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I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some years
intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.

I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade took
it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.
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I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some
years intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.

I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade
took it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.


pre 1992 1 & 2p coins are apparently worth twice their face value in scrap
value - although its illegal to melt them down!
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I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some
years intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.

I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade
took it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.


pre 1992 1 & 2p coins are apparently worth twice their face value in scrap
value - although its illegal to melt them down!


A pity you cannot melt coins down, I could have made two new 10p pieces out
of one old one.

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I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some years
intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.

I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade took
it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.


That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass pieces.

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I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some years
intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.

I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade
took
it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.


That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass
pieces.

Colin Bignell


Yes, we're very careful about sorting - except for ferrous metals which at
the moment aren't bringing a huge amount. Copper, brasses and lead are
valuable. We have a separate bucket for each, Spouse takes them down every
few months. The ferrous stuff goes more or less to get it out of the way.

Mary






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That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass pieces.


How much is aluminium then?

I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)

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That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass
pieces.


How much is aluminium then?


I forgot about ally :-) We take that too but prices change, sometimes daily.

I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)


If I were anywhere near you ...

Mary


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That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass
pieces.


How much is aluminium then?


I forgot about ally :-) We take that too but prices change, sometimes daily.



I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)


If I were anywhere near you ...

Mary


i have a decent amount of lead ... where would i take it?

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How much is aluminium then?


Find prices he
http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metalsPrices.jsp
or, as a rough guide, the London Metal Exchange prices are he
http://www.lme.co.uk/dataprices_daily_metal.asp

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That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass
pieces.


How much is aluminium then?


I forgot about ally :-) We take that too but prices change, sometimes daily.

I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)


If I were anywhere near you ...

Mary


Whats the difference between heavy copper and braziery copper . A
copper cylinder and some pipe ..Is that heavy copper .???


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Whats the difference between heavy copper and braziery copper . A
copper cylinder and some pipe ..Is that heavy copper .???


Heavy, in this context, usually means big chunks.

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i have a decent amount of lead ... where would i take it?


Back to the church roof?

Scrap metal merchants are the place to sell scrap metal though.

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Yes, we're very careful about sorting - except for ferrous metals which at
the moment aren't bringing a huge amount. Copper, brasses and lead are
valuable. We have a separate bucket for each, Spouse takes them down every
few months. The ferrous stuff goes more or less to get it out of the way.


I've never bothered with getting money for steel scrap. By agreement, it
just goes into the scrap skip at a neighbouring factory. However, there
appears to be enough money in it at the moment to make it worth while for
people to pay our industrial estate for every dumped car removed. A few
years ago we had to pay to have them collected.

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|!"nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message
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|! "Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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|!I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some years
|! intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.
|!
|! I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
|! I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade
|! took
|! it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.
|!
|! That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
|! separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around ?2.80 - ?3.00 / kg
|! this week. ?2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass
|! pieces.

|!Yes, we're very careful about sorting - except for ferrous metals which at
|!the moment aren't bringing a huge amount. Copper, brasses and lead are
|!valuable. We have a separate bucket for each, Spouse takes them down every
|!few months. The ferrous stuff goes more or less to get it out of the way.

Agreed my neighbour did the sorting and I got GBP 2.15 per kg for
uncontaminated copper, slightly less for copper with solder contamination
and less for brass. Still IMO a lot of loot for small quantities of
rubbish.
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|! How much is aluminium then?
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|!http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metalsPrices.jsp

Which apply for *ton* quantities, most of us will have kg quantities for
which you get lower prices.


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Which apply for *ton* quantities, most of us will have kg quantities for
which you get lower prices.


I might find a ton:-)

Pay for taking them down, anyway.

Now anyone got a use for lots of 6mm stainless nuts, bolts and washers?

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Yes, we're very careful about sorting - except for ferrous metals which
at the moment aren't bringing a huge amount. Copper, brasses and lead are
valuable. We have a separate bucket for each, Spouse takes them down
every few months. The ferrous stuff goes more or less to get it out of
the way.


I've never bothered with getting money for steel scrap. By agreement, it
just goes into the scrap skip at a neighbouring factory. However, there
appears to be enough money in it at the moment to make it worth while for
people to pay our industrial estate for every dumped car removed. A few
years ago we had to pay to have them collected.


