the website of Tradcookers Ltd, Unit 18B  & C, Penley Industrial Park, Penley, Wrexham, N  Wales LL13 0LQ

Ring 07860 676793 - I am always about but reception not good at works!    

                

 this site updated 02 September 2010  . It's the last chance to change or do up the old range before Winter arrives so  we sell a lot of "cosmetic spares" on our sister site www.agafixspares.com So if the old Aga needs some new lid seals, a touch up of the chips in the enamel (we do a proper kit, not just some car body filler that melts like the Main Dealer will offer you) please get in touch.

Just a quickie- cream solid fuel single oven Regent just in - about £1000 with complete new firebox- photo in Rayburn stock section

 Many of you are considering doing up the cooker/ kitchen and ringing or emailing me about selling your Range. Our Snugburner sales are brisk as people are fed up with the high cost of oil and servicing - see that website for more details - but we have a STRONG demand for solid fuel cookers. So if you have GOOD CONDITION Rayburn Royals or Nouvelles  please ring - we will pay cash, un-plumb and roll out . Note that's SOLID FUEL ONLY ( like the black on in the photo after re-furbishing). We will take away GAS Nouvelles ( conventional flue only) and the 380/ GD80  bigger output ones- we are experimenting with these using oil burners. Mail me for any other information!  barry@tradcookers.com

OIL AGA'S OBSOLETE! This email received  from one of Peter Dewdney's customers in Northern Ireland
 "Barry, Peter fitted a new snug in my old Aga OC Oil Cooker. First class, just thought I would let you know the fuel burn results (by the way I am a retired Engineer). Running the cooker 24 hours per day it is using 31.9 litres per 7 days which is exactly as per your brochure. It was using 58 litres per week with old Dom burner that is Some saving. I am delighted and it has also solved the problem of sooting which has occurred with the change of Kerosene. You have a winner with your product and given me peace of mind and I will get my money back. Well done and your man in N Ireland is a great fellow. Regards HB"

most of our customers will tell you more/show off their installation. Ask for details -see a near one to you on our map on www.snughomecookers.co.uk trade section

Sarah Kennedy ,on BBC radio 2 Dawn patrol ,tells us - as well as the Daily Telegraph - that Aga's all over the country are going out due to low Sulphur oil blocking the oil line! We have been telling you for 4 years! There is ONLY one answer if you want to keep your Aga - or oil fired Rayburn OF7 or OF22-    www.snughomecookers.co.uk
 

This is a Kookwood 3 oven cooker - designed to burn WOOD! Boiler option for 8 rads - or dry - about £4000 without boiler, £4500 with-ANY colour -ask me more!

Works clearout. At present we have an Aga C deluxe from 1956 in our works, set up to burn oil on a Bolt On Snugburner. We also have a Rayburn OF7 with a working Snugburner. We are adding a 4 oven , a  2 oven OC and an OF22- all set up to work! Because of these I am selling off several oil/gas Rayburns from £200 each - all are either gas or oil units ,some central heating models (OF22,G33) some just hot water (G7.OF7) but NO SOLID FUEL!

If you want a BARGAIN cooker give me a call

Stock updated today - see button .Contact me? Best by e mail or ring mobile

I have been told a story today ( Oct 2009) that I hope isn't true! An installer of our Snugburners was told by a customer that Aga were going to convert his oil Aga to ELECTRIC with an AIMS unit as well for only £2400. Our chap had reconditioned parts in the Aga so they didn't refill the cooker with insulation- and awaited the Aga man's visit; on arriving he stated that the Aga WAS TOO OLD to convert but they would offer a GOOD TRADE IN if the customer wanted to buy a NEW ONE!
If this is true its a VERY BAD sales practise and Aga should be ashamed. Anyone else throw any light on this - or had it done by Aga for that cost?

No one has come back to me telling me that they HAVE had the conversion done! Is it just a trick to gain entry to the house?

This scam is still happening ( June 2010)- only today one of our customers was told by Aga " we can't convert yours but how's about a nice NEW Aga at a discount?

