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William McNicol April 17th 04 08:59 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
Hi,

We are just in the middle (well, perhaps not yet in the middle) of
redoing our kitchen in our much hacked about house. I have removed a
whole load of redundant copper (and lead) piping and a hot water
cylinder from the roof space which had undoubtedly allowed generations
of plumbers to send their children to private schools and to skiing
holidays in exclusive Swiss resorts.

Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)

Cheers,

William.

Rick Dipper April 17th 04 09:30 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
On 16 Apr 2004 23:59:21 -0700,
(William McNicol) wrote:

Hi,

We are just in the middle (well, perhaps not yet in the middle) of
redoing our kitchen in our much hacked about house. I have removed a
whole load of redundant copper (and lead) piping and a hot water
cylinder from the roof space which had undoubtedly allowed generations
of plumbers to send their children to private schools and to skiing
holidays in exclusive Swiss resorts.

Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)

Cheers,

William.


You will get enough to make it worth the effort, seeing as you need to
get rid of it somehow, but you won't become a rich man.

Rick



mrcheerful April 17th 04 11:13 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"William McNicol" wrote in message
m...
Hi,

We are just in the middle (well, perhaps not yet in the middle) of
redoing our kitchen in our much hacked about house. I have removed a
whole load of redundant copper (and lead) piping and a hot water
cylinder from the roof space which had undoubtedly allowed generations
of plumbers to send their children to private schools and to skiing
holidays in exclusive Swiss resorts.

Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)

Cheers,

William.


Copper is at a very high price at present 1680 pounds a tonne, according to
:
http://www.scrap-metal.info/Prices/C...ME_Current.htm

mrcheerful



John Rouse April 17th 04 12:40 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
In article , William
McNicol writes
Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)


Its many years since I weighed-in any lead, but the chap advised me at
the time that if I cut out the sweated joints from the lead pipe he
would pay twice as much for those as for the pipe with joints.

J.
--
John Rouse

Neal Jones April 17th 04 01:12 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 


Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)

Cheers,

William.


Copper is at a very high price at present 1680 pounds a tonne, according to
:
http://www.scrap-metal.info/Prices/C...ME_Current.htm

mrcheerful


I may soon be in the same position as William, how do I go about
actually selling the copper to someone?

Neal

mrcheerful April 17th 04 02:30 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"Neal Jones" wrote in message
...


Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)

Cheers,

William.


Copper is at a very high price at present 1680 pounds a tonne, according

to
:
http://www.scrap-metal.info/Prices/C...ME_Current.htm

mrcheerful


I may soon be in the same position as William, how do I go about
actually selling the copper to someone?

Neal


Just look up scrap metal dealers (non ferrous) in the yellow pages. Ring
and they will give you the latest price they will pay, take it down, they
inspect and weigh it and pay out cash.
This is a very satisfying experience !!

mrcheerful



Mary Fisher April 17th 04 02:44 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"mrcheerful" wrote in message
...

Just look up scrap metal dealers (non ferrous) in the yellow pages. Ring
and they will give you the latest price they will pay, take it down, they
inspect and weigh it and pay out cash.
This is a very satisfying experience !!


It is indeed. But now we go to our local scrap merchant and buy copper
cylinders from him. It's official and above board by the way, with all the
necessary paperwork. We use the cylinder walls and return unused parts to
him as scrap.

We make things from the copper sheet, it's far cheaper than buying it new
and comes with a patina. Recycling at its best!

The scrap yard is also a very useful place becuase it has a weighbridge,
great for assessing laden weights of vehicles, the caravan and the like.

Mary

mrcheerful





Dave Liquorice April 17th 04 02:59 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:13:53 GMT, mrcheerful wrote:

Copper is at a very high price at present 1680 pounds a tonne,


or =A31.68/kg I guess a scrappy will pay 50% to 75% of that if you are
lucky...

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail




john April 17th 04 05:41 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
Yes.. I have just taken out the copper pipe-work and copper HW tank
and sold them
for £25. It was a very small flat only two rooms. It was very
important to remaove any brass fittings,(quite easy with copper pipe
cutters).

William McNicol April 17th 04 08:36 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
John Rouse wrote in message ...
In article , William
McNicol writes
Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)


Its many years since I weighed-in any lead, but the chap advised me at
the time that if I cut out the sweated joints from the lead pipe he
would pay twice as much for those as for the pipe with joints.

J.


Thanks for all the advice folks.

I think I'll encourage my 15 year old son to sort it out for a share
of the profits... He seems to like the idea!

Cheers,

William.

