Home Page

We have the ONLY ANSWER IN THE WORLD to the carbon build up problem in the wick burner used in the Rayburn OF7,OF22,300,308K, Aga models OC,OCB and OE plus all the Oilwarm and DON converted cookers since 1941!

if you want to know more about this Low carbon fuel problem listen to Sarah Kennedy on radio 2 - follow this link http:www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00p6v44 -fast forward to 52.50 minutes and listen!

It's called enthusiasm and not being controlled by accountants or shareholders! For the past 3 years my partner Graham and i have slaved away without regard to time or money - he was retired and worked for "fun" and i have other business interests. Thus we have developed a design that works well and is being installed by our team of fitters - from Fort William to Maidstone, Kent to Yeolmbridge in Cornwall

come and see us and a working Rayburn with Snugburner in our Penley unit, near Wrexham) and also the NEW bolt on Snugburner

Its a miniaturized pressure jet oil burner ,similar in basic design to the type fitted in your central heating boiler. Just like that one it can be switched ON my a timer, and is controlled by ONE KNOB that is connected to a thermostat situated in your top oven. Its fully automatic ,no wicks or decarbonising, is made and tested to OFTEC standards, manufactured in UK and has been sold for 3 years now from Tasmania to Ireland, France to Scotland and & is installed by our team of fitters who are OFTEC registered.

Aga Model OC, OCB, OE,OEB - that's the 2 oven with our without a hot water boiler and the 4 oven that were factory built for oil
Aga Model GC,GCB, GE, GEB - thats the version 2 and 4 oven built for GAS but NOT balanced or power flue version - yours must have a vertical chimney to convert to oil .We can "snug" either mains gas or LPG versions.

Aga SOLID FUEL . We are testing a BOLT ON conversion that will convert your old Standard Aga or Deluxe..It's being manufactured NOW ready for Pre Xmas delivery -orders now being taken! Please read all about it and contact me or our local installer if you would like an installation . We will be offering the Bolt On with a BLACK or CREAM box initially with coloured boxes at extra cost later. This is our workshop test1956 deluxe-you can come and see it working in our Penley works.The "box" is now slightly smaller and colour matched

It's REALLY quiet in operation- we think maybe the QUIETEST PJ burner in the world fitted on a cooker. There are lots of technical advances on this unit such as
a PCB controlling operation - this takes over the function of a timer, pressure switch and oven control making the unit smaller and more efficient. If you look carefully at the photos you will see thin wires -these are connected to our laptop ,data-logging temperatures for evaluation.
Fuel consumption is SLASHED compared to a wick burner - ours at home used 5 litres from cold to get to heat then 4 litres a day to stay there. That's only 31 litres in a week so saving at least 20 litres compared to a wick burner.(*)
Oven temperature are as solid fuel with only a 10o drop in lower oven heat - assuming you dialing 230 in the top oven.

Fitted cost will be £1950 inc labour - and the Bolt On won't be available for DIY fitting before Xmas - contact our local fitter if you want to be one of ONLY 20 Evaluation installations -7 already booked.!

(*) obviously you use more in either case if you roasting / bread baking daily!

Just a quick email to say a MASSIVE thank you to both you and Peter. You did a fantastic job when you were here and were so quick to get it all sorted out as well. Aggie and I are so over the moon with our new aga and I think it's confounding what the plasterer said about drying time for the plaster as it's nearly dry already!!!

An amazing job thank you so much again for all that you have done for us and for putting up with our persistent questions about various matters. If I can be of any assistance to you with future customers etc please feel free to get in touch any time.

We now have a SHOW TRAILER which will be used to display a working RAYBURN with fitted Snugburner, flue'd using a Powerflue and it will be run at shows on RED DIESEL . If an installer wants it for a local show please get in touch!

latest TEST results. Ian Obrien , our approved installer in FROME, SOMERSET has a working Aga in his house on a OIL FLOW METER. He will be pleased to show it to you but oil consumption is working out less than 5.0 litres a day running 24/7 - so that's 3 litres a day saving on a wick burner = £1.65 a day = £11.55 a week or £600 a year. You may save more by shutting OFF from say 11pm-7am - that's 8 hours a day or a THIRD less!

I timed by Aga that had been left on 24/7. From 6.45 to 7.45 it fired for just 18 minutes to maintain the oven heat selected-
Confused? Work out the time you want your Aga on , and if in doubt mail me the figures for a calculation!

see oil consumption -comparing wick to Snugburner - figures on the Aga page!

Our burner FITTED will cost you £1950 (approximately dependant on local engineers rates) and it's done in a day!

Isn't it time to reduce that cost? Do you really need it burning oil whilst you are ASLEEP?

My own Aga in old home in Newbury - It's the blue 2 oven model GC - that was gas fired.