So What Fuel should you go for in your Range Cooker?
Let's go through them. Firstly your location- if in a mid terrace an oil tank / log store is out of the equation!
OIl. 
You need a tank ideally higher than the cooker base so the oil flows down to it. Yes you can pump it but add £500 to the cost -and it needs electricity to work. Tanks to be double skinned (bunded) to meet regulations in most cases, and sat on proper base. Oil line into house, usually underground. Chimney required for cooker - or Powerflue. If no brick chimney man made possible but you need Planning. Power supply to cooker in most cases.

Fuel cost around 45p today (March 2010) . Cooker burning efficiency - wick burner 50%, Snugburner (PJ type)  85%+

Gas .Ideal if you have a piped supply- i.e town place. Clean, less servicing. Needs a chimney as oil (see above) unless a balanced or powerflue type - not convertible if another version. Yes, you CAN fit a central heating gas cooker that ISN'T condensing ( unlike a boiler) despite what your Gas Safe plumber ( he MUST be reg by law) says - he just doesn't know about cooker boilers that's all! Be careful - most central heating gas Rayburns are obsolete and spares tricky to get - no "cobbling " allowed now!

Fuel cost similar to oil - low efficiency as well with atmospheric burners that have a pilot light.

Solid fuel. Own a wood? Have time to cut, stack, dry logs? Most people don't but remember you get warm twice - once cutting, second time burning! Coal better as easily stored and delivered to you. Cost - cheapest way to run an Aga .Servicing - monthly but do it yourself. Proper chimney needed -most expensive type- Annual  sweep vital. Fire needs topping up twice a day (Aga), every few hours (wood, Rayburn). Biggest problem - dust and labour!

LPG. Bottled gas, biggest rip off. Made from oil hence name (liquid petroleum gas or largest prices going) always much more expensive. Advantages over other fuels - sorry can't think of any! Submarine in garden cheaper than bottles but tank cannot be hidden, or covered by plants .

Electricity. similar to gas but no flue problems. Less maintenance. Early days yet for central heating from cookers. OK for Aga's - costs about the same to run as oil.
The market has spoken and I am inundated with demand for SOLID FUEL Rayburns. Let's explain what's going on!

From about 1990 the demand for solid fuel dropped away to zero. The country was buoyant, borrowing easy and both partners went out to work - so a coal burning cooker that goes out during the day wasn't a good idea- so it was replaced with a gas or oil boiler. The second hand market for coal cookers was slow so a lot went to the tip - and the spares firm's lost interest in selling parts to a declining market. We were just the same - occasionally I would service a "faithful old retainer's" Rayburn, fitting new bricks and grates etc but the demand was gone - along with the ash, dust and mess of solid fuel!  
Now its back - simply because of the high fuel prices. So what can YOU do about it

(a) If you REALLY want a coal cooker answer the following questions

If you have an unwanted Supreme - Nouvelle- 355 Rayburn - with the up /down riddler on left of the ashpit door -we can buy (any condition) to restore

Our friend Keith has developed a HIGH OUTPUT wood / coal burning cooker - the same size as the Alpha or his Sandyford - with 3 ovens called the MARSHALL. It's available at £5500 + vat and should heat up to 15 rads on good fuel. Ask me for more details! Fully enamelled in most colours  We developed the oil Snugburner to overcome the high fuel cost - high maintenance of solid fuel - and it works! That fits in SMALL Rayburns - the 208, OF7 and OF22 - and Oil Aga ,Nobel only. But if you REALLY want to go "back" to solid fuel buy my 3 e books telling you all you need to know about solid fuel cookers- from buying them, moving them and maintaining them ! See www.ebooks-on-howto.com  for a compilation deal!

Agas. I have several Aga's in stock - mostly for our SNUGBURNER sales. If you want a BASKET case Aga from £1500 see that section of this site in stock -  turquoise pre 74, cream pre 74, white pre 74  from £1200 as a basket case - try me for a deal!

