my domestic hot water is heated either by my wood cooker, my solar evacuated tubes or the electric element in the tank. I have a switch so I can turn off the element so it only heats if it's cold and cloudy and I'm not running the wood stove. It's a fantastic arrangement - great flexibility and can cost nothing to run depending how/where I source the wood. Am totally addicted and can't imagine ever wanting a conventional system again... Love that water is heating while I cook, make yogurt, etc..
i have a rayburn 500 - very similar to yours. I go about things in a similar way to what you do, but I have learned over time that I need to get a good bed of coals going before I go to really large pieces of wood. I tend to use pieces the size you have called 'large kindling' for quite some time while I get either the stove top or the oven or both, up to the cooking heat I want. My stove is like many appliances in one - I defrost in the warming oven, make yogurt, cook, stay warm etc - lovely!
Good video m8, i use a solid fuel aga here in the uk and have also had a Rayburn they are not much work and cook food to perfection. once you get used to controlling the fire the rest will be easy.
Everyone calls these obsolete and electricity and gas "progress" when in actuality having piped in water, city sewer, piped gas and wired electricity isnt progress but convenient dependence on someone else for your safety and comfort. If its progress then why do people fall back on wood heat, kerosene lighting and haul water when the utilities are down? Even gas stations are dead if power is out yet years ago they hand pumped the gas from the tanks to the cars. Everyone should learn the old way
Hey mate, good video. Id say your stove is about 50 to 60 years old. Have the same one at mums, its a raeburn, same handles and all and hers is bout that age. And I agree I think your hotplate is round the wrong way. But hey if its working for you go with it. Only thing you have to do is when is going turn round and lean on the towel rail and have a warm.
Yep, did it a million times as a kid, grew up with a rayburn but I reckon if you can feed timber into the fire through the hotplate hatch then your hotplate is on the wrong way round! Great vid, looking for one of these cheap on ebay!
g,day mate. would like to thank you for your videos. i have a question to ask you or maybe some one out there.I have a lot of soldier beetles or if you call them harlequin bugs, that eat my fruit of the trees before my young children can get to enjoy them .Dose anyone know how to get ride of them? I live in south west Victoria,thanks and keep the videos coming.
it's very easy to cook with them. You control the heat with the front opening and as you say you move the pot to the right to cooler parts. I saw a top chef in France cooking with them
I once used a wood stove at a shack by the Murray river, it was great! And when we were in England we stayed in a cottage that had a HUGE aga, and it was oil or gas fired (a new one) so it was always on. You could hang washing on it and the washing would be dry in an hour! it also had 4 ovens, 2 hot plates and a part for keeping food warm!
Awesome. Well did that bring back memories of growing up. We had a kookaburra and it was my job to make sure there was wood and kindling in the woodbox from the wood heap. Dad chopped it. My Scottish pop would make our porridge the night before and it would cook all night. Yum. It sure did warm the house at night. It was our only source of hot water. Thanks for a great vid. I want one again.
For someone that wants this life but wouldn't know the first thing about it, I soooo can get myself one of those stoves now! Thanks again produce man. You've shown me how to grow a vegie garden, compost, weed tea, herb garden and their uses........ Thankyou
Ahem well, you will not be the 1st to show how not to start a fire Christian but it's okay. This is what I call a girl guide method & surprizingly a lot of so called survival teachers teach it. Especially with an open fire & somewhat damp wood or wet, adding later is a sure fire way to die in North Country. When I get time I'll send you a vid on how to go about it. I still enjoyed your wood stove video. Tossdart
Yes especially when it is -80 windchill. By Girl Guide method I mean adding larger sticks as you go. Always make entire fire structure 1st even in my stove I do this. Then add fire to it. This way the flame licks through never stopping. This is the difference between life & death even in a stove, one match say! Lost found cabin & one match! You can't risk tinder going it must go in succession. also don't close flu for 15 minutes, this way you help not cresote up stove & chiminey.
My Mother had one almost the same as that. It had the pull down tops you mention. I wouldn't call them usless. It heated our entire house 4 bed and she was a master at cooking with it.
I plan on having one made for me, and will have it in the very middle of the house, pretty much...but that would come later, in 2011....hopefully I will get to use it one year at least, you know...before the end of the world and all...
must be getting colder there. it's hot here i'm on my third round of sunburn lol. are you going to be doing much in the garden during fall/winter? and any idea when a chicken or two may arive? thanks for the videos i am way to busy to get a second job now i'll have to wait till after summer but after summer i'l start saving for a place in the country!! can't wait
its hard but u get the nack for it, you just move the pot around or take off the lid onto direct heat for frying, the oven can get REALLY hot, i often have to open the door so i don't burn things.
great for drying clothes too!
