We Removed The Most Dangerous Kitchen Range
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Welcome to our channel where we document the renovation progress of our charming Irish farmhouse and homestead. In this episode, we finally have to say goodbye to the dangerous Stanley 8 range that has been a staple in our kitchen for years.
When we moved to Ireland in June, the chimney was swept and the Stanley 8 range cleaned and patched up as much as possible. For the last eight months it has been lit each day, served well, but sadly it has finally become far too dangerous to use.
In this video, join us as we tackle the removal of the now dangerous Stanley 8 range in our Irish farmhouse renovation and homestead project. Follow along as we carefully dismantle and dispose of the old, and outdated range to make way for a safer and more efficient solution.
Being complete beginners at farmhouse renovation, really needing a "homesteading for beginners" guide and now starting amateur archaeology, we are taking it slowly, enjoying everything we do no matter how hard it is, to one day realise our dream of running a fully functioning homestead from our once derelict Irish Farmhouse.
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PBF&D Pure brute force and determination!
Love it Jim, thank you.
Have a lovely Easter break :-)
Your a lovely couple with a fantastic channel . The cottage is looking fabulous and is coming along nicely well done both of you. . one step at a time and you have your dream home it's good to be part of your amazing restoration 🎉
Thank you very much indeed Rob, that is a nice thing to say.
It is all a work in progress both inside and out, but one day we will get all of the main things finished and can move on to the rest.
Thank you for joining us and commenting :-)
That made me lol when Ben said goodbye to his screwdriver
Typical isn't it, I was minding my own business have a bit of a look and away it went lol.
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Oh Ben and Dawn what a job that was. My goodness the way the back was rusting away .Some achievement removing it. Well done and the carbon alarms are brilliant. Really do save lives. Take care and God Bless you both xx
Good morning Colette, Happy Easter.
The back was a little rusty wasn't it. It is in the best place now, outside haha.
Oh yes, we don't even have the gas fire on without carbon monoxide detectors in the room even though they are "safe" to have on in a room.
Have a lovely weekend and thank you :-)
I hope you all have a lovely Easter and take a much deserved rest xx@thecornerhouseproject
Oh my gosh! Just thinking about you burning fuel in that while you slept in the same room gives me the chills. Glad you got rid of that thing. I can visualize a wood burner setting in the old fireplace giving off a warm glow on a cold winters night while sitting with a hit cup of coffee.
Ooh it does me too! I had a love hate relationship with it. Loved it for the wonderful heat it gave, especially over the winter…but wow the fear of going to sleep at night and not waking up in the morning! Not great! I’m not unhappy for that reason to see it out of the kitchen. 🫣 I like your vision…that sounds perfect to me, but I swap the coffee for a nice cup of tea! Haha
@@thecornerhouseproject Well, then, how about a cup of hot cocoa? 😋
Much more cosy than a cup of tea!
Well done guys in removing the old stove. Really interesting to see how it was 'plumbed' in. Had to do something similar years ago in my own house. Hopefully the brick arch has a nice iron support bar under it and that you'll be able to access the whole space behind to eventually put in a new Stanley. Meanwhile the woodburning stove will keep you cosy! Great video as always. Kxx
Thank you Kate, it was time it went and eventually will indeed have a Stanley or other manufacturer in there, but a Stanley if preferable.
At the moment we are completely uncertain of what we will find behind the bricked up fireplace and maybe a job for the summer when we don't need the heat. A supporting bar would be nice but being an arch, in theory, should support itself, but we will see.
Thank you as always. Have a lovely Easter :-)
That was some job in removing it out of the kitchen and glad its out and no longer causing issues.
Great job and well done again.
Thanks Simon. We are pleased too as now we don't need to worry about fumes etc.
Have a great Easter :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject Same to you both and enjoy some time off.
YIKES! 😳 Maybe you can use the old stove for a potting bench, or an outdoor fire? I hope people buy you lots of coffees for a newer one that isn't a death trap. TBH, it's amazing the bottom hadn't rusted out after being in that damp house al those decades. 5,500 subscribers! 🥳 A coffee from each and you could buy a used Aga!
YIKES indeed. It served us well but now I think it just wants to kill us, so outside it has to go haha.
We like the idea of a potting bench and maybe if we still have it when we have finally sorted out spaces (one day) we could do. An outdoor fire would be nice but we would have to pretend it is a BBQ as you pretty much can't burn anything outside now since Jan 2023 :-(
Yes, it wasn't in a good state but did us proud through winter and we are still here to tell the tale.
Hahaha, yes, can you imagine our excitement as we don't hide it very well.. We can't believe people have and do Buy Us A Coffee, we would feel like we had won the lottery if everyone bought one hahaha.
Thank you SO much for your continued watching, commenting and everything else. Have a lovely Easter :-)
Wow! I think you've had a lucky escape there, can you not sell it for scrap metal? Looks like I need to buy you another coffee to go towards its replacement!
Wow - I'm so glad you got rid of that stove now that you've shown how dangerous it was. Well now whatever replaces it will be safer and cleaner and will even look nicer to give the room a lovely lift. Of course down the road it will be fun to watch the dismantling of the cement wall and reveal of fireplace but that's in the future haha, for now you've got a few other tasks you're working on. Also, so glad you guys took care not to hurt your backs when moving the stove. Curious, when the front door is open, are the furball angels on their leashes and tied inside the living room? I know only Alan loves to go outside but not without his leash.
Good morning Tracy, how are you doing all the way over there? The sun is shining here.... I know, it really is!
