Sorting scrap metal

[emergencyman]

When i take scrap in I usually obviously sort lead from copper, but most of the copper and even brass goes together.

Does anyone sort copper / brass and get more money that way? I was told that even cutting joints off and having 100% copper or lead commands a much higher price?
Whats the best way to sort it? What are old taps and ballvalves classed as?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

1 bright copper- stripped cable
2 normal copper
3 brazery copper with solder
4 brass- ball valves etc.
5 chromed brass- taps etc
6 lead
7 stainless steel
8 aluminium

 

[emergencyman]

Soyou would cut yorkshire sockets off ? Thanks for the reply

 

[PlumbBobBob]

say for instance you have a piece you've cut out with an elbow soldered with two lengths of copper, even a couple of inches cut it off close to the elbow. maximise your scrap. oh and weigh it in in bags not buckets their scales will probably weigh in their favour allegedly.

 

[tamz]

Up here if you cut the brass fittings off, leave the soldered ones, covered in paint or whatever you'll get a copper price of around £4/kg.
Copper with brass fittings or cylinders you will get brazery at about £3.25/kg. Cut the tappings (threads) off a cylinder and you will get copper price. The average cylinder weighs around 10-12 kg so an extra £7 or so for 1 minute with a grinder. If the lagging is still on the cylinder they will deduct a kilo.

 

[TBServices]

I cut off all fittings, remove all brass nuts and olives and weigh in separately.

Heavy copper is worth a lot more than braziery copper, cos it saves them the job of cutting off the fittings. Copper can't be put in the compressors they use with solder on it.

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[stevetheplumber]

yes cut the soldered fittings of and iys clean copper leave them on its brazery
a cylinder with brass on goes in as mixed metal remove the brass and it becomes brazery becuase of the brazed joints
half of the income of a scrappy incomes from paying you for the lower grade and then cleaning it to make the higher grade
this is why they have cable stripping machines and mechanical shears in even small places

 

[PlumbBobBob]

whenever i get cable i always strip it to get the best possible price for it

 

[stevetheplumber]

whenever i get cable i always strip it to get the best possible price for it

gives you something to do when the trains aren't running steve

 

[emergencyman]

Thanks,
Think I will sort more carfully in future.
Only bit I dont understand is about cutting the threads off cylinders. I always thought that they were always copper? Well they are in Yorkshire anyhow.

 

[stevetheplumber]

the coil is all copper but usually you have brass fittings glued on so it easiest to run an angle grinder through to remove brass immersion has to come out as well

 

[GQuigley67]

i sort it into 3 different bags, copper, brass & brazery. Brazery is a mix of copper and brass, brass is a mix of fittings, taps, with small amounts of copper in it due to the fact i dont have time to completely strip them. Copper is clean copper but also has paint and soldered fittings in amongst it, usually a mad rush in the scrappies also and your trying to get all your bags in so you can witness them weighing each back as i don't trust any of them lol

 

[smtplumbing]

tamz, Gquigley which one do you go to

 

[GQuigley67]

i use the one at polmadie, there was one i used when i worked in falkirk dont really know the name but it was not far from falkirk stadium in an industrial estate, not far from PTS B&Q etc. That scrappies gave good prices usually just chucked it all in one go there as didnt have time to sort it.

 

[smtplumbing]

braidwoods ( i no colin the son) well best price for scrap, better than edinburgh anyway

 

[GQuigley67]

yup they gave good prices bit far for me now though

 

[smtplumbing]

i no alot of edinburgh boys coming here to get rid of it, the just save it for a rainning day, but the last time i went down sepa where there

 

[GQuigley67]

the one at polmadie is where i get off of the motorway so its handy as its only around a mile from my house lol

 

[stevetheplumber]

i sort it into 3 different bags, copper, brass & brazery. Brazery is a mix of copper and brass, brass is a mix of fittings, taps, with small amounts of copper in it due to the fact i dont have time to completely strip them. Copper is clean copper but also has paint and soldered fittings in amongst it, usually a mad rush in the scrappies also and your trying to get all your bags in so you can witness them weighing each back as i don't trust any of them lol

copper and brass is mixed not brazery copper and solder is brazery

 

[GQuigley67]

they put it in as brazery, they also says brazery on my receipt, my soldered copper goes in with the "clean" copper 🙂

 

[Resolute]

8 aluminium

might need to start saving up the beer cans then!

 

[TBServices]

they put it in as brazery, they also says brazery on my receipt, my soldered copper goes in with the "clean" copper 🙂

You have a very generous scrapper then. What they paying for "clean copper"?


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[tamz]

They are all the same up this way. Paying around £4/kg for our version of clean (complete with soldered fittings).

 

[mutley racers]

where I am also, cleaned copper is with soldered fittings on. Not good prices at the moment though. £3.30 cleaned copper, Brazery £2.90 and brass £2.20 and lead 80pence

 

[TBServices]

They are all the same up this way. Paying around £4/kg for our version of clean (complete with soldered fittings).

Heavy copper here, I.e. fittings chopped off was £4 here on Monday. You guys have got it good!


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