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How Green is the AGA cooker?

By Graham Rogers

Image by net_efekt via Flickr Apparently the AGA cooker produces up to 1.5 tonnes of CO2 to make each one. It uses 4.5 to 6.5 tonnes of CO2 per year when it is running which is equivalent to the amount of CO2 that the average house produces in a year. So by having an AGA […]

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SMEG Oven Light Bulb Replacement

By Graham Rogers

Image by allerleirau via Flickr Oven cleaning can have its little problems. We sometimes find it difficult to remove the glass bulb covers on ovens and especially on SMEG oven and ranges and Britannia ranges. This is because they tend to be right at the back of the oven, are small in size, so are […]

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How To Clean The AGA Cooker Enamel Top

By Graham Rogers

Image by polanrivia Flickr For regular cleaning on a day to day basis: 1. If you are looking to keep your AGA cooker top looking clean and sparkling I'd recommend keeping a tea towel handy on the AGA towel rail and using that with some spray cleaner. I recommend using something like the window cleaner spray from Astonish […]

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AGA Cooker Enamel Top Damaged

By Graham Rogers

Image via Wikipedia Yesterday as Alan was ill I was out cleaning. I went to clean a four oven AGA cooker in a refurbished house in a remote area of Devon near Crediton. The AGA was was sitting there in a beautiful kitchen looking rather sad. It was one of the original four oven AGAs […]

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AGA Kettle

By Graham Rogers

Image by dhammza via Flickr We have had our AGA Kettle since Christmas – it was a lovely present bought online from the AGA Cookshop but unfortunately we haven't used it. I think its because as it's stainless steel it seems to take forever to heat up. I think we may get another one but […]

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Oldest AGA Cooker Competition Winner

By Graham Rogers

In yesterday's Daily Telegraph newspaper the Daily Telegraph's AGA-Rayburn competition to find the owner of the Oldest AGA cooker was announced: oldest AGA competition winner  and the winner was of the oldest continuous working domestic AGA was the Hett family. Aga expert Richard Maggs confirmed that the Hett Aga was a genuine 1932 stove. Though I […]

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AGA Cooker Refurbishment and Replacement

By Graham Rogers

What Cleaning And Refurbishment Can You Do To Make Your AGA Look Better?People who haven’t used AGAs before often decide that that they can’t stand the AGA in the house they have just bought. A complaint I have heard often is that ‘it’s just too disgustingly dirty’. We offer an AGA Cleaning Service We will clean your […]

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How to Clean An Oven

By Graham Rogers

Method 1: General Maintenance Cleaning of OvenSay you have just had your oven professionally cleaned by an oven cleaning company such as ourselves, OvenGleamers, or your oven is new and you want to keep it clean.  I would suggest using a microfibre cloth and Fairy Washing Up Solution – or any washing up liquid, but Fairy Washing Up Liquid tends […]

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The Glass is Loose in My Oven Door

By Graham Rogers

We have noticed that sometimes the inside glass on the doors of certain makes of oven comes away from its fixings. That is the glass either comes off a bit and rattles when you open and close the door or the glass comes out completely. Sometimes the glass falls out when we clean it  but […]

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