Mary Fisher April 17th 04 10:18 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"William McNicol" wrote in message
om...
John Rouse wrote in message

...
In article , William
McNicol writes
Is it likely to be worth the trouble of cutting up to fit in the
car to sell for scrap? What sort of price /Kg would I get? (Should I
remove fittings or just leave them on?)


Its many years since I weighed-in any lead, but the chap advised me at
the time that if I cut out the sweated joints from the lead pipe he
would pay twice as much for those as for the pipe with joints.

J.


Thanks for all the advice folks.

I think I'll encourage my 15 year old son to sort it out for a share
of the profits... He seems to like the idea!


Yes, it's the modern version of collecting jars and bottles to return to
shops and pubs ... oh happy days ;-)

Mary

Cheers,

William.




Paper2002AD April 18th 04 10:46 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
I sold a cylinder and some old copper pipe to a scrap yard just a week ago -
the rate (rang around, it was the same at all the scrappies) was £700 per tonne
- I got £18 so it's worth the effort.

Andy Hall April 18th 04 11:24 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
On 18 Apr 2004 08:46:34 GMT, (Paper2002AD) wrote:

I sold a cylinder and some old copper pipe to a scrap yard just a week ago -
the rate (rang around, it was the same at all the scrappies) was £700 per tonne
- I got £18 so it's worth the effort.



25kg equates to quite a lot, even including the cylinder ......



..andy

To email, substitute .nospam with .gl

Paper2002AD April 19th 04 12:05 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
There was fair bit of older copper pipe. Thicker than the modern stuff wannit?

William McNicol April 20th 04 09:28 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
(Paper2002AD) wrote in message ...
There was fair bit of older copper pipe. Thicker than the modern stuff wannit?


I phoned the local scrappy... he's offering £6.50 a stone for copper
pipe. Should I report him to Brussels for using imperial weights? :-)

Cheers,

William.

Mary Fisher April 20th 04 01:28 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"William McNicol" wrote in message
m...
(Paper2002AD) wrote in message

...
There was fair bit of older copper pipe. Thicker than the modern stuff

wannit?

I phoned the local scrappy... he's offering £6.50 a stone for copper
pipe. Should I report him to Brussels for using imperial weights? :-)


NONONO!

Tell us who he is!

Mary

Cheers,

William.




Neil Jones April 20th 04 01:29 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"William McNicol" wrote in message
m...
(Paper2002AD) wrote in message

...
There was fair bit of older copper pipe. Thicker than the modern

stuff wannit?

I phoned the local scrappy... he's offering £6.50 a stone for copper
pipe. Should I report him to Brussels for using imperial weights? :-)

Cheers,

William.


No, but if he refuses to to use metric then he's in trouble.

Neil



Dev Null April 20th 04 04:07 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:29:06 +0100, "Neil Jones"
wrote:


No, but if he refuses to to use metric then he's in trouble.


[re selling copper by the stone]

Why? - some metals are sold by the troy ounce - none of your
Frenchified "having of the pound" ounces either. Real ounces!

Seems to work for the Bank of England ...

DN

Neil Jones April 20th 04 04:15 PM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"Dev Null" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:29:06 +0100, "Neil Jones"
wrote:


No, but if he refuses to to use metric then he's in trouble.


[re selling copper by the stone]

Why? - some metals are sold by the troy ounce - none of your
Frenchified "having of the pound" ounces either. Real ounces!

Seems to work for the Bank of England ...


I assumed William was referring to the so-called 'metric martyrs' who,
contratry to newspaper reports, were not prosecuted for selling in
imperial weights, but for refusing to sell in metric.

Neil



William McNicol April 22nd 04 12:15 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
"Neil Jones" wrote in message ...
"Dev Null" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:29:06 +0100, "Neil Jones"
wrote:


No, but if he refuses to to use metric then he's in trouble.


[re selling copper by the stone]

Why? - some metals are sold by the troy ounce - none of your
Frenchified "having of the pound" ounces either. Real ounces!

Seems to work for the Bank of England ...


I assumed William was referring to the so-called 'metric martyrs' who,
contratry to newspaper reports, were not prosecuted for selling in
imperial weights, but for refusing to sell in metric.

Neil



Indeed I was. And I put a smiley... I'm quite happy to buy or sell
in ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights and the like since I went to
school before the days of calculators and can do the sums in my
head.... Still, I hear Tony Bliar is going to let us have a referendum
about all this. Smiley --- :-) --- Smiley.

Back to the copper, I am now thinking of making a giant windchime out
of it: modelled on the half cocoanut shell and bits of bamboo, I'd
cut the top of the cylinder to use as the half cocoanut and dangle
bits of pipe from it.

