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How do I sell scrap copper?
    #19275093 - 12/14/13 02:56 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I'm finally finished replacing all the copper pipes in my mom's house with PVC. This project has been going on for decades, doing one little section at a time. For the most part, the old copper pipes were just left in place because I'm lazy. As a result I have essentially an entire house worth of 3/4" and 1/2" piping that I'm considering pulling down and taking to someone who buys scrap metal. If I had to guess, I'd say there is about 500ft worth

How do I go about selling it, what is a good price, and what other shit should I consider?


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19275136 - 12/14/13 03:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Check your local scrap yards, call around to see if they'll buy it.

Copper is like ~3.20$/lb so you'll get a nice little chunk for 500 lbs.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Uzziel]
    #19275141 - 12/14/13 03:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

$3.3 per pound.
Scrap yards are your best bet.
Yellow pages should have a list in your area.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: T-Rex]
    #19275171 - 12/14/13 03:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Load it in your truck and take it to the scrap yard. They'll weigh your vehicle then you unload the metal and weigh your vehicle again. Since it's old #2 copper you'll probably not get more than $3/lb. It's been a while since I went to the scrap yard.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Maito] * 5
    #19275257 - 12/14/13 03:44 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

In the TV show "The wire," there was a character named bubbles who stole copper to support his heroin habit. Now in my mind, everybody who sells copper is just supporting their drug habit. Lol


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods] * 3
    #19275270 - 12/14/13 03:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Why on earth would you replace copper with pvc?  That's a serious downgrade.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19275283 - 12/14/13 03:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Why on earth would you replace copper with pvc?  That's a serious downgrade.




Because the copper pipes fail constantly. They get little pinholes in them. There are sections of pipe where the copper has lost 80% of its thickness.

There are blue deposits in the sinks and bathtubs.

I suspect it's a combination of dissolved CO2 and O2 that slowly dissolves the metal.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods] * 2
    #19275290 - 12/14/13 03:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

So replace it with new copper


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19275296 - 12/14/13 03:56 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

No. PVC is much easier, much cheaper and more reliable.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods] * 3
    #19275301 - 12/14/13 03:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I actually have no clue why someone would choose copper at this point.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19275305 - 12/14/13 03:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Khii Khwaay] * 1
    #19275324 - 12/14/13 04:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19275364 - 12/14/13 04:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

When you're on the way to the scrapyard, keep your eyes open for fallen lampposts and guys working at the top of really high extension ladders :thumbup:


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods] * 1
    #19275366 - 12/14/13 04:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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No. PVC is much easier, much cheaper and more reliable.



It won't last as long, but it's your call.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19275402 - 12/14/13 04:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

There are original sections that are PVC that are fine. The copper lasted about 10 years in areas closest to the well. On the other end of the house they last about 40. After the water heater, there's very little problem,which is why I'm certain it has to do with dissolved gases. Oxygen oxidizes the copper, then the CO2 reacts with the cupric oxide.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19275414 - 12/14/13 04:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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No. PVC is much easier, much cheaper and more reliable.



It won't last as long, but it's your call.





PVC will actually last just as long if it's not exposed to UV light


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #19275432 - 12/14/13 04:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Damn. We run our pipes on the outside of the house. Lol


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19275632 - 12/14/13 05:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

scrap yards man...


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19276048 - 12/14/13 06:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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No. PVC is much easier, much cheaper and more reliable.



It won't last as long, but it's your call.





PVC pex tubing is the way to go, not copper anymore.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: blood4blood]
    #19276059 - 12/14/13 06:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I do like pex.


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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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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
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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)

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)

Current exchange is roughly 3" of dope per foot of 3/4" copper pipe


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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)

is 3" of dope alot? it doesn't sound like alot. was hoping for more like 7"


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    #19276200 - 12/14/13 07:22 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

What you're forgetting is that 3" of pure dope is at least a foot of street dope :hank:


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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)

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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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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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)

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)

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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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? :tongue2:


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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)

make sure you get copper pipe price, not copper wire... Big diff in price.