It was far to dangerous in the end to risk using it, so it had to go. We knew it was in bad condition hence all the smoke and monoxide detectors but once it poured smoke out the back, it was time to go.
The chimney will be a great project and we are looking forward to it. BUT, what we thought would be in the hole, a big open space, isn't the case, so it will be a "see how it goes" job. A bit like everything new we do. It is still an exciting thought though to have it open again and then in the future a range in it :-)
The cats have the run of the house and it is only when we need the back kitchen door open we shut the door to the hall. They just go and find somewhere to sleep until we open the door again. We never put them on their leads unless they are going for a walk, which as you say, only Alan is bothered really. On a whole, the front door is never open now but Alan and Steve would soon be out if we didn't keep an eye on them. They magically appear from nowhere.
Thank you so much for always watching and commenting and hope you have a lovely weekend :-)
Both of you have so much patience to be able to keep digging out the soil by the shed. Well done to you, looking good.
Thank you very much! It certainly took a lot of patience and determination 😂 but we got there in the end!
What a shame Im so far away - I have an old Rayburn in my shed I do not wish to keep anymore - I wonder what the shipping from Australia to Ireland would be
Haha I’m sure it wouldn’t cost too much 🤣😉
Hope y’all are able to get the stove you really want soon. Man that tea looked good ☕️☕️❤
Good evening Brenda (Just Nana). We hope so too but just a second hand log stove will do for now. We have hot water and a little oven etc so we are good for a while. It will come though :-)
Dawn does make a good cup of tea I must say :-)
What a wonderful way to spend a Thursday and/or a Friday??!!You both did an awesome job getting the range/cooker dismantled and moved out the kitchen door! I was amazed at the rust and holes that were at the back of the range. It was really heavy to boot. Guess all that digging has made your arms very, very strong. Imagine what it would have been like if you didn't have the strength from all of the digging. Was a nice change from the outside work on the pile of soil that will still be there when you are ready to tackle it again. Once more, thanks for taking us with you on the journey to renovate your home! Take care and Happy holiday. See you both on Monday for more outside digging??!!!
Good evening Cristy, how are you?
This was a Thursday job, just before is got cold, typical. Yes, if we had known the rust patches were there and getting so thin we would have patched them up, but, we are still here to tell the tale thankfully.
We are indeed much stronger and fitter than when we first came to live here, when we started on the house our bodies really knew about it. 9 months later we can lift anything hahahaha.
We were out there Friday digging as always and made good progress and then was out there again today working hard. It never ends haha.
Have a lovely Easter Cristy and thank you :-)
That looks like it could be an anchor for a battleship!
You were fortunate to have not had a chimney fire. The three generations before me were firefighters going back to the 1870s through to 1980 in a small city in New Brunswick, Canada. Wood and coal were the predominant heating fuels. My father told me that chimney fires were very common up to the end of the 1940s because of the build up of creosote and lack of proper cleaning.
Looking forward to you having a modern upgrade.
We think it was the anchor and that is why it was so rusty haha.
The first thing we did in May when we came to start clearing the house was to get the chimneys swept as we planned to use all four when we moved over in June. It was then we found that only the kitchen was an open chimney and the rest had been sealed. But he swept right up to the blockages. So we felt comfortable using the range in the kitchen. I do remember though, as a child, my parents boiler had a chimney fire when we were away on holiday and the neighbour looking after the house kindly lit the boiler so we had hot water on our return. We found out that the chimney had caught fire and the fire brigade had been out to put it out. Luckily the stove was on the outside of the house in a side building so no smoke went in the house.
An upgraded range is exciting as it will do the radiators and water, so in effect, free heating and hot water as it will be on anyway for heat in the kitchen. Not sure of the total costs of all of this though with a plumber etc so best I start making new friends (with plumbers) hahaha.
Thank you John, have a lovely Easter :-)
heavy job liked the bit of persuassion with the old doc martin
Nothing like Dawn in her Doc Martins kicking things hahaha.
Thanks Tom, have a nice Easter :-)
You guys are doing a wonderful job! So glad you discovered that hole in the cooker and now will be a bit safer with it not being used. Enjoy your cup of tea.
It was a whopper of a hole and we knew something was wrong when so much smoke appeared in the kitchen. It seemed to just decide enough was enough and let it all out. So that was it, out it went.
Dawn does make a good cuppa.
Thank you again Catherine, have a lovely Easter weekend :-)
Good job guys ❤
Thanks very much xx
Happy Easter Ben and Dawn, give yourselves a break this weekend, open a couple of bottles and relax? Although I'm guessing you'll be mostly digging?😅
Anyone would think we spend a lot of time digging and we have no idea why anyone would think that haha.
You have a lovely Easter Pat and we will see you Monday. We might have a break, but then again :-)
Thank you again :-)
Hope you can get some money from the scrap man for that heavy stove .
Hi Robert
That would be lovely but having a quick Google at scrap prices, it is looking like cast iron is pretty worthless. I will have a proper look though, but just getting rid of it will be nice.
Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
Well the old work horse range has been put out to grass! SO glad you were kept safe! Watching you drink that mug of tea put me in mind of one. I am heading off with family to the Mournes next week. Hope you have a lovely Easter!
Yeah bit a sad day really but also very glad to not be using it anymore especially after seeing that big hole in the back! Ben googled Mournes, it looks stunning there! Bit like everything here really! Thank you and we hope you have a lovely Easter 🐣 too! Have a lovely week with the family too! X
I almost missed this unscheduled video, so glad I found it. What is Dawn going to convert the old range to lol. XX
How could you possible miss us? hahaha. It was an hour late due to bad internet again. A nice upload speed when I tested it and of course as soon as I am about to upload.... a real crap speed. Never mind, it got there in the end.
