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chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 12 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you have a bit of a google round, there is a chap who sells manuals for old rayburns somewhere. I think he's on eBay. They are very much a 'getting used to the quirks' kind of thing, I think.

Re not getting hot enough; with solid fuel, it's all about how much you are asking it to do, and when. You can get them to cook a Sunday roast, dry out your orphan lamb in the bottom oven (remembering not to shut the door), heat you a bath and run four radiators; but not all at the same time. If you cook the roast, THEN have your bath, then put the lamb in the oven and expect the rads to get what's left over, it all works fine.

I agree with Mochyn's Dead Buzzard Hypothesis - get it swept and take it from there. Also worth remembering that whilst the chimney is cold, the smoke gets half way up and then cools and sinks again. Once it warms up, it sucks up to the top.

And, just thinking outloud, is the chimney cowelled? I don't understand the mechanics of it; but our cowl is knackered; and the sweep who came out on Monday said you that if the cowl is gone, then the chimney is more effected by the wind - in our case, the wind had set the thing on fire.

kalandshel



Joined: 13 Dec 2012
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 12 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
If you have a bit of a google round, there is a chap who sells manuals for old rayburns somewhere. I think he's on eBay. They are very much a 'getting used to the quirks' kind of thing, I think.

Re not getting hot enough; with solid fuel, it's all about how much you are asking it to do, and when. You can get them to cook a Sunday roast, dry out your orphan lamb in the bottom oven (remembering not to shut the door), heat you a bath and run four radiators; but not all at the same time. If you cook the roast, THEN have your bath, then put the lamb in the oven and expect the rads to get what's left over, it all works fine.

I agree with Mochyn's Dead Buzzard Hypothesis - get it swept and take it from there. Also worth remembering that whilst the chimney is cold, the smoke gets half way up and then cools and sinks again. Once it warms up, it sucks up to the top.

And, just thinking outloud, is the chimney cowelled? I don't understand the mechanics of it; but our cowl is knackered; and the sweep who came out on Monday said you that if the cowl is gone, then the chimney is more effected by the wind - in our case, the wind had set the thing on fire.



OK ... Cowelled ... Right ... love that you have faith I know what that is ... It has a top on it which looks like a T with holes in each end ... Is that a Cowl???

We are going to get the Chimneys swept, but probably not until New Year when cash will be a bit more plentiful ... well like we'll have some sort of thing lol ... Also we're going to bug the LL until we get CO Meter out of him ... We had one at last place above the very old and very rattly Glow Worm Boiler ... it went off at least once a week ... The 1950's gas fire in the living room set it off too ... We played 'lets see who goes Cherry Red first' last xmas ... So after that we had a CO meter installed in every room ... Our old LL's still said there was nothing wrong with Boiler ... So glad we're out of there our Gas Bill was £174 month

Oh PS ... Am I right in thinking I won't be able to burn Tailbrite etc without fire bricks???

kalandshel



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 12 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

pookie wrote:
kalandshel wrote:
BTW ... one of our cats is called Pookie ... She's a cutie



ooooooh


and Newtown is pretty near to Welshpool There's a few of us very near!


Great we can have a coffee club

Bungo



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Location: Wye Valley
PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I filled the boiler on our rayburn with sand as it is not connected as there is a risk of burning through the boiler , which will subsequently let fumes out/air in . Who ever said rayburns are not hot enough to cook on was talking nonsense. We only burn wood, and have not cooked on our electric oven/hob since installing the rayburn , will a good fire in it it will boil a large kettle nearly as quick as an electric one , and the oven is refered to as the cremator it gets so hot.

Penny Outskirts



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

kalandshel wrote:
pookie wrote:
kalandshel wrote:
BTW ... one of our cats is called Pookie ... She's a cutie



ooooooh


and Newtown is pretty near to Welshpool There's a few of us very near!


Great we can have a coffee club


Oh dear, you may have to become a slut... I don't think they do coffee, but they do cakes,lots of cakes Welcome to DS

jamanda
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Gin - they do gin.

pookie



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Penny Outskirts wrote:
kalandshel wrote:
pookie wrote:
kalandshel wrote:
BTW ... one of our cats is called Pookie ... She's a cutie



ooooooh


and Newtown is pretty near to Welshpool There's a few of us very near!


Great we can have a coffee club


Oh dear, you may have to become a slut... I don't think they do coffee, but they do cakes,lots of cakes Welcome to DS



Oh yes! we have a tea and coffee and cake club. We are the Montgomeryshire 'Domestic' sluts (not the other sort ) we meet fairly regularly and take it in turns to host


Jamanda wrote:
Gin - they do gin.


Do we? I've never been offered any..........must be going wrong somewhere....

jamanda
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well, you should do gin. How about Limoncello?

Mithril



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello! It all sounds very exciting - good luck with it

mochyn



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Because they're usually during the daytime slutmoots don't often feature acohol. There is, however, plenty of cake, coffee for me, and tea for the inferior beings.

pookie



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mochyn wrote:
and tea for the inferior beings.


Have you been on the gin?

mochyn



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Booze? Moi?

pookie



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 12 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mochyn wrote:
Booze? Moi?

chez



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 12 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The gin is taken by the people who no longer have access to the Montgomeryshire Domestic Sluts support group .

Pel



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 12 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello and welcome... I see this thread has already given you an insight to DSers.. There is tons of support here, and like its been said plenty of us all over wales, and close to you.
I'm down next to the sea in west-wales.

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