I’m interested because I’ve watched so many Escape to the Country episodes and the Agas are everywhere. Don’t have any experience with them here in Canada 🇨🇦 so I was always wondering what the actual uses and way to use are
I love Michael’s passion for whatever project he is doing. Especially with his gardeners cottage and the Aga. I mean, to search for a year for a part to the Aga, that is pure love. Love of history, a love of keeping as original to the old item as he can and a love to do things right, the first time. Michael impresses me.
@@joshspeed7794 Well Josh, I disagree. Right from the start Michael has said this channel is about doing things themselves...that means you start at the beginning, not the end, so I suggest that you can fast forward and select the bits that interest you or watch the next one. I'm a do-it-yourselfer, so I do want to see the trips to the paint and paper store etc as well as the fun stuff. You can't please all the people all the time!
So exciting - The Aga is so efficient - it will definitely heat the entire cottage during the cold winter months - can't wait for the kitchen & aga-cooker to be completed by Christmas !!
I built a whole house around my cooker. I saw them in England in farmhouses. I decided 20 years ago that I wanted one. Trouble is I live in Australia. So....long term plan. It took years to get one but best decision ever. Mine runs on wood. You can get all different types.
I have been reading books for years that spoke of " Agas' and now I see how they work. I just finished " The Shell Seekers" for the 30th time, 😁 , and now I understand how one would love them. Michael you can make anything interesting.
My dream of owning an AGA was inspired after reading “The Shell Seekers” in the 80’s and was realized in 2004! It’s a “ Classic Cream” 2 oven with the enameled Hob covers like your AGA instead of the chrome covers. It’s truly the womb of the home. As you mentioned, there’s really no need for a microwave, electric kettle, toaster, mangle, or crockpot! I only use my electric clothes dryer for bath towels as I like them soft & fluffy. Jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts, pillowcases, tea towels, sheets, serviettes all steam dry without creases! IKEA makes a laundry hanger that looks like an octopus with clothes pegs on the legs. It’s great for hanging socks & unmentionables as well as bundles of herbs. It’s my substitute for a Sheila Maid as my cottage kitchen can’t accommodate one. I’m so excited for you to finally have a wonderfully cosy cottage for your AGA~ Cheers! Ursula
Wonderful Michael. I had a Tirolia solid fuel stove (think it was French ) in one house years and years ago then an Alfa which was run by electricity and was fabulous. Aga bought Alfa out. We needed a Crain to get it into our house. The food has a different taste - even baked potatoes. I thought it was my cooking until I was telling the lovely chappie who serviced the monster. He said it’s not your cooking it is the cooker!!! I thought that a hoot 👍🏻 and at our parties when anyone was saying what fab food I could then say it’s not me it’s the cooker. This heated a six bedroom house and did all the cooking and hot water. It will be the best when you get yours sorted. Keep up the good work.
@@barbibutton9619 Yes, the radiant heat from inside the oven's fire can be diverted to heat houses. I also believe that if it was a boiler model, the hot water could be radiated throughout the house heating it.
Yes it did heat the whole house and was fabulous. Two huge ovens which could take six flans and more and all the whole of the hot plate was hot with different areas giving more or less heat. We loved it and sorry to leave it when we sold the house. It was navy and cast iron just like the Aga. My husband has said it was run on oil but had electric controls which I had forgotten. Ideal for parties .😀
Very interesting stuff. I love that you can make something like this entertaining. Please keep doing what you're doing. I'm not normally a commentor, but I wanted to add my voice to those that appreciate what you're doing. You're absolutely my favorite channel on TH-cam right now. I'm guessing your able to look past it, but please don't let the negative comments get to you. Todays topic obviously isn't for everyone, but hopefully the comments and likes show that it is well received by most. Keep it up! Looking forward to the next one.
I think it is so lovely that your desire to see the AGA up and running partially led to gardener's cottage renovation. Like Stephanie's tray and the cocktail corner, it just goes to show that when inspiration strikes- follow it!!!
I can’t wait to see your home finished! I love your sense of style. I am decorating my home to look more like a cottage as well . You have so many talents! It will be nice to see your artwork displayed in your home as well as your blue and white dishes. I love the wood paneled walls you’re planning on putting in the cottage. I loved it so much I showed my husband. You sure do have a good eye for creating a homely atmosphere!
