How's the scrap price at the moment...

[julesverne]

Weighed in today , looking at what some of you guys got , I was bloody robbed , I have suspected it for a while , this confirms it .

go to brothertons in otley John.

always good prices there.

 

[Last Plumber]

I weighed in this week.

Got £3.80 per kg for clean copper and 3.30 per kg for braziery.
Ithink brass was 2.20kg and lead washed hexs were around 2.50kg.

Got paid £1200 in total

You wouldn't be telling us that in the good ole days. Not when it was tata hash, lol

 

[tamz]

Weighed in today , looking at what some of you guys got , I was bloody robbed , I have suspected it for a while , this confirms it .

Phone a couple of them for their prices before you go

 

[julesverne]

i scrap everything and strip everything from rad valves to the the brass nuts in combis, taps etc. Strip foam of cylinders Then bag it and tag it.

What does everyone else do ?
i dont bother with motors though give them scrappie who collect my steel

 

[Last Plumber]

i scrap everything and strip everything from rad valves to the the brass nuts in combis, taps etc. Strip foam of cylinders Then bag it and tag it.

What does everyone else do ?
i dont bother with motors though give them scrappie who collect my steel

Same.
Strip the lot:-
Brass
Heavy Copper
Clean Copper
Lead
Ali
Braziery
Have done since I left school, It was my job when we were quiet.

I tell you what I don't see any more ....... Gun Metal. ( Bronze ).
Does any one remember that or see it any more ?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Same.
Strip the lot:-
Brass
Heavy Copper
Clean Copper
Lead
Ali
Braziery
Have done since I left school, It was my job when we were quiet.

I tell you what I don't see any more ....... Gun Metal. ( Bronze ).
Does any one remember that or see it any more ?

remember them in the old fire reels that was a pay day

 

[Last Plumber]

remember them in the old fire reels that was a pay day

I used to fill a bin wi them shaun. Back in eighteen hundred and frozen to death when I were a lad. Havin said that, Back then no plumber in his right mind would use a brass fitting on DHW, now you can buy a cylinder wi brass connections.......Mad as a box o frogs

Times change eh?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I used to fill a bin wi them shaun. Back in eighteen hundred and frozen to death when I were a lad. Havin said that, Back then no plumber in his right mind would use a brass fitting on DHW, now you can buy a cylinder wi brass connections.......Mad as a box o frogs

Times change eh?

yep soon we wont be using copper as its bad for us

 

[Rickster123]

960 quid!! Chinese feast tonight. I'll treat Kate to crispy duck with the "£120" she thinks I got!!

 

[townfanjon]

All mine is stripped but , never any clean copper
£2.50 Brazery
£ 2.00 brass
Trinity metals , only reason I go is it is a 20 min drive,

Cheers for the Otley tip Jules , a mega van full maybe a good idea.

If anybody local to me knows the tale about Frances / Trinity , joke init lol

 

[Stoney Ground]

I let the travelling fraternity have mine, got to help the homeless at Xmas :6:

 

[julesverne]

All mine is stripped but , never any clean copper
£2.50 Brazery
£ 2.00 brass
Trinity metals , only reason I go is it is a 20 min drive,

Cheers for the Otley tip Jules , a mega van full maybe a good idea.

If anybody local to me knows the tale about Frances / Trinity , joke init lol

yes i weigh in just twice a year, christmas and june/julyish

 

[Meady]

Weighed mine earlier, £3.84 a kilo for clean copper. Got £1280 in total for copper, brazzery and brass

 

[Subby]

Today's prices
Clean copper/copper with solder fittings £4 kg
Painted copper/copper with brass fittings £3.75
Brass taps etc £2.55
Lead pipes £1.35

 

[Last Plumber]

Today's prices
Clean copper/copper with solder fittings £4 kg
Painted copper/copper with brass fittings £3.75
Brass taps etc £2.55
Lead pipes £1.35

those prices are good

 

[Last Plumber]

Today's prices
Clean copper/copper with solder fittings £4 kg
Painted copper/copper with brass fittings £3.75
Brass taps etc £2.55
Lead pipes £1.35

those prices are good