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RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 13 9:09 pm Post subject:
What does the grate look like? Riddle bars or a wheel & its an SFW Flat plate with holes in & its a W, will also have Stainless Steel air guides in the lower ash box area directing the air to above the plate.

Drumist

Joined: 27 Jan 2013
Posts: 1

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 13 12:35 am Post subject:

Hi All

This has been a really useful thread for me as we are just considering the possibility of a wood burning Rayburn in the kitchen.

I understand there are some issues with UK building regs, in that you are not allowed to install a wood burning stove in a room with an extractor, and kitchens have to have an extractor!

Do any of you know how to get around this, or are Rayburns classed differently to normal stoves?

smudgesmumzie

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 5
Location: north wales

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 13 5:34 pm Post subject:
Thank you so much Richard. I have riddle bars so i must have a sfw. thats great news as I can now burn wood and coke etc.

nickofthewoods

Joined: 25 Sep 2012
Posts: 59
Location: South West Wales

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 13 6:35 pm Post subject:

Have my back to the side of a rayburn royale as I write..heats our home,our water and baking our bread soon.All fired on well seasoned birch and hazel.Loved it for the 20 years we have had it.

A word of warning to anyone re converting back from oil to wood..because of the dramatic price in oil a lot of people are doing this....in the first case one neighbour had a chimney fire immediately from the build up of deposits in the chimney...in the second and worse case..due to unknown reasons..possibly some leaked oil in the stove's rockwool insulation..friends lost their home to a fire on the first burn of a re converted rayburn.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 13 8:18 pm Post subject:
Also worth checking is the flue pipe. The type used for oil burners is often Ali or at best a low grade stainless steel. Burning wood requires a high grade stainless steel.

smudgesmumzie

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 5
Location: north wales

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 13 7:48 am Post subject:

nickofthewoods wrote:

when we first tested our Rayburn we noticed some smoke coming out of the side we undid the side panel and noticed the rockwool was on fire!!!there was some kind of oil filled thermostat? leaking oil and this had caught fire! thank goodness we were both there

lornfile

Joined: 13 Feb 2018
Posts: 1

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 18 3:21 pm Post subject:
Almost all closed ovens are designed to be run with the fire-door closed. You should not attempt to run them with the door open, due to emission of fumes. (Even re-fuelling emits some fumes.) So please don't!

Pirellithecat

Joined: 05 Aug 2019
Posts: 3

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 19 7:20 am Post subject:

Hi,
New here so be gentle with me .......

Probably a daft response as it is a very expensive option, but we have a woodburning Esse range (looks and behaves like an Aga).

We light it in October and it then stays lit until the end of April. We use it for all our cooking and it heats the a significant part of the house (no rads - just leave the kitchen door open. Only other heat source is a Wood Burner in the lounge which is used in the winter evening and one in the "snug" which is used very infrequently.

We use around half a wheel barrow of wood a day on the Esse, it has three ovens and 2 hot plates and you can open the outer door to reveal a glazed internal door should you want to see the fire.

It's great!

In these days of global warming, I'm rather anti coal burning and with the Esse you just don't need to.

Pirellithecat

Joined: 05 Aug 2019
Posts: 3

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 19 7:25 am Post subject:
PS - it's in our newly built extension and has been seen/approved in the kitchen by the Building Inspector. We have an extractor fan (well it's a MHRV unit so a fan of sorts) and there are some regs to accommodate, but it's all signed off. So it's definitely "do-able". Hope that helps

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8950
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 19 7:30 am Post subject:
Welcome! You might like to introduce yourself on the....Introduce Yourself thread I had a Bosky doing the same job as yours when I lived in North Wales, and a Morso Squirrel doing the backup from the living room.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15993

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 19 7:20 am Post subject:
Sounds lovely, and what I have wanted for years, but don't think I will ever have it now. We have a multifuel stove in our lounge and leave the door open, so it part heats the rest of the house. I use the top for cooking sometimes as it is ideal when I want something that is a long cook, like bolognaise, or cassoulet. We do keep it in over night with a bit of coal, but mostly we burn wood on it.

lesmorss

Joined: 18 Mar 2024
Posts: 1

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 24 4:10 pm Post subject: Rayburn MF-216 - improvements in the grate for woodburning
Hello I have a reconditioned Rayburn which I believe to be based on the Royal MF -216. It has 7 individual grate bars in the firebox. We generally burn wood or wood fuel and find a lot of wastage with unburnt fuel falling through into the ashcan. Does anyone know of a more efficient grate for woodburning that can be used in this model, or can anyone suggest a DIY solution? Thanks Les

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8950
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 24 8:48 pm Post subject:
Welcome! Have you posted on the "introduce yourself" thread? Nice to meet you. I'm sure someone knowledgeable will be along soon

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 24 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Rayburn MF-216 - improvements in the grate for woodburni

[quote="lesmorss:1520053"]Hello
I have a reconditioned Rayburn which I believe to be based on the Royal MF -216. It has 7 individual grate bars in the firebox. We generally burn wood or wood fuel and find a lot of wastage with unburnt fuel falling through into the ashcan. Does anyone know of a more efficient grate for woodburning that can be used in this model, or can anyone suggest a DIY solution? Thanks Les[/quote

Do you keep the rayburn going through the week or relight daily?

A DIY solution i imagine,you won`t be able to use the riddle bars,if that is OK with you and relight daily or a few days,then an old open fire grate bottom or a drain grating may help to stop un burnt wood falling through.
Or a bottom of a multi fuel stove cut to size if need be.

Surprising what one finds in a scrap yard.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46245
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 24 11:35 am Post subject:
steel rebar mesh over the existing grate bars? 2" W20 might last quite a while and be easy to fabricate to shape

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