15th Sept got: £2.75 per kg copper pipe ( I removed the brass fittings) £2.35 per kg for hot water cylinder and copper back boiler £1.55 per kg for yellow brass - ie compression fittings
Robert Robert
Ere, it says so above dunnit?
//J
I took it to mean copper that is not clean.
//J
Why the f*ck don't you...
Read the post
Just to add a few more real-world, current prices, received today:
Light Iron 6p/kg H/W cyl £2.50/kg Clean copper (old pipe but all fittings removed) £2.80/kg Insulated copper cable & flex 80p/kg Brass fittings etc £1.70/kg Car rads £1.40/kg Cast aluminium 70p/kg Rolled aluminium 85p/kg Electric motors 30p/kg Lead 45p/kg
Cue: a certain contributor to the group popping up to tell us his time is so valuable that it's not worth his while taking any of this sort of stuff.
The message from "Autolycus" contains these words:
Different alloys or something more cunning?
Dunno. I was expecting my carefully-rescued iron-free castings to be worth more than odd bits of greenhouse shelf and double glazing frames. It's all such an opaque process - scrapyard employees don't seem to be employed for their communication skills, so you never really find what they're looking for when they peer into the sacks and scribble on their NCR pads.
Is there a business opportunity there? A scrap receiving point that people could go to in their car, without risking their tyres or their life, see a price list, and understand what they were paid - even if it was half the price you get by mixing it with the skip lorries while wearing your hard hat and high vis?
HomeOwnersHub website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.