People have said a planter, a smoker and an outdoor BBQ / fire thing. Not sure yet, but it can stay where it is for now hahaha.
Thanks Carol, have a nice weekend :-) xx
Dawn, I so love you you lady.. Ben great work buddy. The installation of all these types of stoves, cast iron ovens has always been totally dependent on the guys doing the installation being consciences and professional, given that the most important part of the flue pipe connections are never going to be seen once the stove/cooker is pushed back into place. Thank feck that you both had the good sense to use monoxide detectors whilst you slept in that room. I’ve lost 3 childhood friends due to them breathing in carbon monoxide gases. Never, never trust these appliances, without you having the carbon gas detectors installed.
The range will be installed by someone who knows what they are doing for safety alone. It will also be a back boiler range so will need to be plumbed in etc so will be done properly.
The carbon monoxide testers and smoke alarms are still being used as we use a couple of calor gas heaters. You can never be too safe.
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Have a good Easter.
Ahhhh so sad to see the old range go 😢 but really excited at the thought of the original fireplace being opened up, i wonder if any of the fire irons are still attached!!!!
Oh us too Clive! It’s feeling like bit by bit we are taking the most lovely parts of house away 😔 but also very excited to see what is in the original fireplace. I feel like we may have found bits and pieces of the old crane and stuff when we’ve been clearing over the last 9 months, but nothing big or intact, so fingers crossed it’s still in there! 🤞
I don’t know how u keep going there. But a wood burning stove will be more efficient and u can heat a kettle on them as well. For moving heavy items like that get a three bits of steel pipe about 2ft long and 2inch in diameter. Real handy to have about. For me I’m make entrance gates for the house to keep the children of the road this weekend and them as soon as our wet water logged feild is dry we will be putting in a lawn. So all go here too. I love the way Dawn kicked that stove
What a great idea for moving the range…wish we’d thought of that when we move it! Wow, they are heavy! Ooh lovely with the gates…that’s something we need to do too. Another thing added to the list! Are you making wooden gates? Could be a while for the water logging if it’s anything like ours. We were talking to the farmer earlier on and he was saying about how bad it has been this last year for how much water in the fields at the moment. Felt quite bad kicking it but after manhandling it we couldn’t muster the energy to move it another centimetre to drop the side 😂
@@thecornerhouseproject welding up a steel frame for two sliding gates then in filling them with wood. We have two toddlers running about and we need the gates but finding it hard to get the time to do any thing other than look after them. And they need the lawn as well. Like u two weeks do everything ourselves as it save money and you learn a lot. Hopefully the summer comes soon and dries all up. Last year was terrible so this year has to be good
Oh how we hope that it’s a better summer this year too! We moved over at the end of June last year, the day after the summer ended apparently! Haha and it’s rained ever since lol. Wow you have your hands full with 2 toddlers up and about!
It’s nice to be able to do things yourself isn’t it? And also a necessity too sometimes…we’ve always done as much as we can ourselves in past houses rather than paying someone and it gives you good skills for whatever you might want to have a go at.
Hope the gate making has gone well for you so far? 😊
what a cool old stove ! put it out in the yard and put flower pots on the top ?
We do like that idea! Not sure if we can either scrap it or give it to someone who can refurb them but if not we will find a use for it around the place, just not back in the house! Haha
well done movin that old cooker, love ur progress ,well its freein here in UK n its easter ,,,,,,,sooo happy easter to you both zzx
You guys really were like you with that stove. Well that's 9 years older than Methuselah. Very interesting how old the stove is. That would be very pretty if you could open that back up to a fireplace. Love the video, much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS I Love the end where you were digging in that fireplace hole and cleaning it out lol I love a good clean out.
Good evening Jackie (or maybe late afternoon)
Methuselah - He doesn't have a patch on the range we just took out, he was only born in 3074 BC hahaha.
We should be able to open it back up again and then have whatever range we end up with recessed under it, it will keep the kitchen a big space too.
Oh there were old birds bones, soot and ash. The chimney sweep took out 3 dead birds when he cleaned it. I say dead, I think they had been there as long as Methuselah hahahaha.
Have a lovely Easter Jackie and thank you :-)
Nice to see house things and for you both have a bit of lighter work, or not because moving the stove was hard work. ✅✅✅
Hi Monica, thank you for watching and commenting.
It is nice to get some house bits done, even if it does mean the house is quite chilly now lol. When the weather warms up and the doors can be open, or work on the house can be done we will be showing house renovation again.
It was a nice break from the garden and digging and in the dry hahaha.
Thank you again. Have a nice Easter.
Certainly was knackered. I think every old place in Ireland had a Stanley 8 Cooker. Our last renovation in Co Limerick had one with back boiler. Gave it away. Pretty old and knackered. Used it for a bit and replaced it with a used £50 Parkray 88 inset boiler stove and became the living room fireplace. Chimney/fireplace was not old, all concrete block.
Oh it was knackered and then some but what a cooker / heater, probably cost us €1000 euro more in fuel than a new one but it got us though winter lol.
We have waited this long as we weren't sure if we were going down the oil combi boiler route, oil range or solid fuel etc etc. Still a little torn but will probably stick to solid fuel.
You can really get some bargains second hand, but refurbished we know, or at least hope that it won't decide to try and kill us like the old one.
Well we will do a non boiler stove as a temp solution in the kitchen until we have enough saved for the range and plumber.
