General
Installation of an oil-fired range cooker is a ‘controlled service’ and is therefore notifiable to
Building Control, unless self certified by a competent person, i.e. OFTEC registered.
This product is supplied partially assembled for completion and installation by a competent engi-
neer.
Location
The floor should be level and strong enough to support the product weight of 305 kg and must be
of non-combustible material.
Where the Rayburn is to be ‘slot’ fitted, a gap of 300mm (dimension ‘A’) is required to the left-hand
side, to allow access to the control valve, with a gap of 10mm at the right-hand side.
However, if the R/H side wall protrudes beyond the front of the cooker, then the R/H clearance
must be increased to 50mm. See dimension ‘B’
If the rear wall is of combustible material, then a gap of 25mm must be maintained, using the
spacing brackets supplied with the product. See dimension ‘C’
Wall tiles must not overlap the top-plate.
Oil Supply
The installation of the oil storage tank and pipeline should only be carried out by a competent
person. A ‘risk assessment’ will need to have been made of the proposed oil-storage arrange-
ments.
Oil storage tanks may be of plastic or steel construction and ideally of 3000 litres capacity,
located on an approved design of base. For actual guidance on tank installation please refer to
OFTEC guidance sheets T19, T1/131. The tank must incorporate an isolation valve and fuel fil-
ter/strainer.
Fuel must arrive at the Rayburn oil control valve (OCV) by gravity, requiring the base of the oil
tank to be more than 630mm above the base of the Rayburn.
If this cannot be achieved it may be necessary to use a proprietary oil-lifter, but an electricity
supply will then become essential.
If the tank height is greater than 3.2m, a pressure reducing valve will be required located imme-
diately before the Rayburn.
10mm diameter copper pipework would normally be used for the fuel supply line, but with lengthy
pipe runs this may need to be increased to 15mm diameter. Preferably the pipe should fall conti-
nously towards the Rayburn.