Commendable passion and knowledge for restoring an AGA! I had to look up the inventor's name. Gustaf Dalén, a Swedish Physicist, was the inventor who had been blinded in an accident. His wife complained about the cooking times of their previous stove/oven - the fluid bubbled over, cooking was time-consuming, had to watch the pot cooking and the basic, poor design of that model appliance.
I love how passionate you are about everything that you do. I also admire your knowledge. I am quite impressed with the AGA - would love to have one in my kitchen! Ryan is as always such a good friend.
Cannot wait to watch this evening. So much has to be done and sometimes things take a good bit of your time and if there are two episodes on this Aga Saga. So be it. This is about what you are doing at the Chateau and the cottage and always has been. Plus your travels. We get a lot of your knowledge when we watch these. So thank you.
They absolutely SHOULD sponsor a few videos. Just by reading the comments, it appears thousands of women now know about this stove WORLDWIDE! YEP. HE IS DESERVING of a little $$ from AGA
I have a dark blue Aga, (I grew up with them too....)we had ours put in in 1997, it warms my heart and there is always a warm spot in the house, I also make painted ceramic tiles for the backs of them too.
An AGA was made to last and it will be very interesting watching it all come back together. Back in the day, my grandmother, her sister and a daughter-in-law, all had wood burning ranges in country NSW, a bit bigger than your AGA that they also heated the water. The food tasted wonderful and the smell of the cypress pine burning is still with me today. No shortage of timber, as all houses had a track...'up the back' to the family sawmill... 🧡🦘 Love The AGA Saga...to be continued!
Michael, your knowledge of the AGA is phenomenal. I often see them on the English home/property channels and wondered why everyone had one, but these days often it was obviously unused. Thanks for sharing that interesting episode with us...I was glued to my computer the whole time...❤😊
Very good I loved your exclamation in detail of the beautiful cooking range that you have I can hardly wait for it to be complete it specially your kitchen keep safe I will see you next week much love from Long Beach California.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💝💝💝
Being in the US I had never heard of a AGA cooker before. They look like a beautiful . Range. I love to cook on a gas range top, but prefer an electric oven for my bread baking. Very interesting content Michael. Anxious to see the renovation of the AGA completed.
Central California here. I saw a PBS special many years ago about Agas, and I've wanted one ever since. I love that you're refurbishing it. Can hardly wait to see it in action!
Alright Michael! You got me! Aga it is!!😊😊😊 for our future kitchen renovation. My choice is actually La Cornue French ovens and my husband's choice is Aga. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 another well informative video. Well done!
I’ve been catching up on your channel. Since I have seen the videos so close together , I’ve gotten a picture of just how brilliant and talented you are. No matter what you go through , I’m sure you will come out on top. I’m cheering for you.
I’m from the US and I’ve never heard of an AGA, but I definitely want one now! Well, once I buy my dream château in France 🇫🇷 it’s just a daydream now. 🤣🤣 I thought you might be tiling the floor first. It’s a miracle there’s a nice big stack of replacements. I’m so excited to follow along. Your so passionate, funny, and a jack of all trade can do attitude, and a joy to watch.
Adore this blog .I have a 70year old aga on Antaracite always lit and keeping the house warm for the last 50years.it was a wedding present to my late mother.i clean it and stoke it .its part of the family and house.michael polish up and re enamel those parts and save money .cant wait tu see if you can run it on wood pellets. All the best from southern ireland p.s.there is a web site called Done Deal where Aga can be bought very cheap like a few hundred euro .all the best super programme.
I too am as enthusiastic about my Aga as you are. I learnt on a 1950’s oil fired one when I moved into my Farmhouse ten years ago but I noticed that the oil seemed to cover everything in the kitchen. Thanks to my lovely mum who lived with me so I could look after her I am now the proud owner of a four oven economy seven Aga. Love it. Would not want to cook on anything else. Mum sat by it every day, for almost the whole day. It does my clothes drying, and ironing on the warming plate. Dries my hair whilst I have my morning cuppa and cooks the most wonderful food. My two dogs sleep by it resting their feet along the bottom edge. Best of luck with your renovation. Christmas dinner will be worth all the hard work.
