Scrap copper

[Johno]

IMO it is definately not worth stripping it, I weigh it in regularly and get about £20 for a rubble sack crammed full of old cable and offcuts, plus any lead or copper pipes found under floors, etc.

Well worth doing, but I reckon even though it is worth a bit more stripped, the time it would take would be totally not worth while

 

[waitees]

3.60 is really good , only got a few bags at the moment, so putting in a bag and leaving it in the garage to pile up might be worth it in the long run

 

[Davey101]

Its between £3.50-£4.00 round here now. Dont know about the domestic boys, but if you are doing anything largish, its surprising how quickly the weight adds up. If it took me half an hour to strip 10 kilo's of copper, that would be worth it to me.
For the small stuff, do as others have said, and save it up over the course of a year, even if you only get a hundred quid, it is free money (dont weigh it in at christmas, as some places drop their prices then).

 

[Sintra]

Just had a nice little weekend payday for scrap collected during the last 2 weeks.

38,300 Kilos light / medium steel @ £87.00 per tonne = £3332.10

718 kilos aluminium (old cat 2 louvres) @ £672.00 per tonne = £482.50

386 kilos copper (insulated single cable) @ £1450.00 per tonne =£559.70

Total = £4374.30

Split between 9 guys we ended up with £486.00 each.

PS. we still have all the heavy SWA sub mains to get out next week so looking forward to more free money.

 

[rocker]

Thinking of inventing a t+e stripper, for the difference in price! A couple of old drums, a few crank handles and some stanley blades.... should be pretty straightforward.

 

[john25]

im doin a bit of Demo work in a hospital that was only built 14 year ago and you want to see how much copper/steel and ally is getting taken out of the place tonnes and tonnes of the stuff from just 1 building .Demolition companies must make some serious coin from rip outs.

 

[chris gray]

Just had a nice little weekend payday for scrap collected during the last 2 weeks.

38,300 Kilos light / medium steel @ £87.00 per tonne = £3332.10

718 kilos aluminium (old cat 2 louvres) @ £672.00 per tonne = £482.50

386 kilos copper (insulated single cable) @ £1450.00 per tonne =£559.70

Total = £4374.30

Split between 9 guys we ended up with £486.00 each.

PS. we still have all the heavy SWA sub mains to get out next week so looking forward to more free money.

yeah you lot must have an awfullllllllllll lottttttttttttt of spare time on your hands

 

[Sintra]

yeah you lot must have an awfullllllllllll lottttttttttttt of spare time on your hands

All had to be stripped out and disposed of anyway so might as well get some beer money for it.

 

[Spudnik]

Where there is muck there is money.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

ALL coppers should be scrapped especially traffic ones

 

[mogga]

lol Sir Beer money Sintra £400s a wage

 

[Phil]

Thinking of inventing a t+e stripper, for the difference in price! A couple of old drums, a few crank handles and some stanley blades.... should be pretty straightforward.

they had one at the elex show that attached to the drill about 30 quid i think it was

 

[Phil]

dont get pulled over by police as thay want to see scrap/waste removal licanse local spark got pulled over taking copper wire to scrap yard.. staffordshire police fined him

you would think they could spend their time a little more wisely. burglars maybe.

 

[mogga]

Years ago my grandpa had a tool from usa it was just like a shaped bit of metal you put over the twe n it scored down the length absolutl godsend when doing DBs would have been great for stripping big lengths some dirty bassa on a site thought the same and had it away in their box

 

[gaz101]

sold sum scrap this week

bright copper £3400/ton
6491x + 6242y £1200/ton
swa £700/ton

all + vat

well worth taking