Cheers,

william.

Mary Fisher April 22nd 04 12:22 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"William McNicol" wrote in message

Indeed I was. And I put a smiley... I'm quite happy to buy or sell
in ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights and the like since I went to
school before the days of calculators and can do the sums in my
head....


.... in imperial or metric...

Still, I hear Tony Bliar is going to let us have a referendum
about all this. Smiley --- :-) --- Smiley.


I didn't hear that. He didn't mention the word. And even if he had I
wouldn't believe it.

Back to the copper, I am now thinking of making a giant windchime out
of it: modelled on the half cocoanut shell and bits of bamboo, I'd
cut the top of the cylinder to use as the half cocoanut and dangle
bits of pipe from it.


I'll take the walls of your hands, guv.

Mary

Cheers,

william.




James Hart April 22nd 04 01:14 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
William McNicol wrote:
"Neil Jones" wrote in message
...
"Dev Null" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:29:06 +0100, "Neil Jones"
wrote:


No, but if he refuses to to use metric then he's in trouble.

[re selling copper by the stone]

Why? - some metals are sold by the troy ounce - none of your
Frenchified "having of the pound" ounces either. Real ounces!

Seems to work for the Bank of England ...


I assumed William was referring to the so-called 'metric martyrs'
who, contratry to newspaper reports, were not prosecuted for selling
in imperial weights, but for refusing to sell in metric.

Neil



Indeed I was. And I put a smiley... I'm quite happy to buy or sell
in ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights and the like since I went to
school before the days of calculators and can do the sums in my
head.... Still, I hear Tony Bliar is going to let us have a referendum
about all this. Smiley --- :-) --- Smiley.

Back to the copper, I am now thinking of making a giant windchime out
of it: modelled on the half cocoanut shell and bits of bamboo, I'd
cut the top of the cylinder to use as the half cocoanut and dangle
bits of pipe from it.


Those bits of pipe you're using, would they be 15mm or 22mm?
:)

--
James...
www.jameshart.co.uk



William McNicol April 26th 04 12:11 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net...
"William McNicol" wrote in message

Indeed I was. And I put a smiley... I'm quite happy to buy or sell
in ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights and the like since I went to
school before the days of calculators and can do the sums in my
head....


... in imperial or metric...

Still, I hear Tony Bliar is going to let us have a referendum
about all this. Smiley --- :-) --- Smiley.


I didn't hear that. He didn't mention the word. And even if he had I
wouldn't believe it.

Back to the copper, I am now thinking of making a giant windchime out
of it: modelled on the half cocoanut shell and bits of bamboo, I'd
cut the top of the cylinder to use as the half cocoanut and dangle
bits of pipe from it.


I'll take the walls of your hands, guv.


Whereabouts are you?

You can email me at this address or despamify it and email me at my real one...

Cheers,

William.


Mary

Cheers,

william.


William McNicol April 26th 04 12:13 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 
"James Hart" wrote in message ...
William McNicol wrote:
"Neil Jones" wrote in message
...
"Dev Null" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:29:06 +0100, "Neil Jones"
wrote:


No, but if he refuses to to use metric then he's in trouble.

[re selling copper by the stone]

Why? - some metals are sold by the troy ounce - none of your
Frenchified "having of the pound" ounces either. Real ounces!

Seems to work for the Bank of England ...


I assumed William was referring to the so-called 'metric martyrs'
who, contratry to newspaper reports, were not prosecuted for selling
in imperial weights, but for refusing to sell in metric.

Neil



Indeed I was. And I put a smiley... I'm quite happy to buy or sell
in ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights and the like since I went to
school before the days of calculators and can do the sums in my
head.... Still, I hear Tony Bliar is going to let us have a referendum
about all this. Smiley --- :-) --- Smiley.

Back to the copper, I am now thinking of making a giant windchime out
of it: modelled on the half cocoanut shell and bits of bamboo, I'd
cut the top of the cylinder to use as the half cocoanut and dangle
bits of pipe from it.


Those bits of pipe you're using, would they be 15mm or 22mm?
:)


8, 15, 22 (and probably imperial equivalents) + lead.

Only the 15/22 stuff give a decent dong... The lead is particularly bad :-)

Cheers,

William.

Mary Fisher April 26th 04 10:39 AM

Is scrap copper worth anything nowadays?
 

"William McNicol" wrote in message
om...
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message

. net...
"William McNicol" wrote in message


Whereabouts are you?


Leeds

Mary



You can email me at this address or despamify it and email me at my real

one...

Cheers,

William.


Mary

Cheers,

william.





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