Life at Lalande is so different, but I really like both so much. Being a bit of a loner, I'd definitely thrive as a volunteer here - without coming across as standoffish. Love to both homes.
I agree, I have no special skills but I would still volunteer if I could be useful; but the La Landers are such a vivacious bunch while the Petherick’s seem a bit more subdued. Should be nice to visit either place...
😊I’m in Michigan USA and never heard of the “AGA”. I Googled it of course, and it’s fascinating! You are amazing, Michael, to have so much knowledge about so many different things! Oh, Ryan is amazing too! You always make my day with your wonderful videos, both at home and at LaLande....thank you so much!!! Yes, the man who invented the AGA went blind when testing one of his first models!! Be careful!!! 💜
Hey Sis. Me too, Central area. Michigan original basements (north of Detroit) would not have been large enough for such machinery, too little, but D-town had full on basements, often the same footprint as the home itself. Never heard of the Michigan Basement until I moved to the central area, but older Detroit homes used coal to for heating, which had to be fed from the exterior of the house. Imagine going out in the dead of winter (as late as the 1950s),
Dahlen invented the AGA in 1922- 10 years after he became blind. Traditional AGA coolers are quite safe as there is no open flame to worry about. I highly recommend gauntlet style potholders for reaching into the ovens, they’re quite deep!
Benge watching chateau Diaries and Doing it ourselves. Wonderful, educational & entertaining. I love old things made useful again. Hello to Mommie. I'm 70 and enjoying it. Enjoying your humor & infectious laugh.
the brits are tryna conquer france next up they'll be buying out their fortresses and occupy the country bringing bad food and forcing the french language police to surrender to modern english
I grew up with using a wood cook stove , can’t be beat . It gave the whole house a different feel. Warm and safe feeling . And you make it all interesting .
I've had a solid fuel and an oil fired one of these. The solid fuel is fine but is not consistent AND you will amazed how much dirt you get in the room. Eventually (tired of the dirt and removing ash and keeping it running) I replaced the solid fuel one with a new oil fired version which works on the same principle as a big oil lamp with a circular set of wicks. There is no dirt, it can be regulated and runs 24 hrs without any need for wood or coal, so more convenient. In the summer however we turned it off because it warms the room too much, but normally the oven runs on tickover at 150C which is good for Meringue or Crème Brule and you just turn it up for roasts etc. Good consistent heat. I hope that helps and good luck.
For me that has to be the very best ever since it was informative, educational as well as interesting , as a girl our kitchen had that same model in, but with the back boiler also, water used to be scalding and we were always afraid of being burnt ! The kitchen and adjoining rooms were always warm and cosy and that was in the days of no central heating, loved the detail also Michael, so all in all a great Vlog, well done.
Mine is the same age and still has the plates inside the lids they are not stainless steel, I bought it 20 years ago and unfortunately had it restored to gas , much prefer solid fuel convinced the food tastes better with it but still love my Aga had one most of my life . You don't need a iron because if you fold your clothes properly on the lids does it for you . There is also a face book page you can join for Aga owners which is informative and helpful..
You make me want an AGA. Love those stone walls. So beautiful. Take pictures of them if you intend on covering them up. So enjoying your cottage restoration.
So exciting and interesting!!! I simply cannot wait to see it fully restored and in place in your cottage-why am I feeling so impatient about this whole thing??!!
It is fine to be excited and impatient to want to see it finished. We are all anticipating this. It is natural to want get past all the "boring" stuff and get to the end result. But we just have to be patient.
Your excitement and enthusiasm about the AGA is infectious and I can't wait to see it restored and beating as the heart of your home! There are much worse reasons to have your own cottage, a place to house and feature the vintage AGA is a wonderful reason indeed!
Just watch a 30 minutes video about a cooking stove that I was totally unfamilar with and doesn't even exist in our country and I love every second of it.
We have horrible reception at work so watching live is not an option. I am so sad. But I watch it right away as soon as I get home. You so crack me up. Love ya
Don’t forget the toasting rack that is open mesh like two tennis rackets in metal, that folds with the bread trapped in between. Just turn it over to do the reversed side.
