuel or just wood and think multifuel would be fine.
If it can heat your place that sounds quite large. mine is no-where near that size.
Like you i source wood from a local woods/ and timber yard and get free off-cuts etc. but the coal gives much better heat.
Sorry to hear that you have health problems that means u may have to get rid of your rayburn as you clearly love owning one.
Couldnt u get it converted to oil to keep it??
Thanks again
Si

By: Simon Smith

Simon Smith — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:35:30 +0000

Hi Lesley.
Many thanks for your reply, thats nice information to know. I did read up that i could buy a plate to install instead of the grate of a multi-fuel rayburn if i wanted to burn just logs. But heat wise coal would give much more heat.
Im impressed by the size of home its heating with you as the house id be fitting it in is no-where near that size. (Kitchen 19.9 x 9.1) Like you I get free logs and kindling from a local forest
Do you find it easy enough to heat up for cooking? i would imagine on coal opening the air vent and chimney slide would produce alot of heat quite quick.
Sorry to hear about your injury though. Im lucky as im only 32 so stocking up wouldnt be a problem for me,would u consider having your rayburn it changed to oil to continue use? or is oil delivery in your area very poor?
Thanks again. Simon

By: Mrs Lesley Reid

Mrs Lesley Reid — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:05:13 +0000

Hi Simon, I live 65 miles north of Aberdeen, and we really have severe winters, plus we are very exposed. We had a new Rayburn 355 SFW Heatranger installed in September 2008, our house is very spread out with an upstairs, but the 355 has been great, we burn logs, peat and coal, (logs come free) we stock it up around 10pm in winter, close it down, and we opened it up around 7.30am,(we are amazed at how little ash is in the pan) my kitchen is 26’0 in length, and very warm during the night, while the rest of the house has a pleasant warmth. We don’t use peat overnight as it smoulders faster, we put on coal with a hardwood block on top, great!! However, a friend has a wood only, and it doesn’t produce the heat of a multi-fuel. Hope this information helps. Unfortunately, after a severe spinal injury, and kicking on towords 70, we are going to have to take our one out, as I can no longer lift anything,and bending with a brace is hopeless, but our house will never be as warm again. Good luck, Kind Regards, Lesley.

By: Simon Smith

Simon Smith — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:01:34 +0000

Hi there. Im thinking of getting a Rayburn to run my hotwater and my central heating and for cooking as im slowly making our home more eco-friendly. my main question is what would people recomend a multifuel rayburn or one of these new woodburning ones only. Id be interested to hear from any of you who use the wood burn only one to find out (very Roughly) how many logs u have to use a day etc. and from people with a multifuel I can get a resonable supply of logs. but wondered about the heating properties and if it meant having to pilling log after log on throughout the day just to keep up temp.
Thanks very much. Si.

By: John Cleary

John Cleary — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:09:50 +0000

Dear Beth
I hope I am not too late. Just seen your blog.
I am the designer and creator of the Heritage Range Cooker. Every detail is down to me!
I ceased my partnership in July 2006; due to my business partner’s treachery etc.
The significant monies and royalties I extracted from him were invested into my new baby; Vintage Ranges.
If it’s not too late please make contact. I do know there have been numerous problems in the field, none of them would have the interest or knowledge of my products as I do. Indeed I know my ex-partner was planning to reduce costs by skimping on quality and thicknesses of materials etc.
I also produce Heritages from my factory in Waterford, Ireland. My Vintage cookers are by design a huge improvement on what I did in Cornwall. The ovens are nearly twice the size, the hotplates are almost 40% bigger etc.
I am designing and manufacturing cookers and stoves since 1983. I love my cookers.
I would be delighted to make contact and send you some photo’s of my cookers.
I am just about to up-date my website.

Best Regards

John Cleary

By: Jackie Eady

Jackie Eady — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:44:08 +0000

Please explain to me how your Range cookers are a significant improvement over the Heritage.