Planning a kitchen renovation gives you the rare chance to decide how your space will work long‑term. Installing a Heritage Range Cooker at the right stage ensures cooking, heating and hot water systems are integrated correctly giving your new kitchen function, efficiency, style and value from day one.
Renovating a kitchen or home is about more than just new tiles and cabinets. It’s about creating a space that will serve you for years, maybe decades. A key decision is when to choose your cooker: that choice affects more than you think, even down to what fuel is right for you, oil or electric? This then influences flue layout, heating system design, plumbing, electrics and even kitchen flow. In our experience, selecting a Heritage Range Cooker early (during your planning stage) delivers the best results.
Plan early – fit the kitchen around the cooker, not the other way around
Each Heritage model is built to order, meaning lead times and installation requirements should influence the broader renovation timeline. If you wait until after flooring, cupboards or plastering is done, you may find positioning or flue installation more difficult, you might compromise or may even need to rework parts of the design. By deciding early, you ensure worktops, tile runs, chimney lines and water, heating/plumbing are all aligned with your Heritage’s requirements.
Early selection also helps if you want a model that supplies hot water or central heating. When you choose a Heritage with integrated boiler output, you can plan your radiator layout or underfloor heating system around it, avoiding costly re‑routing later.
Choose a model to match your household needs
Heritage offers a wide range of sizes, from compact models up to full family‑size ranges:
● The Heritage Compact at 840mm or 900mm wide is ideal for smaller kitchens, cottages or narrowboats but still offers two ovens, two hotplates and boiler‑ready output for up to twelve radiators in the oil models.
● The Heritage Standard gives more cooking space (two or three ovens, two hotplates), and can be matched to boilers that heat up to 25 radiators in the oil models.
● At the large end, the Heritage Grande spans around 1450 mm wide with four ovens, multiple hotplates or griddle/induction hob options perfect for large homes, kitchens and those who do serious cooking or regular entertaining.
Choosing the right model at the right time during renovation allows you to design worktops, cabinetry and flues accordingly avoiding costly and awkward retrofits later.
Combine style, function and heating from Day One
A big benefit of early installation is that a Heritage Range becomes central to the heating, hot water and cooking systems you build around. Oil‑fired models can power a high efficiency boiler that heats radiators or underfloor systems and supplies hot water. This means you don’t need separate boiler units cluttering your utility space.
If you pick a Heritage electric model, you avoid boiler plumbing altogether and get plug‑in simplicity, which suits kitchens with modern layout preferences or customers planning solar or hybrid electric systems.
Early planning also ensures the flue path (whether chimney-lined or extractor), boiler connection and pipework are all accommodated neatly. It helps create a kitchen that isn’t just pretty, but genuinely functional and ready to handle daily family life, cooking, heating and hot water with minimal fuss.
Long‑term value, durability and peace of mind
Heritage Range Cookers are hand‑built in Cornwall using cast iron, heavy section steel and quality ceramics, bringing serious longevity and heat retention to the build. Components are sourced from respected manufacturers (Honeywell, Danfoss, etc.), and servicing remains possible for decades, which is crucial if you want a cooker that outlives kitchen facelifts and home redecoration.
By choosing a Heritage during renovation rather than later, you treat it as a permanent structural decision not a temporary appliance. That means better value for money in the long run and a kitchen anchored around quality, utility and timeless design.
When to pick your Heritage during a renovation
Jonney Steven and his family have recently taken delivery of their Heritage after extensive planning: “Growing up in the Devon countryside, my family home had a range at the heart of the kitchen. When we first started planning the conversion and renovation of Totnes House, a one-time Victorian Gentleman’s Club in the heart of bohemian Totnes, we knew that we wanted a range as a centrepiece to the kitchen. This was our first decision and we designed the kitchen around that concept. After a little research, I was thrilled to learn we could have an electric range built practically on our doorstep just over the border into Cornwall and after meeting the team and seeing their workshop, we knew a Heritage Range Grande was for us.”
Deciding early (before flooring, plumbing or electrics are finalised) gives you:
● Flexibility in flue placement or boiler routing
● Accurate cabinetry and worktop sizing
● Ideal integration of heating and hot water systems
● Efficient project scheduling and reduced rework costs
Waiting until the renovation is almost complete may limit your options or lead to compromises in layout or performance.
Delivery & Ordering Timescales
Heritage Ranges are built to order. Depending on the model and configuration, delivery times generally range from 8–12 weeks from order. For a kitchen renovation planned for fixed dates, it’s important to contact Heritage well in advance, ideally during the early design phase, to ensure your cooker can be integrated without delaying manufacturing.
Call us now or contact us here to discuss your kitchen plans with us.
Find out how long your Heritage will last in our News post here.
[Photo Credit: Totnes House & Shaker (Wholesale) Ltd]