This week, we replaced the door rope seals on our Boski stove/boiler - got them from Brico Marché, cost total €27, and came with the colle/glue too. Lots left over for years to come. FYI, our Boski - the Italian version of Aga - was made in Italy in 1988, came out of a Welsh farmhouse, and we brought it to France in 2009. Not as stylish as your Aga, but still going strong, running 12 rads, huge hot plates, two ovens and cheap as chips to run.
Michael - love the videos on AGA cooker - fascinating - not boring - can’t wait to see the next one. I was excited you had part two up...I finished my work and watching it was a special spot in my day👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌷🌷🌷
Ryan is a hoot! He brings so much to the conversation, makes an excellent chauffeur and trustworthy advisor at the antique stores.
There’s an infinite number of videos to watch on TH-cam - I choose to watch a friendly Brit in France teach me all about Aga stoves.
😂🤣😂🤣
I’m interested because I’ve watched so many Escape to the Country episodes and the Agas are everywhere. Don’t have any experience with them here in Canada 🇨🇦 so I was always wondering what the actual uses and way to use are
I love Michael’s passion for whatever project he is doing. Especially with his gardeners cottage and the Aga. I mean, to search for a year for a part to the Aga, that is pure love. Love of history, a love of keeping as original to the old item as he can and a love to do things right, the first time. Michael impresses me.
You're the only one i'd probably watch talk about oven parts for 30 minutes
Michael's enthusiasm and knowledge!
@@joshspeed7794 Well Josh, I disagree. Right from the start Michael has said this channel is about doing things themselves...that means you start at the beginning, not the end, so I suggest that you can fast forward and select the bits that interest you or watch the next one. I'm a do-it-yourselfer, so I do want to see the trips to the paint and paper store etc as well as the fun stuff. You can't please all the people all the time!
Lol same
Love these episodes. Fascinating.
I hope one day you decode to explore French Polishing.
The Aga Saga!
🤣🤣👏👏😂
AGA should hire you as a rep. You almost sold me one.
ahaha
I would get one too for all the reasons he talked about. Its a gorgous stove!
Michael love your attitude - "Why pay someone when you can do it yourellf, doing it ourselves" I love that you enoy the process. Feel your passion.
You are doing great Michele! Keep up the good work
So exciting - The Aga is so efficient - it will definitely heat the entire cottage during the cold winter months - can't wait for the kitchen & aga-cooker to be completed by Christmas !!
I built a whole house around my cooker. I saw them in England in farmhouses. I decided 20 years ago that I wanted one. Trouble is I live in Australia. So....long term plan. It took years to get one but best decision ever. Mine runs on wood. You can get all different types.
Another Aussie! G’day!
Aussie here. I learned to cook on a coke fired Aga. Next stove was a wood stove, then an electric stove. Great heating for the house.
I love that you are restoring the AGA. They are designed so that anyone with the instruction book can repair them.I love analog technology.
I have been reading books for years that spoke of " Agas' and now I see how they work.
I just finished " The Shell Seekers" for the 30th time, 😁 , and now I understand how one would love them.
Michael you can make anything interesting.
I read that book too, I didn’t’t remember the Aga, thanks.
My dream of owning an AGA was inspired after reading “The Shell Seekers” in the 80’s and was realized in 2004! It’s a “ Classic Cream” 2 oven with the enameled Hob covers like your AGA instead of the chrome covers. It’s truly the womb of the home. As you mentioned, there’s really no need for a microwave, electric kettle, toaster, mangle, or crockpot! I only use my electric clothes dryer for bath towels as I like them soft & fluffy. Jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts, pillowcases, tea towels, sheets, serviettes all steam dry without creases! IKEA makes a laundry hanger that looks like an octopus with clothes pegs on the legs. It’s great for hanging socks & unmentionables as well as bundles of herbs. It’s my substitute for a Sheila Maid as my cottage kitchen can’t accommodate one. I’m so excited for you to finally have a wonderfully cosy cottage for your AGA~ Cheers! Ursula
I have several ikea octopus. Love em. Love Ryan and Michael more.