Thanks James for watching and commenting. Have a nice Easter :-)
Have you guys heard of H and F heating and plumbing? They do refurbished stanleys at a fraction of the cost of a new range. Thats where mine came from. Same model as the one you took out, but all reconditioned. Good luck. Having the range makes a place worth living in. I hope the coffees keep coming in and you can have a replacement quickly.
Hi Anna, thank you very much for commenting.
We had a look at them a while ago just for pricing and they seem pretty good. There is another in Galway we have spoken to and they seem a little cheaper. Once we have enough saved up we will have another look around as it might be a little while yet.
The kitchen looks bear without the range now and is certainly chilly lol. The buy me a coffee fund is growing slowly and greatly appreciated :-)
Have a lovely Easter weekend and thank you again :-)
You may be able to trade in your old rusty range for a reconditioned one.Dont get rid of it just yet.If not it may be useful for spare parts as those parts are hard to come by nowadays. Love your channel and seeing you bring this beautiful old derelict house back to life again.
Thank you, we’re very happy you like the channel. We’re hanging onto it for the time being, mainly because it’s far too heavy to shift lol. Seriously though, we will look into whether it can be traded in but I don’t think so to honest.
The square piece on the back of the stove may be what you need to convert to a round piece to attach to a new stove. You might be able to use part of the old stove as yard art. Fill with dirt and plant!!!
You may have a really good point there Catherine with the square piece. I will have a look to see if it can be used as that would make life easier.
We aren't sure what will happen to it yet. Until we are brave enough to move it again it can stay there for now haha.
Thank you for watching and commenting with a great point :-)
I’d put it right out the back door to the side and now you have a backyard bbq! 😂 I’m so glad that it got you through the winter, but I’m even happier to see you guys replace it with a newer safer option. 💚
It did indeed go right out by the back door lol and it would make a great hot plate for grilling....maybe. One person we know used to do his toast on the top of the plate when they were kids. I think it may have been a common thing but I could be wrong. I tried it on ours.... it was more of a burnt bread than toast hahaha.
We are pleased that it isn't in use anymore after it went to completely unsafe. A stove will do for now until we can get a new/refurbished range, water tank and a plumber.
Thank you as always and have a lovely Easter. Don't eat too many eggs :-)
You will get a few quid for that if you sell it to the scrapman. The money can also go into the new range fund. If that handle/rail going all the way across the front of it is brass, I would be keeping that to hang oven gloves, tea towels. etc. Like your style Dawn, if it wont move nicely, kick it! Lol
Hi Tracy, how are you?
Sadly it is just a steel tube which was chrome at the start of it's life. We will keep the tube though as you never know when you might be able to use it, as you say, for gloves, towels etc.
Give it a kick normally wins, especially with Dr Martins on hahaha.
Thank you as always Tracy.
Have a lovely Easter.
i have a working pot-belly stove for shop warmth it's last century, It's designed to have all flat metal panels replaced a good metalworker could save a historical artifact that just needs patching with new metal.
a restoration would be a hell of a lot of money, i assume. not everyone has the money for such things, especially not in the middle of rebuilding a good lot of a house… not arguing, just saying…
Thanks Nicholas. Sadly, to have this range reconditioned would cost more than buying a refurbished one. Every part of the range was twisted, warped or rusted through. If we had the money we may have considered getting it fully refurbished so it could stay in the house another 60-80 years. We also need a range with a back boiler for heating and hot water so that ruled this one out too.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a nice Easter.
happy easter all… have a good bank holiday :)
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a lovely Easter too :-)
Wow! That looked ridiculously heavy. You were smart having carbon monoxide detectors, however, your house at first was drafty, which is a blessing with the amount of black trail on the wall. Thank goodness it held on long enough for you to insulate the house and for Spring. I am excited to see what you find behind that wall. Sometimes, the pushed all the cast iron inside it before the bricked it up. So what you gonna do with the old one. I’ve seen them used in gardens as a plant feature. Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Easter.
Hello Dory, how are you today?
Oh yes, always had the carbon monoxide testers and smoke alarms, even the little caravan e had had two of them. But yes, the draughty house will have helped, the chimney certainly has a lot of suck on it which is always a good thing.
It was if it knew we needed it through the winter and did us proud. Then it just completely gave up, not long after the first day of Spring.
We are looking forward to opening up the fireplace. It is something we knew we wanted to do as soon as we saw it. We have no clue how long it will take us to do or when we will start it, but it will get done.
What will we do with it?..... Commenters have suggested using it as a planter, a BBQ, a meat and cheese smoker and a place just to burn stuff, but w really don't know. We may just scrap it because of it's weight but you never know with us. We say one thing and do something completely different lol.
Thank you as always Dory. Enjoy Easter and don't work too hard :-)
This is just so worth watching!! Always something going on. I am glad it is out of the house; it scared me when you said you wanted to keep it ages ago. Good job. I cannot believe you didn't have a fire in there. Very dangerous. It lasted I guess as long as it was supposed to so you could get into springtime. I will donate to the new stove as soon as I can get my bank to quit stopping payment on the buy me a coffee deal. No clue what that is all about. Anyway, good job getting it out of the house!!
Good evening Bobbie, how are you this evening?
Never a dull moment here :-)
The fire hole itself was OK, until recently when the fire bricks started to fall out and there wasn't the smoke we experienced Tuesday night either so we knew it was time it had to go. It did do us proud and kept us going until Spring like you say, but we are happy it has gone from a safety point of view.
Thank you very much, that is very nice of you.
Have a lovely Easter weekend Bobbie and thank you :-)
Range probably installed late 60s.
