Tom Booth Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Brb, just going to Holland.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Ah yes, that classic land of tulips, working girls and non-working jukes. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Working girls seem to serve a good burger too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 After almost three weeks since ripping out the kitchen and having no method of cooking proper food, we're getting thoroughly fed up with take aways. Just got this installed and commissioned this morning It's an Esse Cat, 2007 vintage, RRP 5ish grand - same as used by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in the river cottage kitchen. 300kg of gas fired, flueless cast iron range cooker. 52 quid on ebay, 115 quid on service parts and 105 quid to get it setup. Toasty warm kitchen here we come (not that it was cold anyways!) Bonus husband points for me and the wife can make cakes now! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Spotted you replacing parts on this via FB. Cracking result that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Just requires some hanging tea towels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) They were on the towel rail, I took them off whilst doing the initial burn in, access to gas controls and all that jazz The hotplate surface temperature was 330°C last time I checked edit: now the cooker is in I've got to design and make the rest of the kitchen, from scratch, by hand, in proper wood, to wife approval standard! Edited October 17, 2017 by forteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 £52! How the hell did you manage that?! Looks great dude. PS, I like a good lemon drizzle cake, so if that could be first on the list for the wife and also if you could drop it down to Bristol, that would be super. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Dunno, good luck or people just don't want to buy 300kg of cast iron when they have to go collect it? Fortunately the father in law runs a small transport company (collection from Guildford and delivery to Lichfield sponsored by Corrick Transport of Dorstone, Herefordshire!) who said he would be happy to go pick it up Bizarrely enough this was the second gas fired esse range I bought on ebay within a fortnight, the first one also sold for 50 quid, however we realised that it would be physically impossible to fit it due to needing a flue and the seller kindly relisted it. I didn't expect the newer flueless version to go for the same money but hey ho, I'm not complaing I won't mention the double belfast sink with a 300 quid set of taps I picked up for 40 quid! Edit : holy f**king shit, 2 minutes to bring a pan of cold water and frozen peas to the boil. The kitchen is currently 26°C and the doors and windows have been open all afternoon, the bathroom above the kitchen is super toasty Edited October 17, 2017 by forteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Report back in the middle of summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'm thinking that the doors will be open 24/7 On slumber mode it's kept the entire kitchen, dining room, bathroom and back upstairs bedroom warm. Central heating has been turned down a couple of degrees as well so we at least get a cooler part of the house we can retire to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Soph's mum used to have an old Aga and just turned it off through the warmer months as it became a little unbearable, even opening the entire house up to let things cool. Since renovating the place she's replaced the old oil-burner with an Everhot, which appears to be a similar kind of setup but runs off a 13A plug - somehow very efficient for what it is (costs pence to run) and means it can be socially acceptable if we're fortunate enough to get some warmer weather again next year but still available at short notice for cooking on, which was the downside of the Aga being off, obviously. I'm a mere peasant with an electric oven and gas hob. Never have any issues with it overheating the house mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 To be fair, from cold the esse got the hotplate up to temperature in about 15 minutes and the oven to 250ish°C in about 30-40; a fair amount of condensation but that is to be expected when rapidly heating a large lump of cast iron Although since when do we get warm weather in the summer these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Luke Rainbird said: if we're fortunate enough In the unlikely event. Sounds good though. Good to see so many players on offer over recentish years too - for years Aga, and to an extent Rayburn, had a pretty hefty market share of that sector (from an outside view at least) where as now there seem to be companies bringing things a little more up to date and modern-daily-liveable rather than being such a compromise. Lovely looking bit of kit too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Bearing in mind that esse have been making stoves since 1854 and were used by Shackleton and Nightingale, hardly a new player There are a couple of minor niggles like the left hand cover doesn't quite sit concentric on the hotplate, they can be adjusted on the hinges but there isn't quite enough wiggle space. I may strip the hinge and take a few mm off the end of the arms to allow it to sit better but it's not a massive issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Yeah, I forget you're quite that old. My bad. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just to urinate on precipitationavian's washing machines woes Machined some new delrin hinge bushes for the two oven doors at lunchtime. The original polyethylene ones had disintegrated and the doors had dropped causing sketchy seals and the handles to not click shut cleanly. Pulled the old ones out, pushed new in, reamed to size and dropped them on the hinge pegs. Fiddled with the eccentric pegs to get the door straight and true again then dove into the fibreglass insulation to adjust the stops on the catch mechanism. Doors all swing nice and easy and close with a gentle click when you lean on them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 You guys are so exciting. (he says...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 My life has peaked! No actually I think it has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 Yea it's all tongue in cheek. We've just finally bought a place, doing small stuff around the house now is great knowing it's ours. Although your improvement isn't to my tastes, I can see how it's a massive deal because it's a big improvement. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 I didn't just mean the cooker is the pinnacle of my life, just my current situation is awesome Dogface has found his new spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 Only complaint my parents have with theirs is that in the summer they have to heat up a massive lump of cast iron just to boil some veg. For that reason they keep a separate hob too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 We've not worked around this issue yet, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it Perhaps have a little electric ring we can stash somewhere if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 Things are really heating up in the Happy Thread these days. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.KYDD Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 12 hours ago, forteh said: Dogface has found his new spot Very similar to our dogface 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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