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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. -- Dave Fawthrop sf hyphenologist.co.uk 165 *Free* SF ebooks. 165 Sci Fi books on CDROM, from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Completely Free to any address in the UK. Contact me on the *above* email address. |
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Dave Fawthrop wrote:
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! Jon |
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"Jonathan Pearson" wrote in message ... Dave Fawthrop wrote: 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. Adam |
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"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message ... 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 |
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"nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message ... "Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message ... 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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In message , nightjar
writes 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:-) regards -- Tim Lamb |
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"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... In message , nightjar writes 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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On 17 Apr, 21:32, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... In message , nightjar writes 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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"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
... 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 Roger R |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:32:46 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote: "Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... In message , nightjar writes 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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"Stuart B" wrote in message ... .... 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. Colin Bignell |
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wrote in message oups.com... On 17 Apr, 21:32, "Mary Fisher" wrote: .... 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. Colin Bignell |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... .... 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. Colin Bignell |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:11:58 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote: |! |!"nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message ... |! |! "Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message |! ... |!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. -- Dave Fawthrop sf hyphenologist.co.uk 165 *Free* SF ebooks. 165 Sci Fi books on CDROM, from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Completely Free to any address in the UK. Contact me on the *above* email address. |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:31:14 +0100, "Roger R"
wrote: |!"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... |! |! How much is aluminium then? |! |!Find prices he |!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. -- Dave Fawthrop sf hyphenologist.co.uk 165 *Free* SF ebooks. 165 Sci Fi books on CDROM, from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Completely Free to any address in the UK. Contact me on the *above* email address. |
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In message , Dave Fawthrop
writes On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:31:14 +0100, "Roger R" wrote: |!"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... |! |! How much is aluminium then? |! |!Find prices he |!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. 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? regards -- Tim Lamb |
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"nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message ... "Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... ... 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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wrote in message oups.com... i have a decent amount of lead ... where would i take it? Look in your Yellow Pages for metal scrap merchants. Mary |
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"Owain" wrote in message ... Tim Lamb 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 don't think it'll fit inside a 24' flat though. :-( Put the flat in the hut. Mary Owain |
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"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... .... Now anyone got a use for lots of 6mm stainless nuts, bolts and washers? It's heartbreakiing, isn't it! Mary regards -- Tim Lamb |
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:28:52 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote: |!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 -- Dave Fawthrop sf hyphenologist.co.uk 165 *Free* SF ebooks. 165 Sci Fi books on CDROM, from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Completely Free to any address in the UK. Contact me on the *above* email address. |
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:50:52 UTC, Owain
wrote: 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. -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by http://www.diybanter.com |
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In message , Bob Eager
writes On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:50:52 UTC, Owain wrote: 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. regards -- Tim Lamb |
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"Owain" wrote in message ... 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. 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'. :-) Mary |
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"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... In message , Bob Eager writes On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:50:52 UTC, Owain wrote: 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. Shhh - not eveyone knows how stumpy I am! Mary |
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"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message ... 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. Not only copper, but aluminium as well, and lead if you have any. |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message ... "Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message ... 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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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:50:29 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote: "Mary Fisher" wrote in message et... "nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message ... "Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message ... 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. Robert |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... ... Now anyone got a use for lots of 6mm stainless nuts, bolts and washers? I have a load of 6BA nuts and bolts! |
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Alan Holmes wrote: Now anyone got a use for lots of 6mm stainless nuts, bolts and washers? I have a load of 6BA nuts and bolts! How much do you want for them? -- *Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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