Reply to: Replacing Domestic Oil Tank - anyone ever done this themselves?

[Chugnut]

As a child, we moved to a 500-year-old Cornish Farmhouse, complete with 3-foot thick (but not waterproof) granite walls. It had a proper, coal-fuelled Aga... we bought it from a proper farming couple and I think at the time this was the only heating in the house.

I don't recall any problems cooking on it, but I can advise against opening the furnace door and throwing a mug of cold water inside.

I can see where you went wrong there.

It's easier if you put the water in a pan and put that on the hot plate on top. Your approach makes it very difficult to get the hot water out.

[DaveB]

As a child, we moved to a 500-year-old Cornish Farmhouse, complete with 3-foot thick (but not waterproof) granite walls. It had a proper, coal-fuelled Aga... we bought it from a proper farming couple and I think at the time this was the only heating in the house.

I don't recall any problems cooking on it, but I can advise against opening the furnace door and throwing a mug of cold water inside.

Sounds identical to the one I had, including the cornish cottage, except it had been converted to oil. Looked as though the house had been built around it.

[d000hg]

As a child, we moved to a 500-year-old Cornish Farmhouse, complete with 3-foot thick (but not waterproof) granite walls. It had a proper, coal-fuelled Aga... we bought it from a proper farming couple and I think at the time this was the only heating in the house.

I don't recall any problems cooking on it, but I can advise against opening the furnace door and throwing a mug of cold water inside.

[Chugnut]

No, but the bloke who reconditioned mine said he'd just done one for Jordan in bubblegum pink ffs!

Pity he didn't stuff the brainless trout in there at the same time.

Are implants flammable? Xenophon?

[DaveB]

Did you ever cook a medium-rare fillet steak on one?

I have ruined an abattoir's-worth of top quality beef on the stupid thing. It just doesn't get hot enough.

Yep, no problems at all. Sear each side on the top plate and chuck it in the oven to finish.

Sounds like you may need to adjust your burner. If it's been set too low it wont get hot enough on the top plate.

[wurzel]

Good point.

Geese and a stroppy ram it is then.



Overlooking the patriotism for a moment, British racing green just doesn't seem appropriate for an extremely heavy oven, does it?

No, but the bloke who reconditioned mine said he'd just done one for Jordan in bubblegum pink ffs!

[Chugnut]

I fear that feeding the large hungry hounds would probably cost more that converting to gas if you average it out over 2-3 years.

Good point.

Geese and a stroppy ram it is then.

They certainly do - mine's in the classic cream coloured enamel but the British racing green looks the part too.

Overlooking the patriotism for a moment, British racing green just doesn't seem appropriate for an extremely heavy oven, does it?

[bogeyman]

Mayeb you just had a duff one then. I cooked all sorts on mine. You could even stir fry on it if you took the top plate off of the fire box and sat the wok over the burner flame. Had to watch out for the fumes though

Did you ever cook a medium-rare fillet steak on one?

I have ruined an abattoir's-worth of top quality beef on the stupid thing. It just doesn't get hot enough.

[wurzel]

[QUOTE=bogeyman;753227]

Yeah but they look the business don't they?

They certainly do - mine's in the classic cream coloured enamel but the British racing green looks the part too.

[Chugnut]

much more effective to lay a few mines...

I don't want to blow the dogs up. Or the oil.

[DaveB]

Exactly - a great appliance for dying out clothes and boots but don't ever expect to cook anything with it except the odd casserole or hot pot.

Mayeb you just had a duff one then. I cooked all sorts on mine. You could even stir fry on it if you took the top plate off of the fire box and sat the wok over the burner flame. Had to watch out for the fumes though

[bogeyman]

It would be easier to cut the line where it leaves the tank. I suggest CCTV watching the tank and a couple of large, hungry hounds.

I fear that feeding the large hungry hounds would probably cost more that converting to gas if you average it out over 2-3 years.

[PM-Junkie]

It would be easier to cut the line where it leaves the tank. I suggest CCTV watching the tank and a couple of large, hungry hounds.

much more effective to lay a few mines...

[Chugnut]

I think tanks have to be bunded now partly for security. Single skinned oil tanks are ripe for having the oil nicked out of them apparently. Drill a hole through a bunded tank and all you get is a mess.

I don't see that that will necessarily stop them though.

It would be easier to cut the line where it leaves the tank. I suggest CCTV watching the tank and a couple of large, hungry hounds.

[bogeyman]

God knows, this thing was ancient and had been converted to oil burning from solid fuel at some indeterminate point in the past.

The warming oven was perfect for drying out your boots

Exactly - a great appliance for dying out clothes and boots but don't ever expect to cook anything with it except the odd casserole or hot pot.