Removing aga

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Has anyone removed and disposed of an aga? This is something we need to to for our kitchen renovation - I've already offered it for free locally with no interest. It looks quite expensive to get a specialist company to come and remove it so I'm wondering if we could dismantle it ourselves and offer it to a scrap metal dealer? Is that madness??

It depends which one. Solid fuel and gas types are not popular in the second hand market. Electric agas are slightly better.

You may only get scrap value for it. Or have to pay to have it taken away.

We took ours into pieces and put it in the skip! Don't recall it being particularly tricky to break into parts, but it was heavy. It took three men to carry it in when we had it installed 30yrs ago.
Parts of it may be okay for metal scrap, but not all of it.

If it runs on gas you'll need a registered gas engineer to disconnect it. After that if no one wants it you can dismantle it yourselves.

https://rangexchange.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOooUisAL0iStBcUbGhKD-W9BgM-0LpzCvBV6Tgd0wI8eIyEAZbiM

Try these,

We have used them several times over the years. They cover all of the UK. We part exchanged all of our old ones for new reconditioned ones but they do have a buy scheme as well. They do everything, all you need to do is turn it off 24 hours beforehand. They have been fantastic everytime we have had them. You might not get brilliant money for it but it’s one less headache if you’re just happy to get rid.

They won’t care what it runs on, they only want the carcass of the AGA to reuse.

https://rangexchange.co.uk/sell-your-aga/

Link to the selling section.

Thanks for the replies. It is a gas aga - it's already disconnected and hasn't been on in the two years we have lived here. I've found the servicing history and can see it was bought as new in the 90s so I think that means there is no asbestos concern, thankfully. So perhaps we could give it a go ourselves....

Thanks @Keepsmiling2948 I will check them out. We are in Scotland and a lot of the companies I've found online don't operate here but I will ask. I don't want money for it, just for it to be gone!!

They definitely operate there, our last property was in Scotland. I think collection took a little longer than when we moved south but it was still quite a quick turnaround. Hopefully they can help you out.

@user665178392470 When you dismantled it were the component pieces also very heavy? Or manageable to move between two people? I think I'd be happy to give it a go but worried even when dismantled we'd struggle to dispose of it, I keep hearing how heavy they are!

(Setting aside the fact no one should ever get rid of an Aga 🤣…)

Join one of the Facebook Aga groups - eg I Love My Aga - they will try to convince you to keep it obviously 😁, but they also have a lot of knowledge and it’s UK wide so someone will likely have a local recommendation for you. Word of warning - not all asbestos was banned until very late in the 90s so no guarantee it wouldn’t contain any. I think the recommendation is anything from before the year 2000 should at least be inspected by a specialist.
Good luck, you poor deluded person.
Just kidding - or am I?

Manageable between two fit people! Ours was oil though, so not sure if gas would be much different.

We bought a derelict property with a gas aga against a wall, but we wanted to remove the wall so found a gas aga engineer to dismantle it.

To my surprise, once they removed the lids and top panel, it was filled with vermiculite. They used a henry hoover to suck the vermiculite out. Then removed each piece like a jigsaw and stacked it up in another room. It was a husband/wife team and she was very petite, so I assume the pieces are manageable between 2 average people.

You could try this site to find an engineer https://www.agaliving.com/contact-support/find-engineer

When I used it though, the list was woefully out of date. I rang 8 people on the list- they didn't do gas, no longer did aga, didn't cover our area anymore etc etc. You said the gas is off though so you don't really need an engineer and might find youtube videos to guide you on how to dismantle it. An engineer 'might' buy parts off you though. Our engineer had all manner of spares and parts from aga's he had decommissioned for people. I would put dropsheets down to collect the bits of vermiculite though if you do have a go.

There is a thread all about agas which I'll link if I can find it. You could try asking on there if any mumnetters could recommend someone local to you.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/housekeeping/5187196-all-things-aga-related?page=1

Sorry, forgot another thing. You might be able to sell the shelves and accessories on ebay. I bought majority of my aga pots with the flat lids from ebay. Aga branded kettles, pots, pans etc, even 2nd hand, can sell for more than you'd think. Oven trays which fit the runners and things like the metal toaster also sell, but don't get the same prices as the pots do.