I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?
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Chris French

"Chris French" wrote in message
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I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?
--
Chris French
There was a thread about this a little while ago. I think the concensus was
'yes' as copper is worth slightly more than braziery.
Can't remember exactly but no doubt someone will chip in shortly.
Nick.

On 24/11/2014 14:10, michael newport wrote:


Dunno but I hear they are not allowed to pay cash any more. Maybe you
have to "register" with them and get a cheque or something. Be good to
know as I've some copper (my own) to get rid of.

There as a thread in another group about scrappies offering a cheque
cashing service.

In message , michael newport
writes
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:54:07 +0000, Chris French
wrote:

I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?

Dunno but I hear they are not allowed to pay cash any more. Maybe you
have to "register" with them and get a cheque or something. Be good to
know as I've some copper (my own) to get rid of.

Yes, they have to pay by cheque or electronic payment AIUI
--
Chris French

Chris French wrote:
In message , michael newport
writes
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:54:07 +0000, Chris French
wrote:

I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?

Dunno but I hear they are not allowed to pay cash any more. Maybe you
have to "register" with them and get a cheque or something. Be good to
know as I've some copper (my own) to get rid of.

Yes, they have to pay by cheque or electronic payment AIUI
My local one takes a photo of the car on the way (weigh?!) in, requires
photo ID and deposits cleared funds in your bank account the next day.
No cheques offered.

On 24/11/14 14:10, michael newport wrote:
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:54:07 +0000, Chris French
wrote:

I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?

Dunno but I hear they are not allowed to pay cash any more. Maybe you
have to "register" with them and get a cheque or something. Be good to
know as I've some copper (my own) to get rid of.


You need to take photo ID and possibly bank details. After weighing in,
you get a direct bank transfer at my "local"

On 24/11/2014 15:23, Bob Minchin wrote:
Chris French wrote:
In message , michael newport
writes
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:54:07 +0000, Chris French
wrote:

I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?

Dunno but I hear they are not allowed to pay cash any more. Maybe you
have to "register" with them and get a cheque or something. Be good to
know as I've some copper (my own) to get rid of.

Yes, they have to pay by cheque or electronic payment AIUI
My local one takes a photo of the car on the way (weigh?!) in, requires
photo ID and deposits cleared funds in your bank account the next day.
No cheques offered.

Same with ours...

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Cheers,

John.

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On 24/11/2014 12:54, Chris French wrote:
I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?

Depends a bit on what you mean by fittings... The first time I used our
local one, I separated out pipe and anything copper in one lot, and
anything with brass on it like pipe stubs with compression fittings, or
tank connectors etc on the end into a mixed brass lot.

The bloke sorting it at the scrappy promptly reclassified most of my
brass as clean copper! So next time I did not bother unless it was
something big and obvious like a set of taps.

With old hot water cylinders, I found if you leave the foam on, and an
immersion heater in it, then they just knock 1kg of the total all up
weight.

Other than that, they need photo ID (which they copy) and BACS details.
Cleared payment by the following day.


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Cheers,

John.

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On 24/11/2014 16:02, John Rumm wrote:
On 24/11/2014 12:54, Chris French wrote:
I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?

Depends a bit on what you mean by fittings... The first time I used our
local one, I separated out pipe and anything copper in one lot, and
anything with brass on it like pipe stubs with compression fittings, or
tank connectors etc on the end into a mixed brass lot.

The bloke sorting it at the scrappy promptly reclassified most of my
brass as clean copper! So next time I did not bother unless it was
something big and obvious like a set of taps.

I did the same, but ended up with separate "copper" and "brass"
payments. ISTR that the difference was worth having.

On 25/11/2014 11:34, newshound wrote:
On 24/11/2014 16:02, John Rumm wrote:
On 24/11/2014 12:54, Chris French wrote:
I've got a fair pile of copper pipe and brassware, accumulated for the
last couple of years of DIY, to go to the scrappy.

Is it worth me separating fittings from pipework?

Depends a bit on what you mean by fittings... The first time I used our
local one, I separated out pipe and anything copper in one lot, and
anything with brass on it like pipe stubs with compression fittings, or
tank connectors etc on the end into a mixed brass lot.

The bloke sorting it at the scrappy promptly reclassified most of my
brass as clean copper! So next time I did not bother unless it was
something big and obvious like a set of taps.

I did the same, but ended up with separate "copper" and "brass"
payments. ISTR that the difference was worth having.

That was my expectation - separate as best as possible to get as much as
possible classed as clean copper, which is worth more than brasiery
copper. In fact they took most of what I though was the lower grade at
the higher price, so I was not complaining.

This may vary with the particular scrap merchant though.


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Cheers,

John.

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On 25/11/14 12:14, John Rumm wrote:
That was my expectation - separate as best as possible to get as much as
possible classed as clean copper, which is worth more than brasiery
copper. In fact they took most of what I though was the lower grade at
the higher price, so I was not complaining.

This may vary with the particular scrap merchant though.


Roughly how much can I expect for one hot water cylinder. Are we
talking £1, £10, £100?

I'm trying to decide if it's worth the effort of loading it up and
finding a scrappy or should I just leave it at the front of the house
and hope it magically disappears.

I don't expect to have any other waste copper any time soon.

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Phil
Liverpool, UK

On 28/11/2014 16:55, Phil wrote:
On 25/11/14 12:14, John Rumm wrote:
That was my expectation - separate as best as possible to get as much as
possible classed as clean copper, which is worth more than brasiery
copper. In fact they took most of what I though was the lower grade at
the higher price, so I was not complaining.

This may vary with the particular scrap merchant though.


Roughly how much can I expect for one hot water cylinder. Are we
talking £1, £10, £100?

£30 - £40 ish probably depending on size... (say £3/kg)

I'm trying to decide if it's worth the effort of loading it up and
finding a scrappy or should I just leave it at the front of the house
and hope it magically disappears.

I don't expect to have any other waste copper any time soon.

I recently weighed in a smallish cylinder, some scarp copper pipe, and
10m or so of lead pipe. Total came to about £135 IIRC.


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Cheers,

John.

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