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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
#19276120 - 12/14/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Enlil said: I do like pex.
it's not my favorite, the fittings and clamps are lacking. I've had several leak and a few break, the pipe is fine, I'll use it with shark bite and gator bite fittings. swagelock fittings work well but can be far more costly and arent really suited to most plumbing applications
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
#19276150 - 12/14/13 07:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well, fuck I already put the PVC pipe in. It's staying in. PVC is so easy to work with. It's like playing with Legos, but you get to glue it all together.
I guess it comes down to: is it worth pulling the old, disconnected copper pipes down? And, how much heroin can I get per foot of 3/4" pipe?
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
#19276166 - 12/14/13 07:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Current exchange is roughly 3" of dope per foot of 3/4" copper pipe
Edited by pcplease (12/14/13 07:18 PM)
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: pcplease]
#19276178 - 12/14/13 07:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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is 3" of dope alot? it doesn't sound like alot. was hoping for more like 7"
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Big_Dave] 1
#19276200 - 12/14/13 07:22 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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What you're forgetting is that 3" of pure dope is at least a foot of street dope
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: pcplease]
#19276248 - 12/14/13 07:33 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ahh yeah that sounds nice. And koods, take all the copper to frederick scrap in frederick. They've got the best prices in the area from what I'm told.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Big_Dave]
#19276258 - 12/14/13 07:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Big_Dave said: is 3" of dope alot? it doesn't sound like alot. was hoping for more like 7"
3" of anything is laughable.
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Big_Dave said: Ahh yeah that sounds nice. And koods, take all the copper to frederick scrap in frederick. They've got the best prices in the area from what I'm told.
Cool. This is what I was looking for... Not having to do any research whatsoever.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
#19276323 - 12/14/13 07:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Here's an example of how much thickness in some pipes has been lost.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
#19276357 - 12/14/13 07:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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First off its pex not pvc and the copper pipe on the right isn't reamed so it looks thicker and also they many different thickness walled pipes for different applications.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
#19276385 - 12/14/13 08:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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koods said:
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Big_Dave said: is 3" of dope alot? it doesn't sound like alot. was hoping for more like 7"
3" of anything is laughable.
What if it's a 3" diameter?
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: fee]
#19276387 - 12/14/13 08:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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make sure you get copper pipe price, not copper wire... Big diff in price.
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Yeah and if you have any way to easily clean it, do that. They pay more for clean pipe with no solder, but for 500' it might not be worth the effort.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Khii Khwaay]
#19276478 - 12/14/13 08:31 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Khii Khwaay said:
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koods said: bubbles
That's the first thing that I thought about when I saw this thread
Yo got dem whities! Bubbles was the best character out of a show filled with amazing character writing. After him maybe Stringer Bell, Omar. That's a tough top 3 to decide.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: fee]
#19276537 - 12/14/13 08:47 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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fee said: First off its pex not pvc and the copper pipe on the right isn't reamed so it looks thicker and also they many different thickness walled pipes for different applications.
Trust me fee, the inside of these pipes dissolve over the years. There was a section of pipe that I could crush with my fingers. The only thing holding the pipe together was the water pressure.
Here's an article about the problem. http://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/april2011/leaks.htm contractors know to not install copper on systems that use a well in this area.
Every single section of pipe on the cold water side has failed eventually. I replaced the hot water pipes just now. The hot water doesn't dissolve the pipes, which lead me to believe it is gases in the well water. Heating the water drives off the gases.
There's also the problem with galvanic corrosion when there is silver in the solder. When silver and copper are in contact with each other in water, if there are electrolytes, the copper will corrode.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
#19276633 - 12/14/13 09:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Pex is the best IMO, it's all I use anymore, it's so easy to work with and I've never had it leak on me once and I've installed a lot of it.
Copper sucks compared to pex, and is more expensive.
Cut all of the elbows, tees, couplers, etc... off of your pieces, that way you can get clean copper price for most of what you have and and only dirty copper price for the dirty copper.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
#19276635 - 12/14/13 09:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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PEX is awsome but try running a 200ft run in 27 degree weather. it retains the shape of the spool. I had to run that shit yesterday. What a nightmare
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: T-Rex]
#19276645 - 12/14/13 09:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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mjmihalov said: Pex is the best IMO, it's all I use anymore, it's so easy to work with and I've never had it leak on me once and I've installed a lot of it.
Copper sucks compared to pex, and is more expensive.
Cut all of the elbows, tees, couplers, etc... off of your pieces, that way you can get clean copper price for most of what you have and and only dirty copper price for the dirty copper.

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T-Rex said: PEX is awsome but try running a 200ft run in 27 degree weather. it retains the shape of the spool. I had to run that shit yesterday. What a nightmare
I have 1,000 times. I do radiant floor heating and have been in this line of work for seven years. One job alone I installed 11 miles of pex while it snowed on some days.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: fee]
#19276655 - 12/14/13 09:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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it sucks right? Unless you have a heat gun. It like trying to straighten a slinky.
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: T-Rex]
#19276669 - 12/14/13 09:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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pcplease said:
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koods said:
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Big_Dave said: is 3" of dope alot? it doesn't sound like alot. was hoping for more like 7"
3" of anything is laughable.
What if it's a 3" diameter? 
Then I laugh and say "where do you think that is going?"
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mjmihalov said: Pex is the best IMO, it's all I use anymore, it's so easy to work with and I've never had it leak on me once and I've installed a lot of it.
Copper sucks compared to pex, and is more expensive.
Cut all of the elbows, tees, couplers, etc... off of your pieces, that way you can get clean copper price for most of what you have and and only dirty copper price for the dirty copper.
The insides are totally green and blue. I'm not going to try to clean that
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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: T-Rex]
#19276675 - 12/14/13 09:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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You just unroll it while walking on it and it gets most of it out. You can't just grab both ends and pull and hope it starightens out. You need a decoiler or decoil it yourself.
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