Wonderful Michael. I had a Tirolia solid fuel stove (think it was French ) in one house years and years ago then an Alfa which was run by electricity and was fabulous. Aga bought Alfa out. We needed a Crain to get it into our house. The food has a different taste - even baked potatoes. I thought it was my cooking until I was telling the lovely chappie who serviced the monster. He said it’s not your cooking it is the cooker!!! I thought that a hoot 👍🏻 and at our parties when anyone was saying what fab food I could then say it’s not me it’s the cooker. This heated a six bedroom house and did all the cooking and hot water. It will be the best when you get yours sorted. Keep up the good work.
It heated the house?
@@barbibutton9619 Yes, the radiant heat from inside the oven's fire can be diverted to heat houses. I also believe that if it was a boiler model, the hot water could be radiated throughout the house heating it.
Yes it did heat the whole house and was fabulous. Two huge ovens which could take six flans and more and all the whole of the hot plate was hot with different areas giving more or less heat. We loved it and sorry to leave it when we sold the house. It was navy and cast iron just like the Aga. My husband has said it was run on oil but had electric controls which I had forgotten. Ideal for parties .😀
Very interesting stuff. I love that you can make something like this entertaining. Please keep doing what you're doing. I'm not normally a commentor, but I wanted to add my voice to those that appreciate what you're doing. You're absolutely my favorite channel on TH-cam right now. I'm guessing your able to look past it, but please don't let the negative comments get to you. Todays topic obviously isn't for everyone, but hopefully the comments and likes show that it is well received by most. Keep it up! Looking forward to the next one.
I think it is so lovely that your desire to see the AGA up and running partially led to gardener's cottage renovation. Like Stephanie's tray and the cocktail corner, it just goes to show that when inspiration strikes- follow it!!!
I can not wait to see how the renovations all come to fruition. It will be beautiful! Thank you Michael for sharing your journey with us.
I can’t wait to see your home finished! I love your sense of style. I am decorating my home to look more like a cottage as well . You have so many talents! It will be nice to see your artwork displayed in your home as well as your blue and white dishes. I love the wood paneled walls you’re planning on putting in the cottage. I loved it so much I showed my husband. You sure do have a good eye for creating a homely atmosphere!
How exciting, Michael. Looking forward to seeing this project all come together! Keep up the great work.
The copper boiler could probably be sold for a pretty $$$$$ and your costs for anything else would be taken care of
Commendable passion and knowledge for restoring an AGA!
I had to look up the inventor's name. Gustaf Dalén, a Swedish Physicist, was the inventor who had been blinded in an accident. His wife complained about the cooking times of their previous stove/oven - the fluid bubbled over, cooking was time-consuming, had to watch the pot cooking and the basic, poor design of that model appliance.
Love seeing Michael his family and Ryan ...Helps me get through the days ....
You know you're a captivating vlogger when discussing something of absolutely no interest to me. You're amazing!
I love how passionate you are about everything that you do. I also admire your knowledge. I am quite impressed with the AGA - would love to have one in my kitchen! Ryan is as always such a good friend.
I can't wait to see your cottage completed. Your vision for it sounds so beautiful. Thanks for bringing us all along for the ride.
I believe you must have been Mrs Patmore in a former life. It doesn’t matter that she never really existed. It’s all magic.
I think he was Leonardo da Vinci in a former life. He can turn his hand to anything, creative or practical
😂🤣👍
I can see why you there are two episodes in the Aga Saga. You absolutely love it and I’m looking forward to seeing it all come together.
Cannot wait to watch this evening. So much has to be done and sometimes things take a good bit of your time and if there are two episodes on this Aga Saga. So be it. This is about what you are doing at the Chateau and the cottage and always has been. Plus your travels. We get a lot of your knowledge when we watch these. So thank you.
I’ve been naughty and told Aga about your vlog
DSR IT Training UK Good Thinking!
I hope they can sponsor him!
They absolutely SHOULD sponsor a few videos. Just by reading the comments, it appears thousands of women now know about this stove WORLDWIDE! YEP. HE IS DESERVING of a little $$ from AGA
How did you contact Aga? Your great idea could be magnified if more of Michael's fans did the same. It would be a bigger impact!
What a wonderful idea.
Amazing ,the iron in particular brings back memories in my Grans house for me .