OIL COOKERS to heat 10+ rads The Rayburn 400 series  - Top of the Range Ltd sell them from £3000- £5500 fully restored. If yours has "had it" needs a full service, new burners, new boiler -they  can help! Please e mail Dervish  who's unit is next door to mine at Penley, telling him what's wrong, where you are and he will  contact you- that's info@topoftherangeltd.co.uk

For NEW spares enquiries please see www.agafixspares.com - our on line spares supermarket site. For Pressure Jet Burners ( Snugburners) for certain Rayburn and Aga models please see www.snughomecookers.co.uk - my partner Graham Lake may be able to help with Technical enquires. For E books - please mail us via www.ebooks-on-howto.com where my partner Brent will be able to e mail you any book once he has confirmed payment details

RAYBURN GAS COOKERS. Don't buy the G33 or gas Nouvelle (balanced 360 model or conventional flue, lpg or nat gas 365 model or the 380G or GD80  ) - several of the gas train parts are NOT OBTAINABLE - so the cooker is SCRAP. Don't even ask me- the parts have been out of stock for over a year. New NOUVELLE OVEN STATS - YES we have but no other gas parts. G33 Boiler stats and intermittent pilot assemblies - no chance at present only second hand. We have new KNOBS for the G33 and G7 gas taps  on our spares site.

Aga Sales . I am actively slowing down on Aga sales to concentrate on my other businesses. See Aga section for remaining stock. If you are looking to SELL an Aga we will remove it FREE OF CHARGE (only some models)  but no, we won't pay you anything!

Rayburn Sales. Some lovely new stock in - see Cookers for Sale. Oil gas versions to Snug -colours in stock cream (lots) left or right hand ovens, white ( L&R in stock), dark blue, matt brown left, green right , etc! from £200 - tell me what you need.

Rayburns past and present

Working OF7 with Snugburner fitted in my store - come & listen how quiet it is! Yours converted in a day for £1950 all in !

SELLING A COOKER? See that section for what we buy / don't buy to save your time! See Cookers  in stock for photos.

Want to run your Aga or Rayburn on BIO? Not a good idea at present- due to no spec for how its made- ask me more!

So what do we do? We DON'T do installations or servicing - but can put you in touch with others! We do occasionally build Agas though

We do E Bay and sell second hand cookers - only Rayburns and Agas - and sell second hand spares. Our spares company is www.agafixspares.com There is NO VAT on our s/h cookers

We try NOT to fully recondition cookers ie re-colour - especially Rayburns which often WARP on re-enamelling

You come to us for a BARGAIN and its very unusual for our Rayburns to cost in excess of £2900

We sell AGAS in 2 forms. Either as a "basket case" - you take way a pile of parts and rebuilt or

As a fully rebuilt cooker in your kitchen - put together by an OFTEC or CORGI reg installer- inc France

 My other firms are www.agafixspares.com suppliers of new pattern and some genuine Aga and Rayburn parts- see website
Also www.alphacookerspares.com suppliers of parts for the now defunct Alpha cooker company
Also www.ebooks-on-howto.com , suppliers of E books on a variety of cooker solutions for the DIY person
Finally www.snughomecookers.co.uk - sole suppliers of the up to the minute fuel saving burner for Aga and Rayburn models

Our cookers OFTEN go to France - and sometimes Spain .We can tell you all about the problems of cookers a la France  - to burn French oil, gas or solid fuel.THIS IS A MINEFIELD - ask for advice! Before you even start get hold of a good heating engineer to go through options for your house!
Wood burning cooker wanted? - yes please ask!

So check out the BUTTONS on the left - click on one and see what comes up. Thanks for reading half of my 1st page

Barry Charman . PS If not up to web navigation you can ring me, office hours please on 07860 676793

This blue OF22 is now working south of Tulle ( central France)  heating a beautiful open plan barn conversion .Want a frog home? we can put you in touch with James who can convert your ruin with his team of builders in that region, or supply you one.

I offer you a wealth of knowledge on cookers made and supplied in the past 40 years, mostly from hands on experience from working with them!

What don't we do? Get involved in installations( oil and gas pipes, chimney lining etc or plumbing)  We can arrange for Agas to be built nationwide  or rebuilt after dismantling and moving.

E bay. We do use E bay and will advise you WHAT NOT TO BUY and WHAT TO BUY. Please buy an E book first on the cooker type you fancy . We can arrange dismantling and refurbishment of cookers bought on E Bay - and supply spares.
Note I am a POWERSELLER with many  satisfied clients.
I do get FED UP with people buying the WRONG COOKER though and ask me to collect it then sell it for them !

