Scrap Price for Copper?

[33ching]

The easy way to avoid paying for a waste licence is to get the scrap merchant to come to you. Most scappies around my area will come and pick it up from your house free of charge. Ask the next time you go or give them a call.

 

[feltham]

the last lot i took in got £360 not bad for some old scrap but only got that coz i spent time cutting and sorting it all out propperly
i have hurd tho its hardly worth taking it in at the min as china's not buying much metal at the moment. if your got room hang on to it for a long while. if not give it to me and i will take it for you lol.

whats this about a waste licence never hurd about that

 

[Jay_1981]

what about chrome plated rad valves?

 

[migoplumber]

everything jay, if you have time to dismount and remove the washers, you will be paid best brass prices!!

 

[Mike Jackson]

Prices are creeping back up. Up £2,200 for heavy copper down our way.

Mike

 

[manaboutgas]

Prices are creeping back up. Up £2,200 for heavy copper down our way.

Mike

about £5,200 at the moment but depends where you are and if the scrappy thinks he can rip you off he will .

 

[northstar]

scrappy will try to rip you off if he thinks you dont know the current prices, best advice ring and get your price before you set off, and weigh your own stuff because they dont seem to be very good with numbers on weighing scales.

 

[Gray0689]

Last time i took copper to be weighed in was just before xmas and i had a total of 29KG of nothing but copper and how much did i get ..... a measley £16!!!!

the time before that i had 2 big rubble bags full of copper (probably weighed about 20Kg) and got £140 work that one out. lol although it was at a different scrap dealer but what a difference in price.

You got ripped off mate

 

[Macca2009]

You don't need a licence to weigh scrap copper in, apart from a driving licence that is to get there that is. Make sure you sort it out first. Cut all your fitting out off the pipework and bag separably. This will be classed as brazerey (pardon the spelling). Next put all your pieces of copper with the fittings removed in a second bag, this is clean copper. If you have any brass fittings or taps ect, bag this in a third as this is classed as brass. As for your cylinder spend a bit of time on it and strip the connections out of it, remove coil (if has one). This way the cylinder is now classed as clean and you get more for it. Step four take it all down to your local scrappy. Ask about and see who pays the best, other plumbers normally know. Step five don't tell the misses how much you got, go down to the local boozer and enjoy.

 

[tackleburger]

Last time i took copper to be weighed in was just before xmas and i had a total of 29KG of nothing but copper and how much did i get ..... a measley £16!!!!

the time before that i had 2 big rubble bags full of copper (probably weighed about 20Kg) and got £140 work that one out. lol although it was at a different scrap dealer but what a difference in price.

You were completely ripped of then and you should call round before you go to check the price. Last december I coined in £700 for for 175 kilos £4 a kilo you'll get a fiver a kilo now for clean copper if you go to the right place.

 

[kay-jay]

regarding waste carriers licence refer to your local authority website. round here (bolton) waste carriers licence is required for anything taken to the tip. so you can forget about turning up in a signwritten van expecting to dump mrs smiths old bathroom suite.

but as far as i can interpret the red tape ,scrap metal doesn't count if it is not handled by the local authority. it is simply another private business transaction for which you should declare to the tax man.

currently 2 quid a kg for brass and 4 quid for brazery copper or thereabouts.

i remove my valves but i'm noit fussy about taking nuts off the pipe, it adds to the weight and the copper is better priced. my scrappy doesnt bother checking what i haul in in sacks ;0)

KJ

 

[manaboutgas]

just done a run down to scrappy.
one qouted me 80p a kilo (stainless) £4.00 a kilo clean copper
took it to my normal on £1.50 a kilo, and £5.00
shop around is always best

 

[quality]

You don't need a licence to weigh scrap copper in, apart from a driving licence that is to get there that is. Make sure you sort it out first. Cut all your fitting out off the pipework and bag separably. This will be classed as brazerey (pardon the spelling). Next put all your pieces of copper with the fittings removed in a second bag, this is clean copper. If you have any brass fittings or taps ect, bag this in a third as this is classed as brass. As for your cylinder spend a bit of time on it and strip the connections out of it, remove coil (if has one). This way the cylinder is now classed as clean and you get more for it. Step four take it all down to your local scrappy. Ask about and see who pays the best, other plumbers normally know. Step five don't tell the misses how much you got, go down to the local boozer and enjoy.

The time it takes to mess about sorting scrap could be spent working and earning a decent wage so you don`t have to bother

 

[noleaksihope]

used to be a headache gettin rid of old rads and boilers . not now , leave them outside the job for half an hour these days and they re off.

have you ever seen a pikey trying to remove a set of taps from a stainless steel sink top ? heard loud banging coming from outside a job , went to the window, there he was with his pick up at the side of the skip , battering the living daylights out of the sink top with a claw hammer , not sure what he was trying to do really. you would have had to see it to believe it.

£2 kg brass , £4.25 copper here .

 

[365drills]

I have a load of metal too and I was thinking of letting the rag and bone types just "take it"

But I will now bung it in the van and take it to the scrappy.