Great work you two. Good luck
Thank you Nuala, we thought it may have been earlier than that. It still lasted well though and kept us warm through winter :-)
Thank you very much. See you soon :-)
You are so lucky that your stove did not set the house on fire. How will you get rid of the stove? Do you have places where you can take the stove to be refurbished? Even though it was rotten the stove gave the kitchen an old nostalgic feel. A newer fireplace will be nice. There is nothing like a wood firer to keep warm by. The cracking wood firer and the dry heat is so nice.
Hi Paul and Laura
The fire was safely contained in the firebox and did it's job, The soot marks on the wall were from the opposite side of the range which didn't get hot, just slightly warm.
We are not sure if we can get it collected yet and is something we will look into.
A stove in a hold house does make it feel cosy so it will be replaced with an upgrade which will also heat the water and radiators around the house. In the mean time, a log stove will go in it's place for warmth.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Have a nice Easter.
Exciting if you open up that old fireplace... 😊 just a thought 😊
Ooh we definitely will! It’s something we have been wanting to do from the minute we saw the brick arch appear from a few layers of wallpaper!
Some of the beautiful old stoves really are just dangerous. Sad, but their time has past. We had one thT nearly killed us all cooking Sunday dinner, and it had just been professionally refitted. Some antiques are not worth saving!
Ooh no that’s awful! Very true with antiques. Especially the one we’ve just removed, I was quite horrified to see that hole in the back. Hopefully we can get a bit more modern one for the next one 🤞
That was a rough work getting that stove out.
It was certainly heavy that's for sure.
Hi Dawn and Ben! Oh my, this was definitely another change of pace video!! I’m sure it’s just as well that it broke!! Looks like a danger! I’m happy you’re still living too, Dawn!! Looking forward to seeing what replaces it! See ya next time!! 🤗🤗
Yeah a little more of a sedentary pace that one! Back to the digging now though 😂 I think it was a danger to be honest, it kept us warm when we had no other choice but I am very glad, more than you know, to not have it in the house anymore! See you soon 🤗
Well the old girl gave up the ghost- its really a good thing you caught it when you did. Glad ya'll are safe and best to remove it. It got you through the worst of the winter and got ya going in the beginning, so it gave you all it had. Personally, I thought you were a bit bonkers to try to mend it. I say go forth and destroy 🤪😜, what is the worse that can happen, you have to rebuild it? Based on what you have found hidden so far, and your want to hook up a new one to piping for radiant heat, I say take it back now and have it ready for next winter. You need to have a good plan on how your running piping and that chimney box on the left will be in your way, best to open it now size up what you need, get your pipes in then close the top for flue for the temp one. I think you will have to line it anyways. You have the time now coming into spring summer where you are not so reliant on it. Now mind you I say this as I sit in A/C and only had the heat on one night all winter, where the concept of chimneys, flues, and fire inside is most likely a scented candle. So get counsel from some expert aka your chimney guy, other renovators of old Irish homes. It's your forever home, and you cannot make egg salad without breaking some eggs. Trying to get an Easter reference in. Hoping your coffee fund gets a big push now! Thanks for taking us along on your discoveries!😁 ps. old range not suitable for a BBQ
Yeah she did 😔 I think she tried giving it up years ago but we did try to bring her back. I’m so glad Ben decided to fire cement it some more otherwise it would still be in here being used 😮 but like you say, we are truly thankful for how long it did last with getting us through the winter and almost out the other side!
Oh yes, will definitely open the chimney up, it’s something we’ve been dying to do from the beginning but other priorities like two floors needing to go in took priority lol oh and not freezing over winter too haha!
Well done, very slickly done with the Easter reference! I agree with the bbq angle for the range, not sure it’s good for anything much really at its current state 😂
For your range fund!
WOW!!! Thank you so so much! That is so overwhelmingly kind of you to do that for us! 🥹❤️ I wish I could hug 🤗 you right now!
Very kind of you x
The square piece you remove from the hole in the wall is the flue, it was originally bolted to the cooker.
We still have it, but one of the little brackets that look like a screw goes through is broken off. Been broken for a while we think. Nice to know for definite it was the flue, Ben did think that’s what it was.
I’ve installed hundreds of solid fuel cookers, stoves, log burners, multi fuel burners. Very, very few customers even knew of the importance of ventilation, air bricks as we call them. Even fewer were happy when told of the size air brick required when installing these appliances. In reality most of these installed appliances fail the safety requirements, sure, nothing better than a solid fuelled appliance keeping you warm on a bitter cold winters night… But I will never stop asking…Worth risking your life for, your children’s lives for ? Please Folks.. protect your family, make sure that all your solid fuel appliances are safe to be used.
Great advice for everyone 1MrMoor, thank you.
From day one we had the carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms in the kitchen even when sleeping in the tent. Sealing rope was replaced in the range doors and it was made as safe as possible. When the rusted spot opened up, it was time to go, no question!
Thanks again.
Try using yur car's spare tire jack. Then get a furniture dolly or hand truck. Try sludge hMmer to remove b the top and sides. Take a sludge hammer to chimneys lower by foot plastered wall, brake the brick. The the rest removal will be easy. Use whee barrow and dust paper cleanup. Thete is another UTUBE VLOG RT NOW IN REDOING THE CHIMNEY. Looks just like yours.
Good evening Todd, thank you for watching and commenting :-)
A hand truck would have worked well but sadly not something we have so sliding and grunting it was haha.
Thank you for the advice for revealing the chimney. It will probably be a job for late spring or summer when we won't need any heat as it will take us quite a while.