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    #19276458 - 12/14/13 08:26 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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    #19276478 - 12/14/13 08:31 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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bubbles




That's the first thing that I thought about when I saw this thread




Yo got dem whities! :yesnod: 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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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)

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)

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.
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    #19276645 - 12/14/13 09:25 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.



:whathesaid:

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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





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)

it sucks right?
Unless you have a heat gun.
It like trying to straighten a slinky.


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    #19276669 - 12/14/13 09:32 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"




3" of anything is laughable.





What if it's a 3" diameter? :tongue2:




Then I laugh and say "where do you think that is going?"

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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.




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)

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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Then I drive away in my solar powered piece of shit car, cool stuff man.

And then I go kill a bitch because the flaming orb in the sky told me to do so, and I don't know, oppress a few minorities here and there in the name of nuclear fusion?

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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19276678 - 12/14/13 09:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The only reason copper turns green is due to oxidization.
So you have air in your lines.
Unless you take a chemical approach to turn the copper green. But I assume this isn't an issue.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: fee]
    #19276689 - 12/14/13 09:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I beg to differ.
! inch Pex will retain its mold until clamped down.
Maybe you've had better results but I have not.
Yesterday was a shit show running 4 lines from the basement up 3 floors to hot water coils. Never again will I forget my heat gun.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19276691 - 12/14/13 09:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I don't have a lot of experience doing it in cold weather, I normally do it inside, but if I do do it in the cold I always store the stuff inside then only bring it out right when I need it. Yeah a heat gun seems beneficial in that situation.

And I never clean the insides of scrap copper and they still give me #1 price for it, they might say something if its like clogged full with stuff, but the corrosion on the insides should be fine, at least it always was IME.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: T-Rex]
    #19276716 - 12/14/13 09:45 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I guess if its 3/8ths but running 3/8ths should always be done on a decoiler anyway and it should be that tough to run.

I don't know I'm kind of biased as I know all the ins and outs and tricks of the trade so......


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: fee]
    #19276721 - 12/14/13 09:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I guess  since I haven't been on installs in years, I'm out of the loop.
I've been a service technician for 6 years now so running pex and copper is not really my jurisdiction. I'll leave it to the installs and I'll stick to fixing problems.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: T-Rex]
    #19276743 - 12/14/13 09:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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The only reason copper turns green is due to oxidization.
So you have air in your lines.
Unless you take a chemical approach to turn the copper green. But I assume this isn't an issue.




There's dissolved gases in the water, yes. Oxygen tarnishes copper and turns it black. CO2 is what causes exposed copper to turn green. And yes, the green stuff is copper carbonate and can be removed with vinegar.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19276771 - 12/14/13 10:04 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

You're so smart Koods. You make me blush.:datass:


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    #19276780 - 12/14/13 10:06 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

That kind of knowledge has very little value outside of threads about scrap copper.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19276798 - 12/14/13 10:12 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Without a doubt but still informative.
Don't shoot yourself in the foot bud.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19276821 - 12/14/13 10:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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I'm finally finished replacing all the copper pipes in my mom's house with PVC. This project has been going on for decades, doing one little section at a time. For the most part, the old copper pipes were just left in place because I'm lazy. As a result I have essentially an entire house worth of 3/4" and 1/2" piping that I'm considering pulling down and taking to someone who buys scrap metal. If I had to guess, I'd say there is about 500ft worth

How do I go about selling it, what is a good price, and what other shit should I consider?



You used pvc/cpvc  should have gone with pex . All kidding aside scrapyard you may make a few hundred on the copper it is around 3.00 per lb.


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    #19276997 - 12/14/13 11:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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    #19277015 - 12/14/13 11:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Admit it Koods, you stripped your moms house to buy crack!




