Rayburn Boiler Replacement

[drmartins]

I am about to try and replace a boiler within my lovely old Rayburn Royal G33. Rayburn don't supply the boiler anymore so I purchased a replica from a boiler company. (I was quoted £13.5k for a replacement with the latest model, which included crane hire! so is not an option). Its basically a very solid and simple steel fabrication. I cannot find any useful info on the web about how to dismantle the Rayburn to remove/replace the old boiler or even diagrams or exploded parts lists. [DLMURL]http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/images/smilies/confused.gif[/DLMURL]
I have temporarily and succesfully plugged the leak with sealant whilst waiting for the warmer weather to arrive but don't want to rely on that for too long.

Does anyone have any useful info or advice? I am sure that I will manage eventually, I have to, but help at this point might make the job a bit less stressful. Any advice appreciated.

 

[danielp]

how much would the rayburn of cost for another one

 

[drmartins]

daneilp
I think a replacement Rayburn was about £6.5K. Chimney and water inlet/outlet and gas would be on a different side so involved quite a lot of building work. The concrete plinth of existing Rayburn would need to be removed which would be a messy job. The open vented system would be converted to a closed system and so on. It is also a very difficult access requiring crane hire to lift unit from the road which is 30ft below the house. So the cost just kept escalating. The replacement boiler was £600.

 

[justlead1]

Hi Try this site, they recondition rayburns Supplying East Anglia and Norfolk with Reconditioned and Refurbished AGA and Rayburn Cookers - LD Cookers & Stoves Good luck

 

[bobpape]

A few years back I made a water jacket/boiler to replace one in an oven situated in a very old pie and mash shop in Brixton

The owner had original drawings of it, I made it out of 10mm ms plate
It was about one foot high and two foot wide and horse shoe shaped,

the biggest problem for me I remember was the application of the fire
clay,

The reason the original jacket failed was because the integrity of the fire clay had not been maintained.

I suspect that
The biggest problem you will have is getting it apart without breaking anything or snapping bolts,

The one thing I would do first is give it a good clean,

The flow and return pipes if made of copper.. no problem, if made of steel
they probably will connect using running nipples as opposed to unions,
these could possibly be cleaned using a blow lamp and wire brush prior to
disassembly,

Good luck,

 

[Bernie2]

Hmm.

Rayburn have a G33N pdf installation manual with some exploded views on Rayburn website under obsolete model cookers.

If that is any help?.

 

[drmartins]

Thanks to all for the pointers you have given me. I have the installation manual but it doesn't help with regards to stripping the boiler out of the unit. I found some very old photocopied exploded diagrams on the web of a similar model but they aren't much use either.

The best way looks like talking to someone who has done it and is prepared to pass on a few tips. I have a couple of leads now so will follow them up.

Thanks