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old oil AGA

pumkin747 Posts: 11 Forumite

20 September 2012 at 12:43PM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving

hi there, , i got a great bargain of an old oil fired aga 1960s/70s one and it is dismantled for me, just need it put back together! also if anyone has an old oil aga id love to hear how you get on with it? are they as good as they sound?

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greyteam1959 Posts: 4,751 Forumite

20 September 2012 at 1:38PM

You a Lottery Winner then ????
You will need to be when you start fueling that thing up !!!

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pumkin747 Posts: 11 Forumite

20 September 2012 at 6:17PM

really?? i spend about £40 a week on my current oil do you think it will be much more than that?

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muckybutt Posts: 3,761 Forumite

20 September 2012 at 7:11PM

Oooof :eek:

Should have gone for a wood version ! oil agas although are well built often have many problems and can be expensive to repair, a few of my customers love em....many hate them !

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Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite

20 September 2012 at 7:46PM

pumkin747 wrote: »

really?? i spend about £40 a week on my current oil do you think it will be much more than that?

They use around 40 litres of oil a week for a two oven with no water heating. 60 litres if you have water heating.

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pumkin747 Posts: 11 Forumite

21 September 2012 at 3:51PM

thanks gloomanddoom, in not sure weather to bother connecting it to the water, are they good at heating water?

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Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite

21 September 2012 at 7:20PM

pumkin747 wrote: »

thanks gloomanddoom, in not sure weather to bother connecting it to the water, are they good at heating water?

No. They are best used as cookers. You need to buy into the whole AGA lifestyle thing though. That way you can justify the cost of running it. They are not cheap ways to cook but if you look at it as new hobby, it starts to make a lot more sense.

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