Mine starts up at 5.30 am so my wife can have toast and coffee at 8am .Then its off after 8.30 and on again mid afternoon to cook dinner at 6.30 to 7 pm, then off at 9.30.

My oil consumption is carefully being monitored as well! I am using 5.5 litres a day = £7 a week less than the minimum a wick burner uses!

Mine on the left-originally Gas - the Green is a Pre 74 originally solid fuel now in Liskeard, Cornwall - the Silver Ghost in Daventry

We have a large number of installed cookers nationwide - see our TRADE section for addresses .

Noise. The ONLY drawback with any pressure jet burner is operating noise. I f you fire a spark into a combustible mix you get ignition and it makes a sound. On oil boilers this can be damped down by acoustic insulation inside the case - we haven't room for that in the Aga!
I put a sound meter one meter in front and about chest height and got a reading of 49 decibels from mine. It would be less if your flue is cast iron or exits into a bend- mine rises vertically 3ft into the stack and liner. Incidentally the usual kitchen noise is 43 decibels and my labrador's bark hit 87 !

We can totally confuse you with figures if you wish- a report from CRE where our burners passed their safety & efficiency tests can be e mailed to you but look at it this way .We are happy to give our the password etc to download technical information to prospective clients/installers.

If you run our burner that's 88% efficient for 8 hours a day you WILL save a lot of oil compared to a wick burner on 24/7 at 55% efficiency (if you can get good oil!)

NEW PRODUCT .We are developing a BOLT ON oil Snugburner to fit the SOLID FUEL STANDARD and DELUXE Agas made from 1941 on .It will protrude about 80mm on past the front and be mostly hidden by a deluxe door which will be part of the kit -either colour matched to your Aga front or a cheaper option in black. No prices yet but we are looking for guinea pig installations in the SW - ideally Somerset or Wilts area. The ideal cooker ,originally solid fuel, will have been converted to a wick burner WITHOUT being stripped down so we can evaluate performance before and after fitting the Snugburner. You will need a power point nearby, a gravity fed oil tank and a wish to SLASH your oil bill!

We have one fitted & working near Bridgewater,Somerset but before it can be released to aid you to save oil we have to
prove it in a cooker -both the deluxe and the standard, and ideally a 4 oven version of each
Get all the production costing done
Agree terms etc with manufacturer confirm that it meets our tested kit criteria

I know you want to buy one - we want to sell you one- but it's got to be done RIGHT!

We will be in touch AS SOON as WE can! Just register your interest and we will email you asap!

mock up - it wont look too far from this ( hopefully your Aga is cleaner!) - we can supply a new door for small door Standard models .Mail for updates and maybe an offer to be a Guinea Pig for development of you live in M4/M5 corridor or between those boundaries. We aim this to fit the ORIGINALLY solid fuel Standard and Deluxe Aga that's probably been converted to oil with a DON or OILWARM wick burner

another in an OF22 is fitted about 1 mile from my workshop in St Mary Bourne - heating a 4 rad system and cooking in a mid terrace house. So far customer

Mike has one complaint - house too hot! We are going to baffle down boiler output - an easy job - to help him!

Specially designed Oil pressure jet burners to fit the AGA deluxe - Rayburn OF7/ 208K and Rayburn OF22/ G33 etc .Not others, yet

I am running down my own stock of Agas so I can concentrate on Trade and Retail sales of Snugburners, see www.tradcookers.com for only stock

Rayburn OF22. We are having made a slight modification to our burner metal work, to make installation easier for YOU! Instead of having to position the main ceramic baffle from above ,fitting will be done through the front. This will give a more positive seal around the burner base plate and allow a cheaper service .
We are also able to supply NEW boilers in the OF22 so that you can capitalize on the higher performance .These bolt in using original mounting points and give good all around results ,only £495 each plus vat and delivery .

Rayburn OF7 . The design on this remains the same .The burner is still controlled by the oven heat and from COLD the cooker will boil a litre of COLD water in under 15 minutes!

This green gas G7 (or 200 or 209G) will also convert to a Snugburner - the body is the same and the burner fits easily -convert from GAS to OIL! Selling for less than £2000.

Aga. Working well with a longer PE cell now being fitted (it slides in but you need to move the burner forward off its mounting plate to fit)) .We have changed the oil line connection (6mm bundy inlet) which was a swine to fit and now supply a clear bowl filter (where appropriate) so you can see the oil quality! Performance SO much better than the original designed wick burner - with stir fries on the hotspot as its 100 degrees hotter than standard! We continue to refine this burner - now working in 5 countries- to make it easier to service and operate.

