Help me decide whether yo buy a new boiler or Rayburn. I only know about Agas!!

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I was brought up cooking on an Aga and have always longed for one. But it just isn't financially viable for us. So I was thinking that as we need to replace the oil fired boiler anyway. Would a Rayburn which acts as a boiler as well as a cooker be the answer?

Are Rayburns/Agas at all the same? TIA

I Have a Stanley cooker (similar to rayburn)which runs on oil. I can have cooker on which produces some hot water and/or can heat the radiators and water or just heat hot water. Have had it 11 years. Very happy with it

Thanks crockydoodle. Will google it. Does it heat all you water and heating?

Look at Heritage range cookers, works for us . I chatted about it on another thread on agas but happy to answer your questions.

Redfyre also make range cookers which do the heating too. I have just a cooker (no heating)and am very pleased with it .

www.redfyrecookers.co.uk

Rayburns are fab and made by same company as Aga. Main difference (apart from Rayburn being able to do heating/hot water etc) is that Rayburns are programmable so don't have to have it switched on all the time unlike Aga. Downside is that Rayburns ovens are smaller that an Aga and there is only the 2-oven option not a 4-oven version. Cost a fecking fortune though to install though as need new pipe work for heating system, new building regs to comply with, etc, was actually more than the actual thing cost to buy.