I have a dark blue Aga, (I grew up with them too....)we had ours put in in 1997, it warms my heart and there is always a warm spot in the house, I also make painted ceramic tiles for the backs of them too.
I have the same model Aga in my cottage. It is worth it, and so much better looking than the new ones!
After watching this video, I am now one of the world's most renowned experts on Aga cookers.
I love a man that gets happy over a lovely stove....and looks forward to hard work!
An AGA was made to last and it will be very interesting watching it all come back together. Back in the day, my grandmother, her sister and a daughter-in-law, all had wood burning ranges in country NSW, a bit bigger than your AGA that they also heated the water. The food tasted wonderful and the smell of the cypress pine burning is still with me today. No shortage of timber, as all houses had a track...'up the back' to the family sawmill... 🧡🦘 Love The AGA Saga...to be continued!
Michael, your knowledge of the AGA is phenomenal. I often see them on the English home/property channels and wondered why everyone had one, but these days often it was obviously unused. Thanks for sharing that interesting episode with us...I was glued to my computer the whole time...❤😊
Michael I have seen them on British tv programs and wondered for forty years how an Aga worked. Thank you. I really mean it.
Very good I loved your exclamation in detail of the beautiful cooking range that you have I can hardly wait for it to be complete it specially your kitchen keep safe I will see you next week much love from Long Beach California.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💝💝💝
Mary Berry does a fabulous AGA COOK book that would be good if you don’t have it already
It's really hard to bake a sponge cake in the aga though lol it's the only thing I don't like
@@vrd555say what…. Soggy bottom!
Being in the US I had never heard of a AGA cooker before. They look like a beautiful . Range. I love to cook on a gas range top, but prefer an electric oven for my bread baking. Very interesting content Michael. Anxious to see the renovation of the AGA completed.
Wouw what a ‘Aga Knowledge’ - a foodie like me must try to cook on one - will look for it here in Denmark 🇩🇰 thanks 😊 your passion is great
Central California here. I saw a PBS special many years ago about Agas, and I've wanted one ever since. I love that you're refurbishing it. Can hardly wait to see it in action!
Alright Michael! You got me! Aga it is!!😊😊😊 for our future kitchen renovation. My choice is actually La Cornue French ovens and my husband's choice is Aga. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 another well informative video. Well done!
I’ve been catching up on your channel. Since I have seen the videos so close together , I’ve gotten a picture of just how brilliant and talented you are. No matter what you go through , I’m sure you will come out on top. I’m cheering for you.
Love your passion it is truly inspirational, this is a fab journey to follow with you thanks for your vlogs
I keep laughing how you two giggle when saying erection like giggling school boys LOL!!!
I’m from the US and I’ve never heard of an AGA, but I definitely want one now! Well, once I buy my dream château in France 🇫🇷 it’s just a daydream now. 🤣🤣 I thought you might be tiling the floor first. It’s a miracle there’s a nice big stack of replacements. I’m so excited to follow along. Your so passionate, funny, and a jack of all trade can do attitude, and a joy to watch.
Adore this blog .I have a 70year old aga on Antaracite always lit and keeping the house warm for the last 50years.it was a wedding present to my late mother.i clean it and stoke it .its part of the family and house.michael polish up and re enamel those parts and save money .cant wait tu see if you can run it on wood pellets. All the best from southern ireland p.s.there is a web site called Done Deal where Aga can be bought very cheap like a few hundred euro .all the best super programme.
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Wow, who knew talking about an oven would keep my interest. Love your videos.
I have always been fascinated with Aga cookers we have seen in homes in England/ Wales on our travels, they are beautiful.
Love your passion, Michael, about the cooker -and the iron is brilliant. Best of success in securing all you’ll need for it. Enjoy your journey.
you might want to keep that ivy away from the front piece. It may pull off some of the enamel if it attaches itself.
I love your passion and detailed knowledge of the AGA! I love cooking with an AGA.
I think its fab you are bringing the old agar to life instead of buying new...👍
Argas are a thing of beauty,can't wait to see it restored and installed,I wonder how many hours Michael will sit in his kitchen gazing at it lol
I can’t wait to see you settled in your restored cottage and cooking on your Aga! So happy for you that you get to achieve your dreams!
