Rayburn modifications with AGA module

theageofsteamat26

Hi all,

Has anyone joined an AGA module to a Rayburn?

Reasonably new to mse, spent ages looking for a thread relating to this but couldn’t find one.

Basically, we are going to be moving into a house without mains gas, and I thought given my job as a builder, that we should get a second hand solid fuel (wood or coal fired) Rayburn. This will then do the central heating, hot water and cooking using all the free wood from work.
I then started looking into the pros and cons of an AGA which would only do the cooking, and can’t run on wood. And stumbled across something AGA make, called an ‘integrated AGA module’ which is basically a bolt on extra for your AGA which runs independently to your AGA. So basically when your AGA is turned off, you can use the module separately. Basically looks like another third of an AGA bolted to the LHS of cooker.
This then made me wonder, could I bolt one of these modules to a Rayburn, doing the same job. But nobody seems to do this?
I would have thought it would need to be fitted on the RHS of a Rayburn (due to the central heating pipe work on the LHS).

So if anyone knows anything about the AGA 60, and whether it is compatible with a Rayburn?

Thanks everyone.

Gloomendoom

The module is just a very expensive stand alone cooker that is designed to precisely mate up to and complement an AGA range.

I can't see any reason why you couldn't bolt a module or an AGA 60 to a Rayburn.... apart from the fact that it might look a bit odd.

theageofsteamat26

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I have seen an AGA module accompanying a normal oil fired AGA at a customer of mines.
The main concern of mine is whether the shape of a Rayburn matches the shape of the AGA?
I would probably have both the module and Rayburn parts re-enameled so they match better.

MX5huggy

No, it’s a bad plan, have you seen the costs of AGA’s if you must then get the 2 oven one to sit a little distance from the Rayburn.

But you should be looking at a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) eligible system instead of a Second hand Rayburn.

theageofsteamat26

The initial cost isn’t the problem to be honest.

Would the two oven aga module have to be set away from the Rayburn for any particular reason?

The reason I was looking at using a Rayburn is that I have a free supply of waste timber that I would have to pay to be disposed off, and would most likely not get recycled (as once the skip company has taken it away from site, it could go anywhere)

Apodemus

I wonder if there is an element of confusion on this thread? The traditional module that sits alongside the Aga was for central heating, while the later module was to provide cooking in the summer, when the Aga was turned off. The OP seems to want a similar, summer cooking option to run alongside a wood-fired Rayburn. The Aga shape is different and won’t easily match in against the Rayburn. As mentioned above, an RHI eligible system for the heating seems like a good option for using the waste wood, but i’m not sure if there are any RHI eligible units that will also do the winter cooking. And this still leaves the OP with the problem of the summer cooking... perhaps the two uses need to be separated and a RHI eligible wood-fuel boiler to do the heating and a boring old electric or LPG stove for the cooking.

Personally, though, I wouldn’t be without a Rayburn to rest my rear against when standing in the kitchen on a cold day!

coffeehound

Aren’t Rayburn now owned by AGA? If so, their customer services might be happy to advise.

Apodemus

coffeehound wrote: »

Aren’t Rayburn now owned by AGA? If so, their customer services might be happy to advise.

You would think! Sadly, in my experience, “customer service” and AgaRayburn seldom sit happily in the same sentence - especially if you are talking about their older models. Your local Aga shop might have knowledgeable staff who are enthusiasts for the brand and might be worth talking to, but I wouldn’t recommend going any more official or central than that.

theageofsteamat26

I never knew that originaly you could get a central heating module for the aga. You certainly don’t see any coming on the second hand market.

I think one of the main reasons for wanting a Rayburn is what has been said above..... a rose tinted view of coming in from a cold winters day and warming ones backside against the wood fired Rayburn.

Having seen a second hand AGA 60 on eBay, I may take the plunge and buy it. That way I’ll have a definite answer on how it will look against the Rayburn.

I’ve never seen an AGA and a Rayburn in a room together, so I can’t picture what differences there are between the two.