Aga Query

[lexie01]

Is there anyone out there who could help me on this query? I live in a Edwardian semi. The kitchen/diner is quite large and extremely cold in the winter (well most of the time to be honest except during the height of summer). We also have original quarry floor tiles throughout the whole space which are also very cold. I am desperate to make it a more welcoming and inviting space and am considering buying an Aga. However because of the odd shape of the kitchen I would not be able to fit a module or an additional cooker into the kitchen for the summer months. As such the Aga would be on for the whole time. I have read about AIMS which would enable the AGA to go into slumber mode (and therefore generate less heat) but I am still unsure about whether it would still be too hot in the summer. Is there anyone in a similar situation? If so just how hot does your kitchen get in the summer?? I don't really want to make an extremely costly mistake!

Careful Bobdog - I put on 2 stone very quickly after getting the Aga - suddenly became a keen baker, 'trying out' recipes!
Three years later I've only got half a stone to lose.
(To be fair, it wasn't just that - stressful times as well and I did enjoy the wine more than was good for me..)

Sorry another post from me, but I did a lot of Aga research. Three years ago if you had shares in Aga/fired earth (it's all the same company) they were offering a whopping discount off their products so could be worth investigating if you thinking of spending a lot.

Forget drying the washing, tis the cheering sight of a bootle of red having the chill taken off that justifys any range cooker

sorry - I have been really busy today and not had chance to catch up with all the latest posts. Will read in more detail later but thanks everyone. FreezingMAO - feel free to hijack!

Flue thing is a very important part of Aga/Heritage success.
Ours does not have an oldfashioned chimmney style flue, and it does mean that there is a bit of condensation in oven, unless you want to put noisy fan on all the time, and smells coming from round back of house.
So if you need a powerflue etc, I would think again about overall suitability. If you have a proper flue for the Aga pipe, then a Heritage/Aga/Rayburn would be ideal.

Swanriver, I don't really understand what you mean about the flue thing. Are you saying that if you need a power flue (because you don't have a proper chimney) then perhaps an Aga/heritage/rayburn is not suitable? If yes, can you explain a bit more.

ime, my Aga works differently to my mum's, because it needs a fan to draw out steam smells etc from ovens. Ours is directly vented to outside on same level, so instead of rising up a chimney and disappearing into the ether, the air goes into alley (we are urban semi-detached)where we can smell it, and there is steam collecting if food is very wet (just like in normal electric or gas oven)

One of advantages of old fashioned chimney flue type Agas (which are still fitted) is that there is no smells, or condensation. The fan is meant to stop condensation occurring but it reduces heat in oven and is a bit noisy, we don't tend to put ours on much although it is recommended you have it on most of time.
The third type of Aga is where there is no external outlet, so they need to put a length of horizontal pipe to reach outside, and then I think you need a fan on ALL the time.

Anyway don't quote me on any of this - ask the salesman!

Sue him?