Archive for March, 2010
March 30, 2010
Tags: aga rayburn, rayburn, rayburn 345w, Rayburn tips, solid fuel rayburn
Just when I think I’m getting the hang of it; I realise I’m not!
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March 25, 2010
Tags: cooking on a Rayburn, rayburn 345w, Rayburn advice, Rayburn tips, solid fuel rayburn, wood fired rayburn
I actually threw off the second duvet during the night! And I slept without bed-socks for the first time in months. (I really am too young to be wearing bed-socks anyway. Aren’t I?)
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March 24, 2010
Tags: banking down a rayburn, overnight banking, rayburn 345w, solid fuel aga, solid fuel rayburn, wood fired aga, wood fired rayburn

It's lit!
Hopefully, by learning from our mistakes, this will be useful for any new Rayburn owner. I’m going to record here what we learn; tips and tricks we find out and things that go wrong with using the Rayburn. This starts at the very beginning.
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March 23, 2010
Tags: buying snowdrops, garden blog, gardening blog, in the green, planting snowdrops, snowdrop bulbs, snowdrops

A rare sight in our garden.
I haven’t done a gardening blog for a while because there hasn’t been a lot to say. To be honest, there still isn’t a lot to say!
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March 22, 2010
Tags: buying a rayburn, rayburn, rayburn 345w, rayburn 355w, rayburn sfw, renovating blog, renovation blog

Unwrapped and shiny and new.
Here is my beautiful, lovely, wonderful, gorgeous, fabulous new Rayburn.
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March 10, 2010
Tags: fiddes wax, furniture wax, renovating blog, wax stain, wood stain

wax on; wax off
The furniture wax I’ve been using. £7 for a 500ml tin. It’s a natural wonder!
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March 8, 2010
Tags: chimney, chimney liner, chimney lining, chimney sweep, connecting a rayburn, HETAS registered, rayburn
This post is about the trials and tribulations of sorting out a chimney for use of a rayburn.
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March 7, 2010
Tags: aga, aga twyford, rayburn, rayburn 345w, rayburn sfw, renovating blog, renovation blog, solid fuel cooker, solid fuel stove, wood burning cooker, wood burning stove

The old boiler and the place where the Rayburn will be.
It’s ordered! We’re getting it! I can’t believe it!!
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March 3, 2010
Tags: carbon neitral, carbon neutral, central heating, eco friendly heating, range cooker, ranger cooker, rayburn, rayburn 345w, rayburn345w, wood boiler, wood burning stove, wood fired boiler, wood fired cooker

Mouldy coat
We have (just about) survived two of the coldest winters in our new old house, and we can’t do another one. This is a blog about all the choices we had when deciding which heating option to go for – mostly ec0-friendly ones.
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