May 20, 20215 yr Anybody know if scrap is up or down just now. I have approx 100kg of copper and was wondering if worth digging out of corner of garage or leave it for another 5 years.....
May 21, 20215 yr Does the price vary as to whether it's "clean" or not? I've heard the term "bright". I've a quantity of copper pipe, some bits are gloss painted. Also various bits of lead flashing some with paint, silicone remnants on.
May 21, 20215 yr 29 minutes ago, Onoff said: Does the price vary as to whether it's "clean" or not? I've heard the term "bright". It seems not to matter, I cleared out a shed here at millstone manor a few weeks back and and found I had £230 worth of scrap metal which took down to the guy in town, you will know the one opposite TESCO.
May 21, 20215 yr 6 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said: It seems not to matter, I cleared out a shed here at millstone manor a few weeks back and and found I had £230 worth of scrap metal which took down to the guy in town, you will know the one opposite TESCO. Didn't know that one, thanks, Riverhead Tesco's? I'll swing by and have a look. Do you have to set up an account so it's all traceable? Last time I weighed scrap in was 30 years ago when I lived/worked in Dartford. There's is / was a scrappy just up from TLC at Pembury I've kept meaning to call in at for years now. Edit: Just googled that scrappy, must have driven past hundreds of times! ? Edited May 21, 20215 yr by Onoff
May 21, 20215 yr In our area of the two I used, one turned out to supply it to the bigger one, so you use the one at the top of the chain. What matters is contamination that is work to remove, I think.
May 21, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, Onoff said: Does the price vary as to whether it's "clean" or not? I've heard the term "bright". I think the difference is keeping electric cable and copper pipe seperate. Elec cable is purer and worth more than copper pipe, unless you burn the insulation off. I always strip mine
May 21, 20215 yr 10 minutes ago, JFDIY said: I think the difference is keeping electric cable and copper pipe seperate. Elec cable is purer and worth more than copper pipe, unless you burn the insulation off. I always strip mine Shouldn't that be worth *less* without removing the insulation?
May 21, 20215 yr As an example when I weighed in the copper plumbing from a house including a water tank, and a few other bits, a couple of years ago, I received a couple of hundred or so.
May 21, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, Onoff said: Does the price vary as to whether it's "clean" or not? I've heard the term "bright". I've a quantity of copper pipe, some bits are gloss painted. Also various bits of lead flashing some with paint, silicone remnants on. Bright copper isnt referring to polished, it is anything clean, stripped cable, copper pipe etc. Burned is cable that has had the insulation taken off in a fire. Cable is higher quality copper but the insulation isnt easy to remove and has to be disposed of so less/tonne than bright. Lead with some paint on etc isnt a problem due to the mass of lead compared to the contaminants . Copper is due to rise dramatically as worldwide demand is increasing.
May 21, 20215 yr Cut all brass fittings off the copper tell them it's clean. Then your brass fittings and copper bits are more mixed
May 21, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, Onoff said: what scrap did you weigh in? I didn't weigh it in, my friend, a registered waste carrier took it in for me, I have the ticket somewhere, I can have a look.
May 21, 20215 yr I stripped the old house (2015) and took it all to the local metal dealer. He separated copper pipe, tanks etc from what he called 'brazings' which was a mix of copper and brass - e.g. a brass tap with a length of copper attached. Did not want brass fittings on their own. Also sold him steel & lead. My recollection was that there was not that much value in any of it, I think it was about £100 in total.
May 21, 20215 yr 19 hours ago, Alexphd1 said: Anybody know if scrap is up or down just now. I have approx 100kg of copper and was wondering if worth digging out of corner of garage or leave it for another 5 years..... https://www.greengatemetals.co.uk/scrapmetal/prices Could be £4-£6 per kg.
May 21, 20215 yr Author Its just the left over from the my plumbing days. We had a set up with a gulitine to cut off solder fittings and any brass fittings.
August 1, 20215 yr @MikeSharp01, evening. I'm planning to weigh in my lead, copper and brass tomorrow at that place opposite Tesco. Reckon I've 25kg of lead, 16kg plus of copper and a bit of brass. I believe it gets paid into a bank account. Will I have to take/show any identification? Cheers
August 1, 20215 yr TBA I don't know, my friend who has a licence takes my stuff down there for me and he gives me a receipt - I do know they no longer deal in cash so I would be ready for both an account and some ID.
August 1, 20215 yr 18 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said: TBA I don't know, my friend who has a licence takes my stuff down there for me and he gives me a receipt - I do know they no longer deal in cash so I would be ready for both an account and some ID. Cheers. I'll go equipped then! Just found another 10kg of copper and some more brass.
October 26, 20223 yr 61kg of brass just weighed in. 13kg of clean plumbing brass and 48kg of chrome plated brass, taps, wastes, soap dispensers. The scrappy didn't differentiate. £213 for it at £3500/tonne.
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