sunblest
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wood burning rayburn for cooking - remove boiler or replace?We have a Rayburn Nouvelle running on wood/coal which runs radiators and does hot water. We're putting in a big log boiler so will only need a Rayburn in the kitchen for space heat and cooking, and will only be using wood only. Would it make more sense to sell the rayburn (which would heat someone elses house) and get something with no boiler ( if so, which one) or take the boiler out of existing. have also heard you can fill the boiler with sand? Any help greatly appreciated.
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Green Rosie
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Absolutley no idea about you Rayburn question - sorry - but welcome to Downsizer 
Some-one more knowledgable will be along soon
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RichardW
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Do some sums on the cost of taking the old one out, how much you will get for it & buying a new one & getting it fitted. Put a value or debit on how much you like the existing one & the hasel factor.
Then bin all that & just fill the old boiler with sand or remove it & fit the fire bricks in its place. You can even not bother filling the boiler with sand but it will burn through quite quickly. You will never be able to use the boiler again even if filled with sand (I know some people have washed them out but they will get a hole sooner rather than later).
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sunblest
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Thanks very much Richard. Sounds like a good idea to me. The Nouvelle has a bigger firebox than some of the earlier models. If I take out the boiler do I fill the space with anything? - it would be good to create as much thermal mass as possible to hold the heat and keep the temperature more steady. Has anyone out there done this with a Nouvelle?
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RichardW
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Yes fill it with fire bricks & you use fire cement to fix them in.
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chicken feed
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i would not part with my rayburn for all the tea in china its what makes life bearable for me in winter i just love it 
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sunblest
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Not intending to do without a Rayburn either, can't imagine it . Just trying to find the best way to do this.
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The.Grange
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we currently have a rayburn, fitted with boiler but we don't have it plumbed up, works perfectly fine to heat the kitchen, boil the kettle and cook those gorgeous roasts 
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