Renovated & Reconditioned Agas & Rayburns

Reconditioned Aga Cookers

Did you know that AGA stands for Aktiebolaget Gas Accumulator? The re-conditioned agas available from country style cookers come in many different fuels i.e., solid fuel, oil, gas (natural & LPG) and 13 amp electric (cook only).

There are 3 main styles of cookers, which we can supply. You have the Aga traditional or sometimes called the Aga standard. The Aga pre 74 deluxe and the Aga post 74 deluxe. Any of these cookers can be re-built to your own specifications i.e. Colour, fuel, cooking only or cooking and domestic hot water. Please find the colours available in our colour chart.

A quick explanation of the re-conditioning process at Country style cookers ltd. Once an order has been placed with us we will completely strip one of our cookers on site. All the old packing, chrome, lid liners, door liners and old boilers get taken to the recycling depot to be melted down and re-used. The front, doors, tops and any other parts which will need re-enamelling all get sent away to the vitreous enamellers to get re-enamelled to the colour of your choice. We order brand new door liners, lid liners, sides (which are powder coated), galvanised back, new oil valves and boiler if needed.

The ovens and base will get sand blasted inside and out to get rid of any scaling, rust and old cooking fat. The boiling and simmering plate get machined level to ensure a good contact with the pots and pans. Once the cooker has come back from the enamellers our fully trained engineers will carefully build the Aga as an empty shell to make sure everything fits, as it should. Once we have agreed on a date for delivery. Your Aga we be delivered by our trained Aga fitters in pieces and will be built in situe. If you required as long as the chimney is lined and the oil line is alongside the cooker we can install at the same time.

The Aga is a marvellous invention, which appeals to a verity of different people. The man behind this simple but very effective design is Dr. Gustaf Dalen a noble prizewinner in 1922. He designed the Aga to help his wife out after being blinded by one of his early experiments. After the accident he was pretty much house bound. Leaving his wife to deal with everything he decided to create her a cooker which could cope with all aspects of cooking techniques. It will give out constant heat throughout their house and also help with the washing, drying and pressing of your laundry.

If you have the hot water option it will not only do you hot water for your washing it will do the water for your dishes and personal washing as well. It is true what so many people say about the cooking of these appliances, which is "food tastes better cooked on the range". The beauty of the Aga cooking is that it keeps the moisture in the cooking without making it soggy, also with the odours of cooking going up the flue pipe it is possible to cook savoury and sweet dishes at the same time. There are many books available which will help you get the most out of your cooker.

Although the design was finished in 1922 the cosmetics of the cooker has not really changed after all these years, its like the phrase say's "if its not broken why fix it".

Reconditioned Rayburns

The advantages of having a re-conditioned Rayburn from country style cookers ltd is that you have the option of either a right hand oven/ flue, or a left hand oven/ flue. This can be a major factor when you are looking for a Rayburn but are limited to which side the water pipes can enter the cooker and on where the cooker can be situated in relation to the chimney.

Here is a list of the re-conditioned Rayburn's which country style cookers can supply.

Rayburn Royals (left or right hand oven) - These can be solid fuel, multi-fuel or oil.

The Rayburn supreme or Nouvelle (which is only available in the right hand oven) - This cooker is a multi-fuel model which will has the facilities to do your cooking, domestic hot water and your central heating (upto 9 radiators).

Interested in an electric Rayburn?

At Country style cookers we have the answer. A fully re-conditioned 13amp electric Rayburn (originally an oil fired model). These cookers can be installed almost anywhere, as long as the cooker is no more than 5 meters from an external wall. There is no need for a chimney or pre-fabricated chimney. No service costs and can be run on either the thermostat or in built mechanical timer. Running costs vary between £15 - £20 per week.

We have these models which are ready for re-conditioning. Once an order comes in for one of our re-conditioned Rayburn's, we will completely strip the old cooker. Send the front, doors, top, lids, unless you go for the brand new chrome option and the splashback (if the cooker has one not all rayburn models had a splash back) to the enamellers to get enamelled in the colour of your choice. The boiler, sides, back, packing, door liners, firebricks, the grates and frames, chrome, ashpan, and thermoclocks all get taken to the scrap merchants to get melted down and reused.

The oven carcass and any other cast iron pieces all get sandblasted back down to bare cast and then will be checked for excessive wear and tear. Any castings showing excessive wear will be removed, and get replaced by genuine parts. A brand new boiler will be fitted, as are the firebricks if it's a solid fuel model. If you add the chrome lid option we will purchase brand new chrome lids to replace the enamelled ones. Both door liners and thermodial are replaced with brand new parts. The sides are replaced with brand new powder coated in the same colour as the front and the back will be a galvanised. Once we have agreed a date the Rayburn will delivered whole and placed in its final resting place. If pre-arranged we can do the installation as well (depending on location).

The Rayburn is a classic cooking model, which has stood the test of time, even to this day they are developing models to run on all types of fuels. Originally released in 1946 the Rayburn is still considered as the the ideal cooker for a wide spectrum of people as it not only does the cooking it will provide sufficient hot water and do you central heating as well as giving of adequate heat into the kitchen. If you burn wood you can help the environment as wood is a sustainable fuel.