Old Commercial Boiler

[RPB123]

Hi All,

Came across this in a commercial premises.

Can you tell me the following:

1) what sort of age is this?
2) is this just a boiler or could this also pump hot air (property is warm air heated)?
3) is there anything to be concerned about with it e.g. asbestos - there appears to be white stuff on the front?

 

[BoilerBob]

It could proberbly warm a device which which would transmit heat to warm air passing over it. Bob

 

[HERTS P&D]

What is the boiler shouting?

Andy

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

1. Antique. (I'd guess 50's or 60's, large bore cast pipework, on a gravity system.)
2. Just a boiler I'd imagine, although could have put hot water into a remote heat exchanger, which would then blow warm air into the room.
3. Asbestos highly likely in something of that era, I'd get it tested before you open up a whole world of pain with Asbestos and the HSE.

Possibly could be a 'Robin Hood' boiler, from the Beeston Boiler company, produced from 1912 onwards. If so then I'd say asbestos is a real risk.

Beeston went into liquidation in 1976. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeston_Boiler_Company

 

[Nige F]

looks like a Beeston Robin Hood . Could be as old as the 50's. VERY likely to have asbestos lurking. get it tested. No idea about the warm air ??? typing as Hugh did too

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Just doing a bit or research on Beeston Boilers, apparently they put two into Calke Abbey in the 1930's, which dont look dissimilar to that in the pic above. The OP's lump could be even earlier than my guess of the 50's!

 

[HERTS P&D]

Take it into the garden and turn it into a wood burner.

Andy

 

[ianmcd]

Take it into the garden and turn it into a wood burner.

Andy

I did exactly that with an old one I removed,we love it on summer evenings after a BBQ

 

[BoilerBob]

I wonder if it’s an old colonial made by Robin Hood. Bob