We will search the UA-cam video you mentioned.
Thank you again. Have a nice weekend :-)
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Thank you for another view and another comment Shae :-)
Have a lovely Easter :-)
Get a scrap metal co. To pick it up, money towards your new reconditioned one 🎉🎉
We will have to ask around because it’s not something we know about over here. I’m sure someone will know someone. 🤞 Good thinking though 😊
Maybe a small wood stove for the next wee while , while you sort out the bigger issues. At least you are headed into summer.
Yeah that’s the plan, just to keep us going until we can get a range with a back boiler so that we can run radiators and hot water. Thankful that it kept going until we were out of the worst of the winter weather. 😊
We have been heating with wood partially and totally for about 45 years. We have man handled quite a few heavy stoves in our time. My very favourite was a Findlay oval cook stove l bought at an auction. It was the main source of heating for almost 20 years. I cooked on and in it during the big ice storm we had in Kingston Ont in Jan 1998. We had no power or running water for 11 days. Living beside a lake was fortunate, we cut a hole in the ice and had water for filling the water tank on the stove, and flushing toilets. I was sad to see it go. As l write this lm sitting beside our present airtight, and there’s nothing nicer for making a space cosy.
I knew it would be heavy but had no idea just how heavy it was! And that one has bits missing and most of it had broken down inside. Dread to think the weight of a fully functioning one!
Wow! 11days with now power! That’s handy with the lake, we’re not far from a lake but I can’t imagine it freezes quite so hard as Canada here in Ireland!
Looking forward to getting another range because I’ve yet to be able to cook on one as the one that just got taken out only heated up on the one side, but after seeing the big hole in the back I can tell why!
Having moved a range into a kitchen I can second how heavy they are and why it was delivered on a pallet with a forklift. Well done - as usual amazing effort.
Haha yeah I must admit when I tried to give it a lift, I was a bit wow, now that is heavy! At least we know now to have one delivered rather than go try and pick it up in the car! 🤣
You weren't kidding were you ! . Theres me thinking i could plate it .... bit of fire cement..an some rivets .
For me to think something is beyond saving it really is....and that really is!
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Lovely day today here i tried fixing the van .. did it but lasted 40 feet and blew the repair off again. Ah well .
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Hahaha yeah Ben has tried his hardest with fire cement to try and keep it going but that last helping put the nail in the coffin for it.
We think it’s beyond saving, it’s just breaking down everywhere, shame really as it doesn’t look the same in here without it.
Happy Easter to you too! Weekend off?? Hmmm…let me think about that…unlikely but maybe 🤔😉
It has been lovely today, bit of a downpour about 4ish but other than that beautiful!
Oh no with the van! How annoying is that?! What is wrong with it then? I think you told Ben? But he said he forgot what it was 😂
Well done getting it out and very lucky that a little smoke damage is the worst thing that happened.
Yes, I think ourselves lucky to be honest and I for one am happy that it isn’t in here anymore, sad on an emotional level for it to leave the house where it’s stood for so long but none the less happy about it not being used in here anymore.
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Sad to see the range go, it was part of the charm of the old place, maybe you could plant some nice flowers in it, perhaps pansies, that's if you can find a suitable place for it, be nice. xxx❤
Yeah definitely sad to see it go, we will get another though, won’t be the same because it isn’t that one but we think it’s too far gone and will cost so much to have it refurbed. Angry pansies? 😉 it would look nice with bits planted in it. Not sure we will be able to move it again lol. Soooo heavy! Xxx❤️
Well done on moving the range. My poor long suffering husband has moved my cast iron Everhot range from Sussex, England to Mayo, Ireland and then from Mayo to France where we now live. He says I can't take it if we ever move again. I have photos of us moving it with round fence post as a roller system 😂
Ooh it is a heavy beast. I knew it would be heavy but didn’t appreciate just how heavy it would be! We haven’t attempted to move it again since taking it outside 😂
Wow that’s a huge job you I know I see refurbished Stanley’s on Done Deal maybe worth looking into
Hi Annie
It is more than likely we will get a refurbished range and nearer the time will will be looking everywhere. We keep an eye on Done Deal though just in case a real bargain shows up.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a lovely Easter :-)
hi dawn and ben happy friday
Hi Alan
Happy Friday and bank holiday weekend to you :-)
Wow, that stove has really had its day. So glad it got you guys through the winter, did you ever cook in it? I would get the kangol to the wall behind the stove and see what you have. I would imagine there is a huge openfire space. Our old fireplace was completely filled with cement and concrete blocks, but we were able to remove enough to sit the little wood burner inside. It gives you so much more space in the room to have it flush with the wall. Exciting times!
Congratulations to you both on your 5500 + subscribers, this is amazing progress, well done, you guys must be thrilled! Have a kovely Easter weekend, Clare & Rob
Yeah it really had, it served us well though and like you say especially over the winter! Must admit if I’d have known that hole was in the back…it would have been out long ago 😮 Ben said maybe you two could pop over and help us with breaking out the fireplace! 🤣
We’re very excited to get that open, that’s one of the first things we said when the arch appeared from under the wallpaper. A range should look really good recessed back in there! We’ve been told it’s a big open space, used to have the crane in it, I do think it will still be there though as I’m pretty sure I’ve found bits of it around the land lol.
Aww thank you! We’re absolutely chuffed to bits! Little bit amazed but over the moon!
Hope you all have a lovely one too! X
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Thank you so much Robin and Paddy, that is so kind of you.
I hope you are both (and Mr Todd) are well.
