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Asbestos in old capitol steam and hot water boiler unit?

I would like to remove the following unit and need to know if it contains asbestos before I touch it.
House built in the mid 1940's.
United States Radiator Corporation
"#3 Sunray Model 46 oil or automatic"
installed 1948
I have the:
" packing slip"
"Erecting Instructions"
"Instructions for operation and care of capitol steam and hot water boilers"
I know the pipes are covered with asbestos heat shields. I have encased them with
gauze impregnated with plaster.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
House built in the mid 1940's.
United States Radiator Corporation
"#3 Sunray Model 46 oil or automatic"
installed 1948
I have the:
" packing slip"
"Erecting Instructions"
"Instructions for operation and care of capitol steam and hot water boilers"
I know the pipes are covered with asbestos heat shields. I have encased them with
gauze impregnated with plaster.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England.
Hoffman Equipped System (all original except boiler), Weil-Mclain 580, 2.75 gph Carlin, Vapourstat 0.5 -- 6.0 ounces per square inch
The cost of removal will be affected greatly by the answer.
1. steam can be balanced easily thanks to the way the radiators are piped. With thermostatic radiator valve every radiator can act as a zone for the room. (20 radiators means 20 zones)
2. Steam gives a higher BTU output from your radiators then hot water thanks to Latent heat (240 btu output with 215 degree steam)
3. Steam naturally moves it's self from the boiler to the radiators with out pumps or electricity. In fact old gas burning boilers didn't need electricity at all, being able to control a thermostat and safety controls from a millivolt signal from a power pile heated by a pilot flame.
4. Steam has next to no moving parts so service and maintenance is simply.
5. Steam has a 1700 to 1 ratio to water. That means it's 1700 times larger in volume, so your boiling a lot less water then what you will be trying to heat in those large pipes.
6. Steam can't freeze and burst your pipes causing thousands in damages
7. A steam boiler can be a dependable heating system that can run for 100 years (literally) or more properly maintained.
8. Having a steam system run as a vapor vacuum system can be more efficient and as this technology grows the people with steam systems will be the lucky ones.
Take a look at the link and see what will be the next-generation of steam heating systems.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-5hKw5FhaA4RndtYjcxOWFSYWM
Forced hot water condensing boilers can be over 95% efficient, but take it from someone who installs and services all heating and cooling systems. The first service call or the first schedule tune up, all the money saved on fuel will go right back into the up keep of those complex systems.
I hope I gave you something to think about
Have an abatement contractor test the suspect material, when you get the report then you will know how to proceed.
From the sound of it Yes it probably is.
And NO, the unit must be disassembled and removed in pieces up the stairs and through the kitchen...no bulkhead.
AMServices: I hope this was a cut and paste response. Extremely well done but, I replaced the unit with a [hi efficiency] HVAC many years ago. I Thank you all again.
I have old catalogs from when that boiler was new.
cell # 413-841-6726
https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/charles-garrity-plumbing-and-heating
I will proceed carefully from here.