the problem with second hand stuff and in particular timber, is a tuppenys worth of second hand wood can bu99er up a £90.00 circular saw blade in seconds.
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From a punters point of view......I recently had an electrician in to do the wiring for a garage conversion. My consumer unit was obsolete, so to add the new breakers would have meant a whole new consumer unit = more cash. Spark said "I've got a whole stash of stuff at home.....I'll see what I can find"
Long story short, he found some second hand breakers - demonstrated testing them to me so I knew I wasn't going to burn the house down, and left me with a much smaller bill.
I was happy.
Long story short, he found some second hand breakers - demonstrated testing them to me so I knew I wasn't going to burn the house down, and left me with a much smaller bill.
I was happy.
S
Soggy_weetabix
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I recycle a lot, mainly timber, whats the point of buying full lengths of timber for half a metre? Storage is always a problem (just ask my wife!)- getting a bit more ruthless now about what I save, but well worth it.
Many years ago a customer wanted a large 3-storey house converting to bed-sits on the cheap. I rewired the whole lot with 2nd hand cable, accessories and CU. Even 2nd hand screws & Rawlplugs, just to prove I could. And of course make the job worth doing. As I said he wanted it cheap.
Couldn't get away with that today!
Couldn't get away with that today!
I keep off cuts of copper pipe left over from jobs, no point in spoiling a 3m legth of copper if the job just needs 100mm or so. That being said theyre not used. Customer expects new as thats what theyre paying for!!!
Steve
Steve
Bit of wire wool usually does the trick
I tend to hoard MCB's, RCCB's and RCBO's. Most electricians do.
Second hand cable, I'm not going to waste my batteries doing insulation tests on what is basically off-cuts!
Second hand cable, I'm not going to waste my batteries doing insulation tests on what is basically off-cuts!
S
Sylvan Tieger
According to some codes using material NOT used on potable systems shall not be used again.
When figuring a job the client is paying for new materials and thus I feel it is fradulent to sell old piping as new even if used under ground or behind a wall.
With product liability being a great place to start a law suit why take a change of installibng piping or fittings that were used?
Selling scrap metal and using the money to buy new stock is the way to go
When figuring a job the client is paying for new materials and thus I feel it is fradulent to sell old piping as new even if used under ground or behind a wall.
With product liability being a great place to start a law suit why take a change of installibng piping or fittings that were used?
Selling scrap metal and using the money to buy new stock is the way to go
I've done quite a few jobs where the customer specifies new pipework and is quite prepaired to pay for it. I would not cheat by trying to hide a bit where it would not be seen. On the other hand i'm quite happy to re-cycle their old pipework for them down at the local scrap yard.
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