SimonWeir 1 month ago
The hot plate is the wrong way round. the flu shouldn't be over the fire.
boiltheoil1 1 month ago
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in case you don't already know what you have there is a rayburn royal or regent
Gongzie 2 months ago
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Gongzie 2 months ago
Oh this is so great, thank you. I loved it.
eskimosali 3 months ago
my domestic hot water is heated either by my wood cooker, my solar evacuated tubes or the electric element in the tank. I have a switch so I can turn off the element so it only heats if it's cold and cloudy and I'm not running the wood stove. It's a fantastic arrangement - great flexibility and can cost nothing to run depending how/where I source the wood. Am totally addicted and can't imagine ever wanting a conventional system again... Love that water is heating while I cook, make yogurt, etc..
ridesabikealot 3 months ago
i have a rayburn 500 - very similar to yours. I go about things in a similar way to what you do, but I have learned over time that I need to get a good bed of coals going before I go to really large pieces of wood. I tend to use pieces the size you have called 'large kindling' for quite some time while I get either the stove top or the oven or both, up to the cooking heat I want. My stove is like many appliances in one - I defrost in the warming oven, make yogurt, cook, stay warm etc - lovely!
ridesabikealot 3 months ago
they were made to burn coal . great for jacket pataoes lol
biguglygadgie 5 months ago
Hey thanks mate.
Im going to get a Woodstove and mate it up with the hot water with a solar Panel as well................Inspirational
BandwagonJumper007 1 year ago
peace
jmg1957 1 year ago
you should filler up with locus firewood
for a long hot burn
it will warm up your house very good
firewoodguy2009 1 year ago
you should try cleaning it!
moran68 1 year ago
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guineapiglover2000 1 year ago
Love the vid. I just bought one of these on eBay for $590.00 and i recon it is a bargain! Mine is a "Welburn" stove with a water jacket.
adriancoker 1 year ago
...I think I'm in love with you.;)
menzoberranzan75 1 year ago
I loved the video . I owned a Rayburn too. Just love cooking on them. Any cooking tips or recipe videos on the way?
naomilever 1 year ago
Good video m8, i use a solid fuel aga here in the uk and have also had a Rayburn they are not much work and cook food to perfection. once you get used to controlling the fire the rest will be easy.
Darylc992 1 year ago
Incomplete combustion (starving the fire of air) can lead to soot-fire in the chimney.
Don´t use damp wood too...you can get deposits of flammable tar in the chimney.
ma01ihm 2 years ago
great vide i love those wood stoves and great tip
angelvetto19 2 years ago
Please do a series on cooking with a wood stove.
Sixguns4fighting 2 years ago
Everyone calls these obsolete and electricity and gas "progress" when in actuality having piped in water, city sewer, piped gas and wired electricity isnt progress but convenient dependence on someone else for your safety and comfort. If its progress then why do people fall back on wood heat, kerosene lighting and haul water when the utilities are down? Even gas stations are dead if power is out yet years ago they hand pumped the gas from the tanks to the cars. Everyone should learn the old way
rhblakeman 2 years ago 10
Hey mate, good video. Id say your stove is about 50 to 60 years old. Have the same one at mums, its a raeburn, same handles and all and hers is bout that age. And I agree I think your hotplate is round the wrong way. But hey if its working for you go with it. Only thing you have to do is when is going turn round and lean on the towel rail and have a warm.
Cheers
MrLukey83 2 years ago
Good vid, mate! I understand about the cat, I had one just like it, crazy bugger it was!
goldenscales 2 years ago
Yep, did it a million times as a kid, grew up with a rayburn but I reckon if you can feed timber into the fire through the hotplate hatch then your hotplate is on the wrong way round! Great vid, looking for one of these cheap on ebay!
wotcher85 2 years ago
@wotcher85 whats the hatch for if it isnt for feeding wood into? just curious
dsr20631 1 year ago
Excellent video, please do more on wood stove cooking and I wish you well with everything. Thanks :)
librablonde 2 years ago
You are so funny:) lol
So, how can you bake with confidence not being able to control the temperature consistently? We may all be needing this information one day!
Thank you:)
BOP
BirdOfParadise777 2 years ago
you can control the temp pretty good on the newer ones
lmyhoosier 2 years ago
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g.day mate. A dingo ate my baby.
bleuwinn 2 years ago
Love my woodstove. Cuts heating costs soooo much. Mine gets the house so hot you can hardly stand it, but that's the point.
