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DonkeyApple said:
DKL said:
AndrewCrown said:
To my previous point and the reverse of the above...
Hands up who has a Land Rover (any model) and an Aga ...
Range Rover classic and an Aga if that counts. And yes a very old house.Hands up who has a Land Rover (any model) and an Aga ...
There are definitely others on this thread with both too!
Edited by DKL on Saturday 16th November 13:01
2 Rangie Classics. Old house. Passive aggressive toaster but no band saw.
We purchased a drafty, cold, slighlty damp 1920s Bungalow. Solid walls, solid floor with very little insulation and old double glazing meant the kitchen wasn't very warm.
I bought a S/H Aga and installed it myself (checked over by an OFTEC registered installer afterwards, property was already on oil so an oil aga made sense. Total install cost was less than a new electric range cooker, it also supplies hot water transferring duty from our ancient Potterton BOA cast iron boiler and heats a large towel rail in one of the bathrooms.
It's hard to quantify the benefit, the kitchen is warm, the adjoining rooms are now warmer, we run the heating less, the air is cleaner (aga flue draught), we don't need a tumble drier as we use a kitchen maid to dry clothes, the house is less humid. For us it fits, although I can understand why it's not a good solution for many!
poo at Paul's said:
blueg33 said:
I guarantee the everyone who has an Aga also has a Dualit toaster.....
Err, no! You do the toast on the Aga hotplate in a wire taster rack thing. Both do what they say - but there are better cheaper more useful alternatives to both without fundamental flaws
singlecoil said:
Joke ?You must be German as you seem not to catch either the humour or the connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QqtDpN1XQ0
Timely thread. My MIL was waxing lyrical on the weekend about the Aga she used to have in her previous home.
They are very much a status item for a generation, for the type of 'meat and two veg' kind of people who think Indian Chinese food is a bit foreign.
Ill stick with my nice and modern neff oven, thanks!
They are very much a status item for a generation, for the type of 'meat and two veg' kind of people who think Indian Chinese food is a bit foreign.
Ill stick with my nice and modern neff oven, thanks!
devnull said:
Timely thread. My MIL was waxing lyrical on the weekend about the Aga she used to have in her previous home.
They are very much a status item for a generation, for the type of 'meat and two veg' kind of people who think Indian Chinese food is a bit foreign.
Ill stick with my nice and modern neff oven, thanks!
Exactly - when we had an Aga we needed normal NEFF ovens to do things like cook a decent sized turkey, cook something predictably etcThey are very much a status item for a generation, for the type of 'meat and two veg' kind of people who think Indian Chinese food is a bit foreign.
Ill stick with my nice and modern neff oven, thanks!
The regular ovens got used all the time, the Aga rarely, and all that faffing about with baffles etc. Then on a hot summers day, a pair of budgie smugglers was too much clothing for the kitchen, or you could turn the aga off over the summer and have "will it work" anxiety when you come to turn it back on.
You can get exactly the same effect by throwing £50 notes on a fire
task said:
We purchased a drafty, cold, slighlty damp 1920s Bungalow. Solid walls, solid floor with very little insulation and old double glazing meant the kitchen wasn't very warm.
It's hard to quantify the benefit, the kitchen is warm, the adjoining rooms are now warmer, we run the heating less, the air is cleaner (aga flue draught), we don't need a tumble drier as we use a kitchen maid to dry clothes, the house is less humid. For us it fits, although I can understand why it's not a good solution for many!
It's hard to quantify the benefit, the kitchen is warm, the adjoining rooms are now warmer, we run the heating less, the air is cleaner (aga flue draught), we don't need a tumble drier as we use a kitchen maid to dry clothes, the house is less humid. For us it fits, although I can understand why it's not a good solution for many!
Wayne E Edge said:
DonkeyApple said:
Indeed. If part time, then it’s ideal as you’ll be told to head down two days early, on your own, to fire it up and get the heating and hot water going. 
Of course the downside is when it stops working when everyone is there and you haven’t the small part in your supply!!!
My general rule with overseas holiday homes is to go simple and local with appliances as there’s always a bloke in the village who can fix it.
This is our full time home.Of course the downside is when it stops working when everyone is there and you haven’t the small part in your supply!!!
My general rule with overseas holiday homes is to go simple and local with appliances as there’s always a bloke in the village who can fix it.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Sunday 17th November 13:29
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