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MuddyMike

On 19/03/2017 21:04, wrote:
On Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 4:02:47 PM UTC+1, gill wrote:
We are about to move to a house which has an Aga. (House is empty at
present, Aga turned off, no instructions!)

Does anyone know what fuel it uses - I think some sort of anthracite but are
there different types?

Also the books I have read say solid fuel Agas should be serviced once a
year by a specialist - my husband says this is a waste of money as there is
nothing to go wrong, it will just need a bit of cleaning - is he right?

TIA

Gill

Hi there! Found your thread whilst searching for advice. We are in a nearly similar boat.... thinking of buying a house with a 2 oven solid fuel aga. The current owner uses coal and it supplies the heating and hot water for the house as well as being a cooker. I'm a bit worried - never used an aga but also have a 3 year old who is very asthmatic. How did you get on? Are you still using it and do you love it? Does it make a lot of dust and smoke? apologies for the millions of questions. It's a sticking point on the house purchase for my hubby - I think it will be awesome!

many thanks in anticipation
Jacs

I doubt you will hear back from Gill but if its of any help we lived
with a solid fuel Aga for 22 years. STWNFI decided to get rid but misses
it so much she now wants one again!

Bad points.
Expensive to run.
Needs filling and emptying twice daily.
Creates a lot of dust when emptying.
Oven temperature can crash at inconvenient time and takes hours to build
back up.
You cant smell anything in the ovens.

Good points
Permanently warm kitchen.
No need for electric kettle, toaster, oven or hob.
You cant smell anything in the ovens.

Mike