Thank you again. Have a lovely long weekend :-)
Great video Dawn and Ben, I have to be honest I am so glad you managed to get range out because when I first saw it way back in June I thought you needed to get it out, so when you started using it it worried the life out of me. However - now it is out of the house is there anyway you could use as a smoker to smoke meat, cheese etc.
I hope you haven't had the horrendous weather there as we have had here, the rain has been bad but the winds been gale force. Stay safe love to you both xxxx
We kept a close eye on it from day one and was over kill with the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors on purpose as you can never be too safe, especially with an old range in that shape. But yes, it has gone now and hopefully the weather won't get too cold.
A smoker is a great idea but it is possible for meat the oven section wouldn't get hot enough, I think we had a max temp of 100 degrees C in there at one point but maybe cheese. That will be another Google session.... "Smoking cheese in a smoker" :-)
It has been very wet, as you will have seen and talking to famer neighbour today it isn't usual. He was saying everywhere is so wet and he hasn't seen some of his land this wet before. So there is hope for our land yet. We haven't had any winds of late really, a few blowy nights but no storms. Hopefully yours will improve soon.
Have a lovely bank holiday and thank you Kim :-)
Amazing video guys. I didn’t think you were going to get that out of there. Nice kickDawn. It really makes the kitchen look a whole lot larger now that it’s out of there too. I’m sure you’ll find just the white piece to go in there. Happy Easter. I hope the bunny is good to you. Love and hugs.
Thanks Sandy! Haha yes I must admit when I tried to lift that end, I was a little doubtful that we’d get it out. The kick is all we could do by then…no strength left to shift it again! 🤣 it does make it look a lot bigger in here now. I don’t think the huge cat guard that we built around helped with that though! Happy Easter to you and yours too!
I'd repair that hole in the back, put it outside, and turn it into a smoker! (You. already know it does well at smoking!)
Hahaha, we do indeed Shelly, boy does it smoke now. Someone else said about a meat / cheese smoker and is something to consider but the oven never really got very hot for meat, but with it not being indoors anymore, maybe things could be tweaked to improve the heat or even just used for cheese.
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Big job! I see you banished the cats while working on this. Smart move LOL.
Haha yes, they are far too supervisory and little nosey Parkerery for being around that!
Congrats on hitting 5k subscribers.
Dig your vids. Have a blessed Easter!
🥳🥳 Thank you! Feels like such an achievement to us! Thank you for being here and helping with that and also liking the videos. Happy Easter to you too!
There is an Aga place in Ireland, I wonder if you could get a new/refurbished one through financing/payment plan with install by them. It's worth a look to see what is possible or not with the layout of your kitchen and the chimney. I wouldn't open any of the fireplace until I know how a replacement will need to be fitted. Then choose the replacement - set up a goal bar for the cost to raise the money for "Dawn's new Aga Fund". The one you took out was a good 70 years old (or more) and was not well maintained over the past 30 years, It served well - Good Old Stove!! Sad to see it go but it's definitely beyond repair (or is it - aga would know if they would take it as a trade in). Just put a little money where my mouth is lol
Good afternoon Janie, how are you on this Easter weekend?
We are liking the idea of the Stanley make as it is an Irish company, still assembled in Ireland but the frames now cast in the UK. Waterford Stanley has been part of the Middleby Corporation since 2015 and I think they also own Aga too. So that aside, it would keep a Stanley range in the house. We will need a back boiler model capable of plenty of radiators and it will also heat the running water too.
The fireplace "just" needs to be opened back up to it's pre range days. You then flue liner it, and seal the rest of the hole just above the arch. Once the flue liner is in place you connect the range and plumbing etc. The fireplace opening though won't be for a while and for when we are feeling brave hahaha and it is warm enough to remove whatever wood stove we put there as a temporary replacement.
Our New/Refurb range fund is on Buy Me A Coffee and people have been supporting us via there for it. A long way to go before we can afford one, even with everyone's support but people have been so supportive already :-)
Yeah we are guessing 60 - 80 years and the last 20 have been in a cold damp kitchen so it has done so well for us since June, it could have been completely beyond use (which it probably was) or died in the middle of winter so we were lucky.
It is sad to see it go but safety in this case was a clear winner lol.
Thank you as always Janie, have a lovely Easter weekend :-) See you Monday
PS - You are really naughty. Thank you so very much xx
That looks like it was a big open fire , up to the brick arch. They used to have a big grate and a crane arm to hang pots over the flames. You could of looked straight the chimney at the sky. Then, at a later stage, they concreted it up and made the chimney smaller for the range.
Yeah we’re very excited to get that opened to see its full size. The plan is to open it up and get a range maybe recessed into the opening. We have found old pots as we’ve cleared the land and outbuildings and bits of what maybe look like they could have been parts of the original crane, but not a 100% sure.
We had a coal stove in the kitchen that was taken out and the chiminy sealed when i was a kid.Years later they unsealed the chimney for a gas hot water heater twas plugged solid so they took off the ole tin cap on the chiminey were the ole stove hooked into it in the kitchen to check what was wrong.Any way the guy went up and threw a brick down the chimney when he did that all the soot shot out the stove hole into the kitchin and livin room.Lol the ole doll me granny was covered head to toe in soot me as well she screamed then started laughin went an had a shot of rum. She and i looked like we cut coal all week lol it was funny.We then started to clean for two days so thats how much soot can be in an ole chimney ,and ya wonder why there was chimney fires eh....
Hi Billy, thank you for watching and commenting with such a great story from your past.
We are hoping that it won't turn into a career trying to open the fireplace back up but it will certainly be done carefully and slowly.