I too am as enthusiastic about my Aga as you are. I learnt on a 1950’s oil fired one when I moved into my Farmhouse ten years ago but I noticed that the oil seemed to cover everything in the kitchen. Thanks to my lovely mum who lived with me so I could look after her I am now the proud owner of a four oven economy seven Aga. Love it. Would not want to cook on anything else. Mum sat by it every day, for almost the whole day. It does my clothes drying, and ironing on the warming plate. Dries my hair whilst I have my morning cuppa and cooks the most wonderful food. My two dogs sleep by it resting their feet along the bottom edge. Best of luck with your renovation. Christmas dinner will be worth all the hard work.
Most People: Turns the wrench for sports cars
Michael Petherick: Lovingly repairs a gorgeous AGA
The latter is best.
Life at Lalande is so different, but I really like both so much. Being a bit of a loner, I'd definitely thrive as a volunteer here - without coming across as standoffish. Love to both homes.
I think I like the fact that they are different too. If they were too much the same I dont think it would work.
I agree, I have no special skills but I would still volunteer if I could be useful; but the La Landers are such a vivacious bunch while the Petherick’s seem a bit more subdued. Should be nice to visit either place...
@@msilas5577 I think it would be nice to visit both.😂🤣😂🤣
Yes, next year we should all visit!
😊I’m in Michigan USA and never heard of the “AGA”. I Googled it of course, and it’s fascinating! You are amazing, Michael, to have so much knowledge about so many different things! Oh, Ryan is amazing too! You always make my day with your wonderful videos, both at home and at LaLande....thank you so much!!! Yes, the man who invented the AGA went blind when testing one of his first models!! Be careful!!! 💜
Hey Sis. Me too, Central area. Michigan original basements (north of Detroit) would not have been large enough for such machinery, too little, but D-town had full on basements, often the same footprint as the home itself. Never heard of the Michigan Basement until I moved to the central area, but older Detroit homes used coal to for heating, which had to be fed from the exterior of the house. Imagine going out in the dead of winter (as late as the 1950s),
Oh, how tragic.
Dahlen invented the AGA in 1922- 10 years after he became blind. Traditional AGA coolers are quite safe as there is no open flame to worry about. I highly recommend gauntlet style potholders for reaching into the ovens, they’re quite deep!
Canadian here... never heard of an AGA before Michael's vlog and now I want one for my cottage!
(Moira Ashton) I never thought I could listen so long to anyone talking about an Aga!! But I found it very intereeting!!!
I was going to say exactly the same! I can’t wait to see it coming back to life now! What a fascinating piece of equipment! X
Benge watching chateau Diaries and Doing it ourselves. Wonderful, educational & entertaining. I love old things made useful again. Hello to Mommie. I'm 70 and enjoying it. Enjoying your humor & infectious laugh.
Michael knows his Aga hardware!
So happy for you Michael!!! I love the passion you have in this adventure!!!! Keep going! Blessings from the states! 💕
The area yur in Michael would be perfect as the kitchen actually 🤗
Absolutely excited to see this venture 😁💪👌💞
Fascinating - your excitement about the renovation and installation is palpable. Loved it xx
I love learning about this. I have never seen one of these in real life. I love them and it will be fun to watch him bring it back to life!
There is much cooperation and fun among the British chateau owners. It's an amazingly talented group.
the brits are tryna conquer france next up they'll be buying out their fortresses and occupy the country bringing bad food and forcing the french language police to surrender to modern english
I grew up with using a wood cook stove , can’t be beat . It gave the whole house a different feel. Warm
and safe feeling . And you make it all interesting .
Great job Michael..great job! Nice to have a friend like Ryan,I'll bet👍🙋🕊️🧚🧜🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Oh, Michael, I'm so excited to see your AGA Range working again! Plus, you're going to restore the cooker in true "Doing it Ourselves" fashion.
I've had a solid fuel and an oil fired one of these. The solid fuel is fine but is not consistent AND you will amazed how much dirt you get in the room.
Eventually (tired of the dirt and removing ash and keeping it running) I replaced the solid fuel one with a new oil fired version which works on the same principle as a big oil lamp with a circular set of wicks. There is no dirt, it can be regulated and runs 24 hrs without any need for wood or coal, so more convenient. In the summer however we turned it off because it warms the room too much, but normally the oven runs on tickover at 150C which is good for Meringue or Crème Brule and you just turn it up for roasts etc. Good consistent heat.
