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<blockquote data-quote="Jrp221" data-source="post: 8290572" data-attributes="member: 142197"><p>We replaced an old Rayburn with a new wood fired one to cook and do the heating and hotwater. It worked pretty well but;</p><p> You do have to keep it fed.</p><p>Using the oven was interesting, as soon as you open the door you lose heat and getting it back and maintaining a consistent temp was really difficult. Hot spots were a problem, never managed to bake a sponge in it. Certainly wouldn't have it as my only stove. </p><p>Cooking on the hotplates was fine, it would have been better if the stove had been in the kitchen as opposed to the 'living room'. Guess it was an expensive way to boil a kettle.</p><p>It takes a while to learn how to keep the fire in over night, we used to use Bark logs over night.</p><p>Wood has to be dry, hard wood would be tricky, soft wood would burn too quick. We would use Heat logs which we could buy by the ton and worked out quite competitive. They made it much more manageable.</p><p>After 5 yrs the kids all went off to Uni, we came in from lambing one night in Feb and the stove had gone out, no heat in the house. We sold the Rayburn, put in an outdoor boiler and put a nice little Clearview woodburner in its place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jrp221, post: 8290572, member: 142197"] We replaced an old Rayburn with a new wood fired one to cook and do the heating and hotwater. It worked pretty well but; You do have to keep it fed. Using the oven was interesting, as soon as you open the door you lose heat and getting it back and maintaining a consistent temp was really difficult. Hot spots were a problem, never managed to bake a sponge in it. Certainly wouldn't have it as my only stove. Cooking on the hotplates was fine, it would have been better if the stove had been in the kitchen as opposed to the 'living room'. Guess it was an expensive way to boil a kettle. It takes a while to learn how to keep the fire in over night, we used to use Bark logs over night. Wood has to be dry, hard wood would be tricky, soft wood would burn too quick. We would use Heat logs which we could buy by the ton and worked out quite competitive. They made it much more manageable. After 5 yrs the kids all went off to Uni, we came in from lambing one night in Feb and the stove had gone out, no heat in the house. We sold the Rayburn, put in an outdoor boiler and put a nice little Clearview woodburner in its place. [/QUOTE]
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