Our burner can fit all deluxes although the originally coal fired and early oil versions need modding- see that section and blue one above

All Snugburner cookers can now benefit from a FANNED FLUE. We have found over the past 2 years that we cannot rely on our small fan to blow away the spent gases so if you want a low flue (i.e. not above ridge level) we have teamed up with a manufacturer of Flue fans to fit an unobtrusive stainless box with adjustable draw that sits outside the house . Its also used as a failsafe- fan stops and the cooker shuts off - giving you even more safety built in ! No chance of fumes in the kitchen and works whatever the wind strength or direction. Less than £500 for a chimney! .

see www.powerflue.co.uk for more information

Bio Diesel. We are currently running a Rayburn OF7 on Bio 100 and Graham will be writing a report (which can be downloaded on request) concerning results. We have found significantly different performance on various TYPES of bio - as the calorific value of each type varies - so if you want to use this fuel its not just a case of "bunging it in" - it needs as much refining as usual diesel so old chip fat may work well but needs converting properly! Currently BIO DIESEL is £1.05 p a litre for home use ( same tax now as a car) see our supplier www.biosulis.co.uk for more information.

If you are worried about the RUNNING COSTS of the Rayburn or Aga range you need to talk to US! I can tell you what our customers find, or you can e mail Graham Lake my Technical Director on all BOFFIN matters .He can be found on 01823-660998 office hours or mobile 07841 820058

Aga Trade PEOPLE! I have to stop supplying Agas myself , passing on the sales to suitable companies who can offer a good cooker , as I have insufficient time to devote to that, plus our spares company www.agafixspares.com and developing our trade sales of the Snugburner. If you would like to discuss us selling your Agas, with our burners , with you installing PLEASE contact me so we can discuss it. Too may jobs-too little time! We have a small number of pre 74 deluxes left which I can sell you at reasonable prices. We are happy to supply and fit and commission the burner if you want to supply and fit the cooker - we can train you up to then do the whole job.

I am WELL STOCKED with the Rayburn G7, OF7,G33 and OF22 . See www.tradcookers.com / cookers for sale / Rayburns - for details

We are delighted to announce we have full CERTIFICATION now for our burners , confirming they meet OFTEC standards.

Recent jobs in the Charente, the Correze, Brittany, Cornwall, Cumbria, West Sussex ,Kent, Cheshire ,Wales & Scotland both fitted by us and DIY kits to customers . Beat the rush to become an authorized agent in your area - only 2 per county needed! List of customer at bottom, showing locations .If you want to see / hear one working please ask us to contact our local-to-you customer so they can liaise

Recent jobs.Of22 connected to 4 rads and cylinder in West Sussex. Customer cleaned out cooker prior to my arrival - result complete conversion fitted in 4 hours. Performance? 14 minutes and 45 seconds until 1 litre of water was boiling (lidded pan) from COLD on a COLD hob. Oven at ROAST in 45 minutes. See photo of claret cooker

house shown is Mike Atherton's in Upwell, on Norfolk/ Cambridge border. His converted Royal G33 (same body as the OF22 but slightly bigger boiler) is heating 8 rads, hot water and cooks a mean roast beef - thanks again!

only 2 rads and hot water on OF22 fitted in North Devon. We had to baffle down the boiler as the rads would have been jumping off the wall!This is the 2nd conversion using a Snugburner for this client, first her house then a tenanted one!

OF22 in Wales Now heating an 8 rad heating system in a detached stone cottage and within 20 minutes of firing up the lady said" that rad has NEVER been that hot before! After 2 hours of running the cookers oven was warming nicely and when the rads are properly balanced I am sure they will be nice and warm ( first time in years!) See the cream one,below. Conversion took 6 hours to do inc 2 hours de-sooting it!

Present stock of Rayburns ready to convert include OF22 in sable, white all with right hand ovens and a cream (left hand ovens). Also presently GAS rayburn 200G and G7s in GREEN ,white, sable,- we are currently making these into OIL G33 type cookers as the front/ tops are identical so only the innards change.

We now have this burner working in Agas and Rayburns on kero, mazout, diesel in France, Spain, Wales, Cornwall, Devon, Hants, Oxfordshire ,West Sussex, Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Cambridge, Middlesex ,Perth in Scotland but need more local fitters and recondition. Full sales literature and phone back up .

OF22 just converted near Beaulieu sur Dordogne,France - also OF22 near Brecon showing burner

The Snugburner is far more controllable - so as it only takes 3 hours to reach a roasting heat in the oven you can use a simple timer to switch the cooker OFF ALL NIGHT. Maybe its time for all Agas to be run that way?

Fitted in Wherwell, near Andover Hampshire this lovely Oxford Blue Deluxe with Snugburner .It's about 35 years old!

Burner shown without its cover plate fitted - yellow leads to oven stat mounted on cover plate-plenty of room for oil pipe to come up!

This is Dave's near Exeter- again it was made before !974 - don't make 'em like they used to - much better then! Ask me WHY?