We don't have any local factories, we wouldn't make a special journey (the
scrap yard's a mile away for goodness' sake!) but when we have enough other
stuff the ferrous stuff goes along.

We have a very good relationship with our scrap yard, we've been dealing
with them through four generations - theirs, not ours. For instance, when we
want copper sheet they often 'sell' us a hw cylinder.

Mary



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i have a decent amount of lead ... where would i take it?

Look in your Yellow Pages for metal scrap merchants.

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I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
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I'd live a 60' long Nissen hut (even better three of them).


Wouldn't there be six from three silos?

I don't think it'll fit inside a 24' flat though. :-(


Put the flat in the hut.

Mary

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Now anyone got a use for lots of 6mm stainless nuts, bolts and washers?


It's heartbreakiing, isn't it!

Mary

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|!Now anyone got a use for lots of 6mm stainless nuts, bolts and washers?

Try your local scrap yard, Stainless steel gets better prices than any old
iron, which I take to the local tip^h^h^hrecycleing centre
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I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)
I'd live a 60' long Nissen hut (even better three of them).

Wouldn't there be six from three silos?


I suppose there would, unless one has tubular Nissen huts semirecessed
into the ground.


That would be the basements.

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Mary Fisher wrote:
I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)
I'd live a 60' long Nissen hut (even better three of them).
Wouldn't there be six from three silos?


I suppose there would, unless one has tubular Nissen huts semirecessed
into the ground.


That would be the basements.


:-) At 11' diameter only Mary would be able to stand upright.

There was a flicker of interest from a local who claims to have a WW11
communications aircraft rotting in his garden.

I think the scrap route is best. At roughly 8' long and 2'6" wide a
stack of sections will more or less fit in the pick-up.

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I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps someone
would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)
I'd live a 60' long Nissen hut (even better three of them).

Wouldn't there be six from three silos?


I suppose there would, unless one has tubular Nissen huts semirecessed
into the ground.

I don't think it'll fit inside a 24' flat though. :-(

Put the flat in the hut.


Her in the upstairs flat might object if her floor suddenly descended 9'.


:-)

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I just happen to have three redundant grain silos. Or, perhaps
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would like a 60' long Nissen hut:-)
I'd live a 60' long Nissen hut (even better three of them).
Wouldn't there be six from three silos?

I suppose there would, unless one has tubular Nissen huts semirecessed
into the ground.


That would be the basements.


:-) At 11' diameter only Mary would be able to stand upright.


Shhh - not eveyone knows how stumpy I am!

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I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade took
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Not only copper, but aluminium as well, and lead if you have any.


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I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some years
intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.

I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade
took
it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.


That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass
pieces.

Colin Bignell


Yes, we're very careful about sorting - except for ferrous metals which at
the moment aren't bringing a huge amount. Copper, brasses and lead are
valuable. We have a separate bucket for each, Spouse takes them down every
few months. The ferrous stuff goes more or less to get it out of the way.


I usually take the ferrous stuff to the scrap merchant at the same time and
just leave it as a present!


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"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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I have been throwing my scrap copper and brass into a pile for some years
intending to take it to a scrap merchant sometime.

I got GPB 70 for a 32 kg of rubbish.
I probably got a good price because my neighbour who was in the trade
took
it in for me, but still GBP70 is a loot.

That sounds as though you either didn't have a lot of copper or didn't
separate it out.. Copper by itself should fetch around £2.80 - £3.00 / kg
this week. £2.20 / kg is about right for brass swarf or heavy brass
pieces.

Colin Bignell


Yes, we're very careful about sorting - except for ferrous metals which at
the moment aren't bringing a huge amount. Copper, brasses and lead are
valuable. We have a separate bucket for each, Spouse takes them down every
few months. The ferrous stuff goes more or less to get it out of the way.


I usually take the ferrous stuff to the scrap merchant at the same time and
just leave it as a present!

Old pieces of Twin&Earth etc fetched 90p per kg.
Using a scrap merchant for all one's old metal is a good way of
recycling and getting paid for it. Better than it going in landfill.
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I have a load of 6BA nuts and bolts!


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I have a load of 6BA nuts and bolts!


How much do you want for them?

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