Some clear out parts
Aga tops re-enamelled £350 + vat, ash pits deluxe or standard solid fuel £30, S/h thermometers for deluxe Agas  Domes for post 74 models chrome tops with dents scratches etc , solid fuel inner barrels £280, outer barrels solid fuel £280, complete Aga ovens (shotblasted beautifully clean and oiled) £200, all oven parts such as base base, side walls etc blasted and oiled £50 each, oven FRAMES £30 , oil burners 6" complete with shells and plug £150,gas cooker shrouds and diverters Rayburn Royal single hinged lids in cream, matt green, sky blue £50 with hinge block, less without. Flue boxes  Supreme only ,some doors, assorted colours,  Aga ash pit ,cast iron, for standard models £30.Hinged lids late deluxe and early standard types £20 each .Gas and oil burners from obsolete kits ,ash cans, New Rayburn firebricks and grates for 50's models. ETC!

GO TO www.agafixspares.com  for new spares for both Aga and Rayburn cookers, log in - we can offer trade deals as well 

If you want a copy of my e-book on "Howto service your Oil Rayburn or Aga," "Howto dismantle an Aga" its £9.95, Howto Re-assemble the Aga at £14.95, or both for £19.95  Howto Move a Rayburn £7.95  or Howto Operate your Solid Fuel Rayburn £6.95, or Howto Maintain and Service your Solid Fuel Aga go to www.ebooks-on-howto.com.  Paypal and Nochex accepted, (you can use a credit card with them) and downloads are instant 24h a day! Once bought you can pick my brains if you need more knowledge. They are my COPYRIGHT!

 You may TEXT ME vital messages however on my mobile  07860 676793  which is on usually from 8.30 am 'til about 7pm  

 if you have an URGENT ENQUIRY, TEXT ME your evening number , on mobile  07860 676793 

Definitions

DRY cookers - no water heating , oil gas or s/f available in both Rayburn & Aga makes  Hot Water Heating cookers - Agas and Rayburns in oil or gas , sometimes s/ fuel   Central Heating cookers - Rayburns only, Agas NEVER run radiators    No chimney ?- then only Rayburn gas c/h models and GAS Agas can be bought with a balanced flue 

Site visit - minimum survey fee of £45 , refunded off cooker order when you buy. Saves you making a mistake on what you buy. Found a cooker privately - want  it  vetted ? we will do that as well.

I supply to UK and abroad ( New Zealand  furthest - so far) and will consider the most bizarre requests! I claim to have fitted you HIGHEST Aga in Europe ( 2000 metres up in the Alps - UNLESS you know better!). Also the LOWEST - a diesel burning Rayburn in a canal boat in Little Venice!Customers are now at the following extremes- 3  miles from Lands End in the SOUTH WEST ; Margate in the SOUTH EAST . Newport , near Fishguard , WEST WALES; CROMER in EAST ANGLIA, Isle of Man in north west , Berwick on Tweed , North East , Edinburgh and Mull of Kintyre and Isle of  Skye!

latest additions. Ring of Kerry, West Eire. Argyll & Sutherland in Highlands, Malaga & Granada in Spain   So no problems delivering to you! 

Some details . Managing Director Barry Charman . Experience - selling & installing Rayburns & Agas since 1979 . Factory trained on all Rayburn models . Personally trained on Agas . I have had in my own homes the following Rayburn No 2 , solid fuel, circa 1958 . Modified BIG BOILER conversion to run a small central heating system Aga model CB Standard , circa 1955 . Cream, solid fuel , standard water heating boiler. Then modified to burn OIL with vaporizing conversion Aga Model OCB . A red monster , first fitted with a 90 gallon boiler then a 135 as children needed more baths! Aga model E pre 74 . Converted to LPG and installed in the Gers, FRANCE Aga model Deluxe pre 74 .in British racing green converted to nat gas  (June 05) fitted a BLUE GC Aga , after 2 months using a RAYBURN GDO .Present cookers you can see working are Aga pre 74 with Bolt On Snugburner,Rayburn OF7 with Snugburner,shortly Aga OC post 74 Snugburner all at our works in small village just outside Wrexham ( LL13 0LQ)

Tradcookers Ltd. Your used  Rayburn / Aga cooker dealer. Cookers  from New Zealand to Sutherland!
contact via e mail barry@agafixspares.com , mobile 07860 676793