Our Aga & 2 Rayburns kits were fully tested for Safety and Efficiency to CRE near Cheltenham and have their APPROVAL certificates- based on all the OFTEC requirements

Snughome Cookers Ltd has been set up to bring YOUR Aga or Rayburn oil fired cooker into the Greener world .It will run on normal diesel or kerosene automatic and EFFICIENT operation! No more matches, wicks or flooded burners! No more engineers complaining about oil quality.

We aim to supply the MOST COST EFFECTIVE way of heating your cooker using this fuel by utilizing the latest oil technology fitted into that cast iron body!

Aga. Converting your Deluxe Aga made from 1956 on, be it originally coal fired, gas or oil fitted with a simple wick burner

Rayburn. The single burner models OF7, 208K and gas versions G7 and 209G with simple single burners

Rayburn. OF22 / G33 Central heating versions- with twin trough burners for oil, or twin gas atmospheric burners in the G33 version. almost DOUBLE the heat to rads - extend that system!

Nobel – our Aga Snugburner will also fit the Nobel .It's a tight fit and you have to remote the electric element switch.

Our aim is to supply kits which will fit exactly .We are offering the conversion to engineers who are conversant with oil burners to fit in their own cookers or those of their clients.

We also offer a fitting service into your own cooker – providing the site work has been carried out prior to arrival (oil line, power source, chimney lining etc)

Managing Director Barry Charman.28 years in the Aga / Rayburn business buying/ selling / moving / servicing / installing all versions from the No2 Rayburn (mid 50’s) to the later designs. Author of Ebooks on Aga & Rayburns.(see www.ebooks-on-howto.com). Rayburn Technical Guild member. Based in Newbury and Limoges, France.
Personal cookers have been Rayburn No2, Rayburn GDO, Aga Standard, Aga OCB, Aga OE, Aga C, Aga GC. Cooking skill minimal as wife excellent!

Technical Director.Graham Lake. Joined me after several years as MD of Oilwarm Ltd.40 years as a “boffin” in research and development in both oil and gas technology. Ex-Aga .Based in Somerset Graham deals with the development and technical side of the burners

Financial Director.Peter Laws qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1978 and spent the next twenty five years in practice dealing with the accounting, taxation and giving business advice to family businesses. Following his retirement from practice at the end of 2003, he has taken a number of Directorships in businesses that are both exciting and fast developing. Based in Somerset his job is to oversee our finances and keep our taxes straight!

IT Director.Brent Benjamin knows all about web design, email and IT technology and runs our entire internet operation, plus www.agfixspares.com , www.alphacookerspares.com , www.ebooks-on-howto.com and www.tradcookers.com .Based in cyberspace & Bedfordshire!

Some History .The oil fired Rayburn cooker (OF7 Royal and Regent) and the Oil fired Aga were sold from the late 60’s .Although the method of controlling burning changed over the years the fundamental design has remained consistent since the earliest days .A circular burner ( rectangular in the OF22) is flooded with oil to a certain depth, lit with a match, and then the flow controlled to give a constant burn. The burning system is almost silent and relies on a chimney draw to pull away the fumes. The oil burn is not particularly efficient and as it burns a carbon residue forms in the hot oil ways into the burner- which causes a reduction in the flow rate and heat output. Eventually, if not cleaned out, the fire will go out, and although unlikely this can cause an oil seepage into the cooker resulting in an “oil flooded cooker”.
The system is well tried and works well but is terribly uneconomical to use today, as it's not really practicable to switch off the oil and relight the cooker daily – thus the cooker burns 24 hours a day giving heat in the oven / hob even when the cook is asleep!

Whilst the OF7, OF22 and Aga models OC,OCB and OE were all designs modified from the original solid fuel castings they benefit from the heavy construction and are never “bothered” by the heat output of the oil fuel .
Because of the vast numbers of these models in constant use over the past 50 years we decided to see if we could improve their efficiency whilst retaining their good looks and “old world charm”

The Pressure Jet Burner is fundamentally different from the vaporizing burner. As fitted in 99% of central heating boilers, it’s fully controlled, usually by a boiler thermostat, and switches off automatically when the stat is “satisfied". Operation is automatic- an electric fan blows in a metered amount of air, which passes over an oil nozzle which ejects a carefully controlled flow of atomized oil, in a pre-determined spray pattern .The pressurized oil flow is controlled by a solenoid valve, which remains open when a flame sensing device tells it to- via a control box .Ignition is automatic, a spark generator transforms the current to high voltage to ignite the oil flow. They can run 24 volt or t110 volt and even 24 volt systems -useful on boats
Our skill has been to miniaturize the components into a burner that will fit into an Aga or rayburn, work well WITHOUT being too noisy!.

This system relies on electricity to work but is fundamentally more efficient than the vaporizing system and therefore MUCH cheaper to run.

the circular shells of the wick burner -compared to our Snugburner! 1940's technology vs 2004!