Copper traps!!

[multitask]

Hi all,
just stripped out a flat (former hotel).
I've got about a dozen rads and a lot of 22 and 15 Cu pipe.
I also have about 20 meters of copper waste pipe (which looks like inch and quarter size). The waste has both soldered and compression fittings in brass.
The traps are copper with brass thread joints soldered on.
I am happy to weigh in standard stuff but the traps could be cleaned, polished and laquered, as could the waste pipe, to make a 'bespoke' waste. Interested to know your thoughts. Also interested to know current copper scarap price!
Thanks Gazwa.

 

[ServiceNumpty]

Did you manage to strip it before the Rozzers turned up

 

[neiltheplumber]

scrap it now! cost you time and money to clean up. 10kilos of copper will get you around £30, brass a little less at the moment but it depends if you have regular scrap yard you go to. You must have a small fortune there!

 

[multitask]

Ha ha, Michele, the funny thing is that I'm being paid to do the stripping out as well!
I guess I'll weigh most of it in, but might just keep the traps (3 no) as they seem to be a rarity (?) and loathe to waste them . Anyone seen copper waste like this before (pipe and or traps?)
Would I get much for the rads?
Thanks all.

 

[ServiceNumpty]

Yes quite common in Victorian houses, that had new plumbing in the 40's.

 

[hi1]

There is a whole estate of houses, several hundred, that were built post war for a company that had re located in the blitz, near here that have everything in copper. The waste pipes, the stack pipes, the flashing around the stack where it passes through the roof, the chimney flashings and finally the flat roof ground floor extensions. Location kept secret to deter pikies.

 

[RigidRaider]

In answer to your original question, yes, I would imagine that cleaned up the copper and brass traps would be valuable to an architectural salvage company; there must be people restoring old houses who would be pleased to use them.

Alternatively clean them up and sell them on Ebay. Look at this: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_...w=copper+waste+trap&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

[joinerjohn]

I dunno where you lot weigh scrap in , but 10 kilos of copper is fetching about £50 round here.

 

[hi1]

I read in the Sunday paper that copper from the refinery was fetching just over £10000 a tonne on the commodities markets, that £10 per kg, nice earner there.

 

[multitask]

Thanks all, I think I'll just go and book a holiday.

 

[muggles]

I read in the Sunday paper that copper from the refinery was fetching just over £10000 a tonne on the commodities markets, that £10 per kg, nice earner there.

Yeah and I read in another paper that plumbers earn £100,000 a year, that was bullsh*t too...