On my last visit to Bulgaria I was looking to see if there is a solid fuel cooking stove available with oven/s and back boiler, equivalent to an AGA. I did find something that would do at a pinch but the hotplate was quite high so would not be ideal. Does anyone know of a suitable appliance available in Bulgaria or would I be best to source one in UK? I need one that will heat 6 or 7 radiators and I would be burning logs.

I think you will have much more choice in the UK.

You could contact these people:
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Seem to have a wide range of stoves at various KW outputs.

I did look at the Prity range but could not find one that combined a cooker and back boiler.

Oh for an AGA, don't have to worry about the gas running out and brilliant for cooking.

Before you get a woodburning cooker you need to think about what your going to do in the summer, when you want to cook, if its 35 degrees plus!!! Also, quite of few friends of mine have fallen foul of the fact that a back boiler means that the majority of heat goes to the rads not the room its in. If you don't also have a fire it can leave you feeling chilly in the winter.

I bought my stove from the UK. Not cheap, but as I think my friends can contest too, it kept a whole house toasty warm to the point of opening windows in the depths of winter with no back boiler or radiators and also you have a choice in the UK from the most basic models, to the high tech, second burn variety.

I went for the all singing all dancing range and it meant that the chimney didn't coke up or need cleaning AT ALL during the winter = less fire risk.

I used the company 'stoves on line', I phoned and over a period of 3 months they guided me through the maze of choices. They narrowed the search down for me, as I gave them the full house specification, i.e. size, layout and level of insulation, = best type of stove to get. They also took the climate here into consideration. You also have all the extras i.e. fan convection for use to move hot air naturally around the house and floor venting, (just don't have a vent into the bedroom)... (like the Victorians used to have). They sell AGA and AGA type stoves too.

Good luck in your search. p.s. if you do decide to get one from the UK, just make use your not under any time restrictions to get it over here. Mine got stuck in Germany and took 10 weeks to get here in the end!!! Not the suppliers fault, but the couriers.

Yes, I realise it will only be used in winter so I will be getting a bottle propane fueled cooker as well for the summer. The range stoves normally have covers for the hotplates that you can open to let more heat into the room. On very cold days you can also leave the oven door open.

fido wrote:

I did look at the Prity range but could not find one that combined a cooker and back boiler.

On further investigation I have found there is a suitable one, the Prity W12. This produces 4Kw radiant heat plus 12Kw to the boiler and is shown on the Calor Romania website priced at 1300 lei, which is about £281
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