I hope that helps and good luck.
i love yours and stephanies channel so much and its great to see the numbers rising, but also i will miss the small community we started as
Just adding who would of thought listening to instructions on how to install an Aga could be so interesting. Loved it - tku. Xx
Am I the only one thinking/giggling about poor Benjiman running around filming while these two are driving the van about haha great camerawork!
All this work will be so worth it! I look forward to seeing your Aga fully restored in pride of place in your cottage!
Thank you for explaining everything you do, I learn a lot from your videos!
Cannot wait for the arga to be put together 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Should Michael have a session with a past life regression therapist, I want a front row seat if it makes it to video.
For me that has to be the very best ever since it was informative, educational as well as interesting , as a girl our kitchen had that same model in, but with the back boiler also, water used to be scalding and we were always afraid of being burnt ! The kitchen and adjoining rooms were always warm and cosy and that was in the days of no central heating, loved the detail also Michael, so all in all a great Vlog, well done.
That moment you realize you live in an area that might be too warm for an aga, but doesn't mean we can't admire from afar 😊
Mine is the same age and still has the plates inside the lids they are not stainless steel, I bought it 20 years ago and unfortunately had it restored to gas , much prefer solid fuel convinced the food tastes better with it but still love my Aga had one most of my life . You don't need a iron because if you fold your clothes properly on the lids does it for you . There is also a face book page you can join for Aga owners which is informative and helpful..
You make me want an AGA. Love those stone walls. So beautiful. Take pictures of them if you intend on covering them up. So enjoying your cottage restoration.
So exciting and interesting!!! I simply cannot wait to see it fully restored and in place in your cottage-why am I feeling so impatient about this whole thing??!!
It is fine to be excited and impatient to want to see it finished. We are all anticipating this. It is natural to want get past all the "boring" stuff and get to the end result. But we just have to be patient.
Signature variations and mix of capital and lower case letters within a word or sentence, are also a sign of a highly creative person 👍🏻
💖👑👑💖 The food will taste even more delicious once its up and running also keeping you lovely and toasted warm in winter ☺xx
Thanks for the Aga lesson! I never really knew all that it could do and you explained it very well.
Your excitement and enthusiasm about the AGA is infectious and I can't wait to see it restored and beating as the heart of your home! There are much worse reasons to have your own cottage, a place to house and feature the vintage AGA is a wonderful reason indeed!
Its going to be fun watching you restore the Aga. It'll be a beauty. Then..we can watch you cook using it.
Just watch a 30 minutes video about a cooking stove that I was totally unfamilar with and doesn't even exist in our country and I love every second of it.
We have horrible reception at work so watching live is not an option. I am so sad. But I watch it right away as soon as I get home. You so crack me up. Love ya
What a wonderful project, looking forward to see the end results for the holidays.
I can't wait to see the Aga working again....
You're naughty Michael but I did giggle on my own without your encouragement hahaha I enjoy what ever you do..
i too love all things old in appliances and fixtures
Love the music! Reminds me of old 1970's british comedy.
You are so good at explaining how the aga works!, we don't have them in Canada, but it sure makes sense! Enjoyed that vlog!
Don’t forget the toasting rack that is open mesh like two tennis rackets in metal, that folds with the bread trapped in between. Just turn it over to do the reversed side.
Evon Aherne great idea makes the best toast 👍
Yes ..really nice toast cooks a treat on the top plates..cooks fast too.
This week, we replaced the door rope seals on our Boski stove/boiler - got them from Brico Marché, cost total €27, and came with the colle/glue too. Lots left over for years to come. FYI, our Boski - the Italian version of Aga - was made in Italy in 1988, came out of a Welsh farmhouse, and we brought it to France in 2009. Not as stylish as your Aga, but still going strong, running 12 rads, huge hot plates, two ovens and cheap as chips to run.
Michael - love the videos on AGA cooker - fascinating - not boring - can’t wait to see the next one. I was excited you had part two up...I finished my work and watching it was a special spot in my day👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌷🌷🌷