cooking ranges

The range cooker has always been at the heart of the traditional British countryside kitchen.
With enamelled cast iron doors an lids, they provide the home with a constant supply of hot water and the perfect heat for cooking. Today, you can recreate the same ambience but with the advantage of incorporating the latest control technology, together with a choice of fuel types, outputs and flue options. Balanced flue versions are now available for the kitchen without a chimney.

Range cookers need access for maintenance. Ensure that you have enough space to fit the cooker you want before you buy it. Remember that you need space to get at the controls too. Also, some range cookers do not have a built in plinth.

Make sure that you choose the right cooker to suit your needs and lifestyle. They vary from the basic 'cooker only' to the all-singing-and-dancing, 'cooking, hot water and central heating', models. Choosing the correct fuel type is equally as important. Having a woodburning central heating cooking range sounds great, but is it a realistic proposition when you live in Fulham?

Rayburn commissioning :
Some rayburn models require commissioning by an approved Aga care engineer before they can be used for the first time. Commissioning will be carried out free of charge, provided that the installation has been completed and is in accordance eith the rayburn installation instructions, and that all services, such as the flue, water and electricity are connected and available. There may be a charge for travelling to remote or difficult sites.
If your rayburn requires commissioning, please telephone Rayburn Service Division : 0845-601 0398 to arrange for an approved engineer to carry out the work. Please give at least seven working days notice.

If the engineer is unable to commission the appliance due to an installation deficiency, or finds it necessary to carry out additional work, there may be a charge. Should the engineer be unable to commission the appliance, a 'refusal to commission report' will be completed, and this should be given to your installer to rectify the problem.
Visit rayburn web site @ www.aga-rayburn.co.uk

Gas :
Gas fired appliances can only be fitted by a gas engineer on the Gas Safe Register.
For information or technical advice, or for a list of your local qualified installation engineers, contact:
the Gas Safe Register, PO Box 6804, Basingstoke, RG24 4NB. telephone 0800-408 5500.
Or visit their website @ www.gassaferegister.co.uk
Ensure that your gas engineer is registered by asking to see his Gas Safe Register identification card.
By law, all engineers carrying out gas work must be on the Gas Safe Register.
[the Gas Safe Register replaced CORGI on April 1st 2009]

Oil :
Although it is not yet a legal requirement to only allow qualified oil engineerins to install oil appliances, it is important to ensure that the appliance and associated supply and flue pipes are correctly installed.
For information or technical advice, or for a list of your local qualified oil installation engineers, contact:
Oil Firing Tecnical Association for Petroleum Industry: OFTEC tel: 0173-737 3311
or visit their website @ www.oftec.org

Solid fuel :
for impartial advice contact :
Solid Fuel Association : tel: 0800-600 000 or visit their web site, www.solidfuel.co.uk