No. I have to pay off the guy who lent me the money to buy the crack I already smoked.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19277077 - 12/14/13 11:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Admit it Koods, you stripped your moms house to buy crack!




No. I have to pay off the guy who lent me the money to buy the crack I already smoked.




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    #19277129 - 12/14/13 11:49 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Admit it Koods, you stripped your moms house to buy crack!




No. I have to pay off the guy who lent me the money to buy the crack I already smoked.




:lol:




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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #19282579 - 12/16/13 06:18 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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





You obviously don't know how to use pex then.  The clamps work great.  i've been plumbing with it for almost a decade and have had zero leak & zero break.  Maybe you're using an off brand clamp.  If you buy a decent crimping tool and calibrate it right with the calibration tool you should have no problems.  Those sharkbite & gatorbite fittings are expensive & junk.  I think they are solely for people who can't or don't want to try and lean soldering/crimping.  A quick fix, maybe but not exclusively.  A lot of the blue hair plumbers refuse to switch from copper to pex.  They don't think it looks as nice and that you don't need talent to use it.  They're idiots.  You can make a house look mighty nice with pex if you run it like you would copper (with fittings)


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19283229 - 12/16/13 10:48 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Why on earth would you replace copper with pvc?  That's a serious downgrade.



Er for one the cost factor.
Ease of installation for 2 no torches and solder just a can of cement.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: r00tuuu123]
    #19283383 - 12/16/13 11:24 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

why wouldn't you just use pex instead of PVC?  The world may never know.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: blood4blood]
    #19283394 - 12/16/13 11:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I prefer galvanized to all of the above.  It's cheap, easy to work with, and lasts longer.

It's also lighter.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19283538 - 12/16/13 12:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

for water supply lines?  you must be mad.  Galvanized is NOT lighter than PEX, PVC or copper for that matter.  It's iron!!


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: blood4blood]
    #19283544 - 12/16/13 12:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I thought it was obvious that I was being facetious.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: Enlil]
    #19283577 - 12/16/13 12:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

nope, obviously I don't know you that well.  Thought you had a touch of the down's there for a second.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: blood4blood]
    #19283586 - 12/16/13 12:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Galvie is clearly not easier to work with or lighter, and it arguably doesn't last longer than any of the other choices...so...yeah...I thought it was obvious.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19283604 - 12/16/13 12:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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The only reason copper turns green is due to oxidization.
So you have air in your lines.
Unless you take a chemical approach to turn the copper green. But I assume this isn't an issue.




There's dissolved gases in the water, yes. Oxygen tarnishes copper and turns it black. CO2 is what causes exposed copper to turn green. And yes, the green stuff is copper carbonate and can be removed with vinegar.


So what if the outside turns green as long as the water flows clear. Where I live there are a lot of disolved solids in the water due to iron supply lines no biggie till you fill up a plastic jug out of the tap and leave it set for a few days the inside of the jug turns a pinkish orange due to the Iron but no huge deal the water is still good to drink.


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    #19284304 - 12/16/13 02:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Chances the outside of the pipe is turning green due to pipe sweating mixed with the atmosphere creating corrosion on the exterior.
You don't have to worry too much about the interior of the pipe unless you have a low ph in your water. Anything less then a ph of 7 will cause interior corrosion.
Unfortunately the only way the tell is to cut open the pipe and measure the I.D of the pipe compared to a new pipe with the same dimensions.
About the Iron in your water the best way to solve that is to install a water filter on the main water supply coming into the home. You'd be amazed by the amount of debris that comes in from the street.


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    #19284378 - 12/16/13 02:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The outside doesn't turn green. The inside does.

Look at this pic again.


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Just flip the pipe inside out.  Problem solved.


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Re: How do I sell scrap copper? [Re: koods]
    #19284460 - 12/16/13 03:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

No, because then it would inside out AND rightside out at the same time.

One hell of a tough time sealing those leaks.


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The outside doesn't turn green. The inside does.

Look at this pic again.




I was referring the post I responded to. The one above me.


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