Aga oil consumption

[Rodgerdodger]

Just got mine back on after an 21 month hiatus. When it went out in Feb 21 I said we could tuff it out as it goes off in May to Nov. The oil tank then needed replacing and this took me a year! Aga engineered called as oil control unit u/s. It's great to be able to spread butter on a morning in a warm kitchen with a happy cat and happy wife! 2 oven + DHW uses about 1200l in 7 months.

 

[Timbo]

Just got mine back on after an 21 month hiatus. When it went out in Feb 21 I said we could tuff it out as it goes off in May to Nov. The oil tank then needed replacing and this took me a year! Aga engineered called as oil control unit u/s. It's great to be able to spread butter on a morning in a warm kitchen with a happy cat and happy wife! 2 oven + DHW uses about 1200l in 7 months.

Exactly why mine went on the scrap 5yrs ago.

 

[Bury the Trash]

got to be the most inefiecient bloomin things ever them and rayburns

 

[Rodgerdodger]

got to be the most inefiecient bloomin things ever them and rayburns

Father fitted a new Rayburn solid fuel in Feb 1975 and before Easter '75 it had been replaced with new oil Aga.

 

[PSQ]

Exactly why mine went on the scrap 5yrs ago.

Cooker, or wife?

Aga’s might not be cheap to run, but after you deduct the ‘opportunity cost’ of running the alternative cooking / hot water / kitchen heating then there isn’t much in it. Tbh, it’s just one of the costs that go along with living in a big old house. If I was living in a Barratt box or a modern retirement bungalow an Aga wouldn’t enter the equation, but for comfort in 250 year old stone pile they can’t be beaten.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Cooker, or wife?

Aga’s might not be cheap to run, but after you deduct the ‘opportunity cost’ of running the alternative cooking / hot water / kitchen heating then there isn’t much in it. Tbh, it’s just one of the costs that go along with living in a big old house. If I was living in a Barratt box or a modern retirement bungalow an Aga wouldn’t enter the equation, but for comfort in 250 year old stone pile they can’t be beaten.

Only by an ever hot!

 

[Farma Parma]

i can have this cold old damp walled farmhouse warm enough within an hour with the oil boiler tho & switch it all off again as n when i choose
The Rayburn kept the kitchen warm yes but that was about it.
It deffo used far more Oil overall as it was on 24/7 even tho it was put out in the 3months of summer if you were lucky maybes 5months

 

[Timbo]

Cooker, or wife?

Aga’s might not be cheap to run, but after you deduct the ‘opportunity cost’ of running the alternative cooking / hot water / kitchen heating then there isn’t much in it. Tbh, it’s just one of the costs that go along with living in a big old house. If I was living in a Barratt box or a modern retirement bungalow an Aga wouldn’t enter the equation, but for comfort in 250 year old stone pile they can’t be beaten.

You're In a dream sorry.

i can have this cold old damp walled farmhouse warm enough within an hour with the oil boiler tho & switch it all off again as n when i choose
The Rayburn kept the kitchen warm yes but that was about it.
It deffo used far more Oil overall as it was on 24/7 even tho it was put out in the 3months of summer if you were lucky maybes 5months

You can't help some people.

 

[bobk]

We had a kero Aga 4 door in our old farm house , yes it was temperamental , but without it I would have dead years ago

 

[ollie989898]

We had a kero Aga 4 door in our old farm house , yes it was temperamental , but without it I would have dead years ago

You'd be warm as toast living in a little retirement apartment in Thailand. Drinking mojitos on ice and having some bronzed beauty waving a palm leaf over you all day?

 

[ollie989898]

Cooker, or wife?

Aga’s might not be cheap to run, but after you deduct the ‘opportunity cost’ of running the alternative cooking / hot water / kitchen heating then there isn’t much in it. Tbh, it’s just one of the costs that go along with living in a big old house. If I was living in a Barratt box or a modern retirement bungalow an Aga wouldn’t enter the equation, but for comfort in 250 year old stone pile they can’t be beaten.

I just can't get with the concept.

It's fridge-level cold in the rest of the house so you might as well leave the front door open for a more consistent temperature but it's hotter than a care home in Florida in the kitchen. About the only soul in the house that must suit is the dog, surely?

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

I remembered to turn up the thermostat on our 4 oven Aga tonight. Need some heat in reserve ready for the big day.
Great piece of kit.
Obviously not for every application but suits us well. Worth it just for the toast.

 

[PSQ]

I just can't get with the concept.

It's fridge-level cold in the rest of the house so you might as well leave the front door open for a more consistent temperature but it's hotter than a care home in Florida in the kitchen. About the only soul in the house that must suit is the dog, surely?

The concept is to have a warm core in an old house, without it the place would be cold, damp, deteriorating and joyless.
In practice the kitchen is the most used room in the house, theres usually something slow cooking in the bottom oven, It's never cold in winter, and whatever the weather it's 20 degrees when we sit to eat as a family and with friends.
If it's not for you or Timbo, then thats absolutely fine.

 

[Alchad]

Might as well ad my six pennyworth. We’re at 1200 ft in the Shropshire hills. Our place has thick stone walls but when we bought it 20 odd years ago as part of the refurbishment we added 50mm internal insulation, double glazing and of course insulated the roof (which has subsequently been increased to 300mm. We originally a 2 door oil fired Aga in the kitchen which has a back boiler to also heat the hot water (double coil HW tank) and oil fired central heating - boiler changed out last year to a condensing one. Central heating on a couple of hours in the morning and about 5 at night, fires up regularly in winter much less so in summer . The logic for installing the Aga was that this area was supposedly subject to regular power outages in the winter and the gravity fed Aga would at least provide some heating/cooking should power cuts occur.

Oil consumption probably averages 10 to 11 lites a day since we’ve been here, probably marginally less with the new boiler. The Aga does - as someone else said - provide core heat to the house and the good insulation means that apart from the winter we seldom feel the place is cool enough to need heating on during the day. The other thing is that we are fortunate enough to not need to worry about the cost of the oil. If we were then perhaps, getting rid of the Aga would make sense - but we would miss it!

As said, just my view.

Merry Xmas

 

[glasshouse]

Exactly why mine went on the scrap 5yrs ago.

Three weeks ago we had a week of power cuts when it was subzero
Aga saved us

 

[Red Fred]

I have a 2 oven kero Aga, I keep it on Nov-April/May and I reckon it uses about 1000 litres. I just put in 1000 at 75p./l and I'll just keep it going til it runs out. It keeps the room above it warm so I moved all my books and hobby stuff in there, other than that we only use 1 bedroom and I can make a dash for bed at night and just add duvets as required. Heating the whole empty house would be daft.
We breath a sigh of relief when the Aga comes on as it is always ready for cooking and acts like a magnet for passing visitors and friends.