Berry Magicoal Storage Heater Model 663 - Asbestos?

[fiveminutejob]

Daughter moving into older house. On landing is a disconnected old floor-standing storage heater which she wants to get rid of. Cable looks like white rubber with a cotton-type liner inside it. Outer badge says Berry Magicoal. Rating plate under the removable lower grill says:

Made In England by Berry's Electric Ltd, London, W1
Storage Heater Model 663
Load KW2 Volts23/240 AC only
Charge Period 6 hrs
Serial Number BL 008851

We can't tell from the Asbestos Information Centre website if this particular model might contain asbestos or not, as it is not specifically listed. And we don't know what SRO, SR and SRC means in the AIC list under Magicoal (would that appear on the plate?).

It's far too heavy to move downstairs without causing damage and/or injury, so would need to be dismantled in situ to remove heat bricks.

Any advice on pinpointing the unit for asbestos or not would be appreciated, so that we can work out how to proceed safely. Thanks.

fmj

 

[flameport]

SRO / SR / SRC are the models which do contain asbestos.
The others (665/668/ABC) do not.

As yours isn't any of those, it probably doesn't contain asbestos, but this is not certain.

You now know why the previous owners left it where it was.

 

[fiveminutejob]

Thanks for taking trouble to reply, flameport. Agree with you, it's not clear either way. Will proceed with caution.

And yes, lesson learnt is always get previous owners to get rid of old storage heaters. Now we know.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

OTOH, if you asked them to do that, and it was one with asbestos, and they didn't know or care about that, your request could have ended up with asbestos fibres being distributed about the house, because anybody asked to remove a storage heater, particularly with stairs involved, is going to dismantle it in situ and remove it piece by piece.