Rayburn fodder (sticks)

[wood troll]

Hi All,

We have just installed a new Rayburn 345W (burns only wood) and are enjoying the benefits of radiators for the first time in five years. Oak and elm logs are brilliant at providing steady heat for the back boiler but are no good for get the Rayburn up to cooking temperatures quickly. However, to get the oven up to cooking temperatures (180deg C+) we use a lot of 12" long sticks (hazel, poplar, pine, etc). Once the Rayburn is up to heat it remains there with larger lumps of wood and a few sticks.

Might I suggest that there is an untapped market for large bundles of 12" long coppiced sticks if Rayburn/Aga owners can be found in your area?

wood troll

[tracy]

That is a great idea, we have loads of little hazel, we don't know what to do with it!

[Darren]

You could make bundles of fire lighters.

[Toby Allen]

Little Logs = brown sticky gold.

Stand them for a year, chop and sack them up, sell them door to door.

I wish I'd had time get on it while the weathers been cold, it would have been very lucrative.

[RichardKing]

Bring back the ashen faggot

[DaveTaz]

We have just installed same model of Rayburn, aren't they brilliant!

Cooking, central heating and on-demand hot water all in one, and a very warm kitchen, although at the moment there are rather a large number of cakes being baked!!

We have found it can take a while to get oven hot but just open the vents a bit more. Been burning heat logs from woody wood products during day and they semm to work ok. Use some of our beech logs at night to keep it in till the morning

[DaveTaz]

link for heat logs made from compressed forestry waste chip

http://www.woodyproducts.co.uk/default.asp

[wood troll]

Hi Dave,

The woodywood part of the Rayburn deal is a bit of a soar point!!!

We are still awaiting their delivery!

Bread has been baked in ours and once the oven is up to temperature it just stays there...three hours last time.... wonderful.

wood troll

[DaveTaz]

We had a problem with our delivery as well but just kept pestering the company supplying and installing the Rayburn. Eventually spoke to some body at Rayburn HQ and it was sorted out .............. good luck!

[James M]

If you all don't mind me asking:

1. How much did it all cost?

2. Is it easy to combine it with your existing heating system?

J.