Great vid!
stepherz76 2 years ago 3
g,day mate. would like to thank you for your videos. i have a question to ask you or maybe some one out there.I have a lot of soldier beetles or if you call them harlequin bugs, that eat my fruit of the trees before my young children can get to enjoy them .Dose anyone know how to get ride of them? I live in south west Victoria,thanks and keep the videos coming.
lovemyfruitvegarden 2 years ago
Since they're soldier beetles, just order them to go elsewhere ;)
Intidad 2 years ago
thank its always worth a go lol :)
lovemyfruitvegarden 2 years ago
Another lovely video. Thank you.
NY5Quest 2 years ago
Great video...... Donald
webcajun 2 years ago
Now show us how to cook something on the stove! :)
chazfensk 2 years ago
it's very easy to cook with them. You control the heat with the front opening and as you say you move the pot to the right to cooler parts. I saw a top chef in France cooking with them
mikecat23 2 years ago
Is the chimney/exhaust there on the right top of the stove? Does that feed just outside horizontally or up through the roof? Thanks!
HelmerandRawlins 2 years ago
I once used a wood stove at a shack by the Murray river, it was great! And when we were in England we stayed in a cottage that had a HUGE aga, and it was oil or gas fired (a new one) so it was always on. You could hang washing on it and the washing would be dry in an hour! it also had 4 ovens, 2 hot plates and a part for keeping food warm!
cruddiestcrudever 2 years ago
Awesome. Well did that bring back memories of growing up. We had a kookaburra and it was my job to make sure there was wood and kindling in the woodbox from the wood heap. Dad chopped it. My Scottish pop would make our porridge the night before and it would cook all night. Yum. It sure did warm the house at night. It was our only source of hot water. Thanks for a great vid. I want one again.
sadia102 2 years ago
Interesting. Thanks.
geriatricguru 2 years ago
sweeett
CchadPpherd 2 years ago
For someone that wants this life but wouldn't know the first thing about it, I soooo can get myself one of those stoves now! Thanks again produce man. You've shown me how to grow a vegie garden, compost, weed tea, herb garden and their uses........ Thankyou
amandaa741258 2 years ago
Ahem well, you will not be the 1st to show how not to start a fire Christian but it's okay. This is what I call a girl guide method & surprizingly a lot of so called survival teachers teach it. Especially with an open fire & somewhat damp wood or wet, adding later is a sure fire way to die in North Country. When I get time I'll send you a vid on how to go about it. I still enjoyed your wood stove video. Tossdart
Tossdart 2 years ago
yeah, theres a difference between outside and inside for sure, been there
theproducegarden 2 years ago
Yes especially when it is -80 windchill. By Girl Guide method I mean adding larger sticks as you go. Always make entire fire structure 1st even in my stove I do this. Then add fire to it. This way the flame licks through never stopping. This is the difference between life & death even in a stove, one match say! Lost found cabin & one match! You can't risk tinder going it must go in succession. also don't close flu for 15 minutes, this way you help not cresote up stove & chiminey.
Tossdart 2 years ago
loadza of them types of stove in ireland they are totally useless, new ones much more efficient
CORRIGEEN71 2 years ago
My Mother had one almost the same as that. It had the pull down tops you mention. I wouldn't call them usless. It heated our entire house 4 bed and she was a master at cooking with it.
mikecat23 2 years ago
Ya but beats a kick in the face with a frozen mukluk.
Tossdart 2 years ago
You are seriously living my dream life. I would love to have a wood cookstove and all that land. Oh by the way, I could hear the kitty!! So cute!
KellyEgidi 2 years ago
I plan on having one made for me, and will have it in the very middle of the house, pretty much...but that would come later, in 2011....hopefully I will get to use it one year at least, you know...before the end of the world and all...
permacultureli 2 years ago
must be getting colder there. it's hot here i'm on my third round of sunburn lol. are you going to be doing much in the garden during fall/winter? and any idea when a chicken or two may arive? thanks for the videos i am way to busy to get a second job now i'll have to wait till after summer but after summer i'l start saving for a place in the country!! can't wait
ohhyeahzulu 2 years ago
Very nice, I have been thinking about getting one. Is there a way to control the heat for when you are cooking on it?
1ShaolinStyle 2 years ago
its hard but u get the nack for it, you just move the pot around or take off the lid onto direct heat for frying, the oven can get REALLY hot, i often have to open the door so i don't burn things.
theproducegarden 2 years ago
NICE! You are so lucky! I would love to have a wood cookstove.
EbolaV1rus 2 years ago