Dates of when Asbestos was used in Powrmatic Heaters.
Powrmatic have been making heaters in this country since 1949, and in this time Powrmatic has used Asbestos in our heaters for items such as insulation and gaskets. This practise was phased out in the late 70’s to early 1980’s, but after this time service engineers could still have been using up old stocks of gaskets into the mid 1980’s
Therefore, great care should be taken when working on any equipment manufactured prior to 1985, especially gaskets and sealing rope. Insulation should be identified, and any insulation that is not the yellow ‘Rockwool’ type fibreglass, should be treated as Asbestos.
The age of the heater can be identified by clocking on the following link: https://knowledge.powrmatic.co.uk/knowledge/how-old-is-my-powrmatic-heater