Installation guide | Blake & Bull Reimagined Aga Range Cookers

Quite some information is below, but if you have a question we haven't answered do get in touch anytime. E-mail hello@blakeandbull.co.uk or call 01225 541006. Thanks. 

Your engineer will arrive normally between 08:30 and 09:30am, unless other plans have been made unique to your installation with you. The installation is a hand build process, cannot be rushed and will take around 5-10 hours depending on the size and age of Aga. 

Your engineer must have clear access, mains power, mains lighting, and a sealed room with a level floor. You or a chosen representative must confirm the position of the cooker before we begin. 

Delivery requirements

• Blake & Bull reconditioned cookers are built on-site so awkward locations can be accessed without issue in most circumstances. We'll be in touch with specific questions after purchase. We will need to know if you have steps, narrow walkways, restricted parking or suchlike. 

Cooker dimensions & weight

2 oven
	Pre ‘74/Standard	Post 74’ & Post 2000
Width	987mm	987mm
Depth	685mm	695mm
Height to hob	851mm	851mm
Total height with lids raised	1330mm	1330mm
Approx weight	300kg

3 oven
Width	987mm
Depth	695mm
Height to hob	851mm
Total height with lids raised	1330mm
Approx weight	330kg

4 oven & 5 Oven {2 oven + Warming cupboard | 3 oven + Warming cupboard}
	Pre ‘74/Standard	Post 74’ & Post 2000
Width	1487mm	1487mm
Depth	685mm	695mm
Height to hob	851mm	851mm
Total height with lids raised	1330mm	1330mm
Approx weight	400kg

 

Please note that these dimensions are for the total foot print of the Aga, and the towel rail will protrude past these dimensions by around 90mm.

It is perfectly normal for an Aga to project forward from units. When working out the front line of your units and the Aga please consider what will sit behind the Aga {including wall treatments and adhesives / fixings} Below a guide for Deluxe Aga range cookers. {heritage 'Standard' model dimensions in table above}

Plinths/floor - In most cases we build our remanufactured Aga range cookers onto a 50mm deep plinth giving a 'final' hob height of 901mm. We can alternatively fit 60 or 80mm plinths if extra height is required, please see below! You will need to make your choice no later than 6 weeks before installation to ensure stock availability. Bespoke sizes are possible at extra cost with an approximate 10 week lead time. 

Clearances

• A additional 3-4mm gap must be allowed for either side of the cooker between hob top and worktops. This allows for thermal expansion and future access. This is additional to the dimensions specified above.

• Tiles should run behind or down the side the cooker and not sit on the hob top. It's easy removal allows for future maintenance. You may want to tile before the installation day, mounting a 10mm baton lower than the cooker top height, and tiling/fitting splash back to that. 

• If the cooker is going into an island then please be aware that the central shroud (the black 'box' between the two hotplates!) will be higher than the hob. In this case we would recommend that you have a small up-stand or shelf behind it to hide the rear of the shroud.

• There must be 10mm between the back plate of the cooker and the wall behind. This is increased to 25mm if the wall behind is made of combustible materials. This is increased to 28mm if the vent pipe (see below) runs behind the cooker at all rather that exiting directly behind it. 

• You'll want at least 1000mm in front of the cooker, if you plan a kitchen island for example, to allow for ease of use and servicing. A little more than that will increase comfort with big tins etc!

Flooring and plinth

• You can build your own plinth, buy a stock plinth, or invite us to fabricate one {time & budget allowing}. 

• We can supply stock plinths in 50mm, 60mm or 80mm*.The plinth that you buy will sit happily on the level subfloor or final floor, you just need to remember the height implications relative to the worktop if we are building on the subfloor. {*Deluxe cookers only, excludes heritage 1941-1972 Standard Aga range cookers}

• When building your own plinth {read this}, if you plan on tiling the front of the plinth reduce the plinth measurements by the thickness of the tiles you have chosen and tile before we come to avoid damage to the Aga. Allow 2 weeks curing time or whatever your trades' advise. It needs to support 400-600kg
• Aga range cookers need a solid or weight bearing level floor capable of supporting the above weights and additional cooking dishes etc that may be within {add around 33% to weight to allow for plinth and pans etc}
• Please click here to find out more about the plinths we have available<<

Electrical requirements

There are different requirements for each combination of system and hotplate upgrade. We defer to the expertise of your electrician, we cannot offer advice on the electrical installation itself. 

• Please see here for the 'Electrickit' requirements<<
• Please see here for the 'eControl' requirements<<

Timers

Timers are not right for everyone! Read this guide on timers. Top tip! think carefully about fitting a smart timer if you do not constantly have a smart device to hand or your wifi is not strong. We defer to the expertise of your electrician. 

Venting

We strongly recommend room venting. This is the best solution for fuel economy, lower installation costs, and oven performance. Choosing to vent externally or via your an flue will involve additional costs. 

• Please see here for the 'Electrickit' venting requirements<<
• Please see here for the 'eControl' venting requirements<< 

As long as the wall is not too cold, and that there is good air flow in the area of the garden where you will vent then your Aga should vent externally ‘out the back’ happily without the fan. A fan can not be retro fitted. Nor can the vent run go left or right of the Aga, nor up or down.

If you are determined to externally vent you may need a fan, will need to change your electric system to be fan compatible. This choice must be made on booking or in the first 14 days of booking. {read the above guides}

If you choose to externally vent - We are not builders so cannot prepare the hole for the pipe. It needs to be 30-32mm in diameter and located behind the flue shroud. This is 851mm high from the base of the cooker (not the floor as it may include a plinth of varying height) and 450mm from the right hand side.

The underside of the hole needs to be at / around 851mm off the plinth top height  {plinth height + AGA height}. 

Occasional steam escape is normal on an electric Aga range cooker. It varies from cooker to cooker. Some folk see none, some a little more. It is nowhere near as much as every conventional cooker out there, but it is still to be expected.