To get rid of an AGA

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Can someone tell me whether they would swap an AGA for a range cooker for example..

We are possibly buying a house with an AGA. It's run on gas. Are they worth it? Apparently the gas bill is between 125-200 a month! These are people who have their heating on a lot though.. I am a bit more scrimpy. I am keen to keep but BF wants to get rid.

Can I have thoughts on an AGA please

I'd do a course - Sarah Whittaker's Zoom demos are fantastic - and live with it for a bit. If you like it, but don't fancy the gas bills/fossil fuel aspect, then you could have it converted to the Electrickit system which makes it a lot more controllable and flexible. And join the I Love My Aga Facebook group - loads of advice there for new Aga cooks.

left the £6k noisy lump of hokum behind.

In defence of our Aga, it is silent and there are absolutely no lingering cooking smells. It cost a whole lot more than 6K though - you should have sold it.

@LuaDipa so you bought two kettles and toasters and a specific airer, and most people with an AGA seem to have a second cooker for summer as well. Surely that duplication is much more expensive than just having a normal cooker, kettle, toaster and airer? Plus a waste of space

[quote PattyPan]@LuaDipa so you bought two kettles and toasters and a specific airer, and most people with an AGA seem to have a second cooker for summer as well. Surely that duplication is much more expensive than just having a normal cooker, kettle, toaster and airer? Plus a waste of space[/quote]
You are forgetting that I didn’t buy the AGA or the alternative cooker, I simply inherited them when I moved house. Then took the decision to embrace it and bought a stovetop kettle, toasted sandwich maker and airer to fit on the advice of a very knowledgeable chap who told my that all of this would help me to maximise my usage. I already had (and still have) an electric kettle and toaster from my previous house, they are just popped away over winter. It would have cost me far more to rip the AGA out. Plus my kitchen is huge, it’s one of the reasons I chose this house.

Am loving the way people try to convince themselves having an Aga is an energy efficient way of life. It's really not.

www.ethicalconsumer.org/home-garden/shopping-guide/gas-electric-cookers

Plus a myriad others.

If you want one, own it and be honest about the fuel consumption. Maybe switch to electric and a renewable source.

You can certainly spot the mansion dwellers on this thread, with their football pitch sized kitchens that can fit an aga and a normal Cooker (for the summer only) + summer kettle, summer toaster clothes airers etc.
Now back in the rest of the world we have to trip over the kids handwashing step stool every time we manoever between the cooker and fridge.

I did live in a vast 5 bed house with an Aga for a year and it was just unacceptable in terms of energy consumption.

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You can certainly spot the mansion dwellers on this thread, with their football pitch sized kitchens that can fit an aga and a normal Cooker (for the summer only) + summer kettle, summer toaster clothes airers etc. Now back in the rest of the world we have to trip over the kids handwashing step stool every time we manoever between the cooker and fridge.

And? Are people with larger houses not welcome?

Ours is a Sandyford but basically an AGA. I do t understand why people pay so much to run them… so far this year we have put into the oil tank £500 of oil but it’s still half full. Ours also does the hot water and radiators. So per month ours costs about £42 in oil. It’s on all the time but turned right down when it’s hot so we BBQ instead.

Thanks after joining the I love my AGA group and some of the posts I definitely think it might be worth trying it for 12 months. We could also turn it off in summer as the kitchen has a built in microwave/oven thing. Just need to learn how to use it out. The thing that I'm suprised at is the cost of pots and pans!! I've had cheap asda ones for 3 years now and still looking good. Wondering if they will all need replacing etc.