Why Choose H&F for Your Reconditioned Range?

Established in 1989, H&F Cookers has grown to become Ireland’s leading specialist in the reconditioning of classic Cast-Iron Range Cookers. Timeless brands such as Aga, Rayburn, Stanley, Cleopatra and Wellstood are professionally restored to their original pristine condition by highly-experienced craftsmen at our production facility in County Tipperary. It is our superior production standards, our attention to detail, and our commitment to remain true to the manufacturer’s original design principles, that has led to thousands of customers choosing H&F.

One key factor that ensures we deliver the highest quality of workmanship is that H&F controls the entire process from beginning to end. Critically, because we operate our own enameling plant and engineering works, we have no need of external contractors for any aspect of the reconditioning process. Another important factor why people choose H&F is choice. With 5 major brands, Vintage or modern styling, various fuel types, 16 standard enamel colours and a range of accessories to choose from; you are certain to find a range cooker that fits your taste and lifestyle. 

We can also supply you with a full set of home heating products and services from outdoor and indoor central heating boilers, plumbing services and a range of solid fuel stoves. Or you can mix and match any of these along with a range cooker for a comprehensive home heating solution. Whether purchasing a reconditioned range or having your own range refurbished; you can be assured that H&F will provide you with a cooker of the finest quality that will give you sterling service for years to come.

In short; choosing H&F means buying with confidence!

The Reconditioning Process

Once we have received an order for one of our reconditioned cookers, a used range cooker that has seen better days is selected from one of our cooker warehouses and enters the beginning of the reconditioning process.

The old range is completely dismantled and all perishable or damaged parts are carefully disposed of. The remaining serviceable parts, mainly cast iron are sent to our shot blasters for a deep clean and to remove the old enamel.

Then, the outer cast iron panels are sent to our enameling plant and are enameled to the colour chosen by our customer. This entails a base coat and two top coats of coloured enamel baked on at around 850°C in one of our enameling ovens.

New steel panels are manufactured in our engineering plant and sent to our paint shop where they are sprayed with a primer and top coat using high quality paint from the automotive industry, specially formulated to match our enamel colours. 

Major new parts like boilers, ovens & fire boxes are cut out on our computer controlled plasma machine and then hand welded by our specialist fabrication team. All boiler will then go to our testing station and pressure tested at 3.5 bar for 1 hour. 

New parts such as internal liners, handles, thermostats, thermometers, baffles and dampers are added to the list of reconditioned parts. For oil cookers our burner workshop will calibrate and test a brand new pressure jet burner that is then added to the list of parts

All parts are then sent to our highly trained craftsmen for the final cooker assembly. New fire bricks, insulation and rope seals are used along with industrial grade fire cement, sealers and adhesives.

After the final inspection and quality checks have been performed, the cooker is ready for fitting nationwide by one of our installation teams.