Removing Old Range in Kitchen

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Orky

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Hi just moving in to an old house (c. 1890) and there is an old black range in the kitchen which hasn't been used in years. Had a builder look at it and can only take out by breaking it up in parts. There is also brickwork all around the range but builder feels that this cannot be removed as it is part of the chimney, however I think that the brickwork was added on later. I think if that was removed also it would give more, valuable, space in the room. Thought some salvage company may be interested, but unfortunately no takers. Would appreciate any thoughts/comments on this. Tks
 
Orky said:
Hi just moving in to an old house (c. 1890) and there is an old black range in the kitchen which hasn't been used in years. Had a builder look at it and can only take out by breaking it up in parts. There is also brickwork all around the range but builder feels that this cannot be removed as it is part of the chimney, however I think that the brickwork was added on later. I think if that was removed also it would give more, valuable, space in the room. Thought some salvage company may be interested, but unfortunately no takers. Would appreciate any thoughts/comments on this. Tks
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Look above the ceiling (attic?) if the chimney breast (brickwork) is up there the builders right. If in anyway unsure get an Engineer to have a look.

Joejoe
 
Can you post a picture of the Range, I might be interest? (largely dependant on price)

Joejoe
 
Tks JoeJoe for reply. No, the brickwork does not extend into the attic,it is additional to the chimney breast, as in a fireplace and extends about 46 cm above range opening. Probably need to get a second opinion on this. I'll try and get a photo to you. The dimensions of the range are 48 cm deep, 92 long 127 high. The builder maintains that it is much too heavy to remove in one piece, probably need a mini forklift to take out of house, hence the angle grinder !
 
If its too big to take out in one piece, it was probably too big to install in one piece in the 19th or early 20th century.

I'd be confident it was assembled on site having been delivered in bits. Look for nuts, bolts and screws fot the top surface (they will be AF or Whitworth imperial sizes not metric).

A few of words of caution :


  1. The range and lagging used for any pipe-work insluation for water-heating, may contain asbestos or asbestos rope and IMHO disassembling it may be a specialist job
  2. It is likely the range was cleaned with black lead, a toxic compound
  3. Taking an angle grinder to it may create so much soot, dust and debris that cleaning up afterwards could take an age (and a lot of money).
 
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