When the chimneysweep came, he removed 3 old dead crows, a load of old bird bones and hundreds of twigs from the crows. I am sure these would have caused a lovely chimney fire if it wasn't swept professionally first.
I can just imagine your Grans face, NOT IMPRESSED to start with before the funny side was seen and of course the shot of rum will have helped hahaha.
Thank you again :-)
Have a nice Easter.
Those old stoves can be taken apart to make moving them easer.
Yeah we did think they could be but we weren’t sure if there would be asbestos within it so didn’t really fancy chancing letting that out in the kitchen. 😷
Nice work hopefully you get a replacement for the range. Maybe some cash for the old one as scrap metal. All the best.
We will have to see if anyone would take it for scrap. Not sure of things like that just yet. Someone may be able to refurbish it but we’re not sure if it’s too far gone for that. Fingers crossed for a replacement. We will see if we can pick up and secondhand stove for the mean time just for heat, until we can be at a point to get a range with a back boiler and for that we need a water and radiators so could be a little while yet. All the best to you too!
To date the cooker ..look at the back of the ashpan door its under stanley...
Ooh thank you I will have a look for that! At the bottom of the range under the kick plate area it says “Waterford iron founders type No 0201” I did a quick Google and couldn’t find much on that so will have a look at the ash pan door. 🤞
That was a mammoth task for you both to remove the Stanley but it had to be done. Would you be able to install a Rayburn/Aga at a later stage? A roast lunch in a Rayburn has a taste of its very own.
Good evening Miriam
You are right but sadly it did have to be done but it became very obvious that it needed to stop being used.
We are saving for probably another Stanley but with a back boiler so it can do both water and radiators. We feel with that with the radiators installed the house will be cosy everywhere.
We have been told that cooking in a range is a much different flavour and quality than a conventional oven. We are looking forward to it one day.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a lovely Easter :-)
Moved a few of them in my time 🎾🎾 ache 😂
Just the one will do thanks. Unless we have to bring in the new one ourselves, but that is exciting haha.
Thanks Terry, have a nice Easter :-)
Wondering if you would consider letting me have the doors, the rectangular hotplate (that has 2 big holes in it) and the damper that turns, for my Stanley range ? Would really appreciate it. I don't know whereabouts you are, I'm in Co. Clare. 🙂
We’re not sure what we are going to do with at the moment, but if you send us an email: thecornerhouseproject23@gmail.com so that we have your email address, if we do decide to not refurb or repurpose it I will let you know 😊 oh and we’re in County Leitrim so it might be a bit far from County Clare for you to pick them up?
There must be a scrap man who would pay a few quid for it. Looks like you need more coffees for the range fund!
We haven't looked yet for a scrap man to be honest as we are not sure it will be repurposed for ermmmmmm something lol.
Happy Easter.
Maybe you can weigh it in for scrap and get a bit of money. Dont know if they do that in your country. Good luck.
No, we’re not sure either, it’s something we still need to look into, be nice if we can though 😊
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Thank you :-)
Sometimes these old style ranger’s are refurbished
If the company is still producing this type of range Is it AGA/Rayburn ? It may be worth investigating and cost effective to reuse it and keep the history going 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
There again scrap it and get a better type of log burner
Hi HolyMoly :-)
We looked into getting it refurbished but by the time everything was repaired or replaced we basically would end up with a brand new range for the same or more of the price of a new one, the make and model is the Stanley 8 range. Scrap or repurpose will be it's next step. We do however want a Stanley range to replace it to at least keep some history of it.
Thank you for watching and commenting with a good suggestion :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject BBQ in your new reclaimed yard then 👍👍 Keep it up Comrades Respect ✊ 👍
btw never heard of Stanley
Just going to look em up !
Waterford Stanley. An Irish manufacturer. The Stanley 8 was first produced in the 1940s :-) A big old lump.
A smoker is the best suggestion yet hahaha.
Thank you for replying :-)
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The insulation is likely to be asbestos
We think exactly the same which was why we didn't mess with the end panels or back panel. It can stay nicely where it is.
Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
better safe then sorry tho
Oh Alan it is such a shame. I spent a long time putting more fire cement in the top, front and sides and it looked great. Then I put a couple of logs on and smoke plumbed from the back :-(
But yes, at that point we knew it was time to call it a day, before it decided for us and it be too late.
@@thecornerhouseproject yes but ever thing has to be renew at some time tho
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Re built ,it would last another 100 years.
Sadly, to have this range reconditioned would cost more than buying a refurbished one. Every part of the range was twisted, warped or rusted through. If we had the money we may have considered getting it fully refurbished so it could stay in the house another 60-80 years. We also need a range with a back boiler for heating and hot water so that ruled this one out too.
Try advertising it for free. Maybe ?
Hi Lucy, thank you for watching, commenting and being a new subscriber :-)
We could advertise it but I think as soon as someone saw it they may demand money from us for the fuel they put in their car hahaha.
To be honest we aren't sure how we will get rid of it yet, but we will sort it one way or another.
Thank you again . Have a lovely Easter :-)
@@thecornerhouseprojectI’m from Canada and people put all sorts of stuff out with a free sign. I did think of where you were from. I am sure you will solve this. Planter? My parents used a baby carriage for plants.
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Don't get rid off it
Refurbish it and put it into outside kitchen barbecue
Makes delish roast bread in the summer
The oven part doesn’t work anymore it’s only the firebox part that works. I think we tested the temp in the oven part and the highest it got to was 100 or so degrees centigrade! 😂
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