Any Aga Experts Out There?
I am inheriting an Aga cooker if I want it. I was thinking this could be the solution to my problem of how to heat and outfit a little cabin on my property. Could this thing heat a 500 sq ft cabin? It’s now a one-room thing with loft bedroom, but I was hoping to…
I am inheriting an Aga cooker if I want it. I was thinking this could be the solution to my problem of how to heat and outfit a little cabin on my property. Could this thing heat a 500 sq ft cabin? It’s now a one-room thing with loft bedroom, but I was hoping to carve in a bedroom or so. I realize this means no oven in the summer, but that’s okay.
I got a quote for $2500 to move and reinstall this thing so even a free Aga isn’t a cheap Aga. But it seems like a cool idea.
Grand Army, that, of course, is the first question. Yes, pretty color.
The other critical question: is it a pretty color? I saw one in a shelter magazine that was an incredible sky blue. Now that I would build a house around if it fell into my hands!
If you decide to use it, I hope it gives you great enjoyment!
Be sure your outside flue has a cap, friends had birds make a nest in their Aga flue and it kept shutting off.
If your cabin is in a really cold area you will need to drain your pipes anyway.
thanks for the help.
I’m not averse to wood but this is a weekend place — an outbuilding on the property really — and dont’ want something that needs to be regularly maintained by human hands. But I do need something to keep the pipes from freezing. This Aga is propaned-fueled and about 10 years old. And it’s not far away at all. $2500 is really for taking the whole thing apart and then putting it back together. I guess you can’t move it as a piece. Not sure why. I’m thinking I can get someone to give me a better price on that tho.
Yeah, it’s over 900 pounds!
Agas really do come in handy when you need to bake five different courses at the same time in separate ovens.
Otherwise, they are a link to Anglo-Saxon heritage and therein lie their appeal. It has little to do with practicality.
grand army brings up an excellent point. Make sure your floor framing can support such a heavy agglomeration of cast iron.
Don’t you have to have central heating on all winter while you are away so the pipes don’t freeze? Or you have to drain the water every time you leave.
It all depends on the age and features of the aga in question. I grew up with one that was a huge pain-in-the-a**: we keep it burning all year (it had a back boiler and heated our hot water) and my father had constantly to fuss over it (look up definition of “riddle”). But that’s like comparing a 1957 Jaguar to one made today by BMW. Totally different animal. Today’s agas can run on gas, electric, or solid fuel (wood or coal) — but not of course in one stove. Not sure I would bother to move an old one but a gently used 21st century version might be a pretty attractive proposition. Oh, and I guess you already know they weigh more than a mini cooper?
Ringo, are you having it shipped from England?? I keep saying I want my mother in law’s but I doubt it would be feasible to ship from Ireland.
Yeah, I was thinking just a regular ol’ cast iron wood stove would be a lot easier. Are you adverse to wood? (Wood obviously has it’s draw backs like waking up in the middle of the night with icicles under your nose… but if you have propane, a small heater could supplement the overnight when the fire goes out.) And a proper wood stove has an oven and a cook top just like an Aga… and it’s sorta fun. At least I think so.
I don’t know how wood compares cost wise… for fuel, I mean.