After cutting a failed padlock from a gate, I turned round and the local scrap-man was passing; I tossed the padlock into the back of his Transit tipper and he didn't even have to slow down. What are the chances of that?!
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Unless he was sussing whether he could help himself to the gate?.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
8th May 2022 8:02 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Or he’s flytipping and the lock has your prints on it.
8th May 2022 8:44 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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We’ve got some roving scrapmen around here. I’m renovating a house at the moment, and every day for the past week I’ve had a load of scrap metalwork from the defunct central heating. Each day I’ve put it at the end of the drive, and each morning it’s gone!
8th May 2022 8:54 pm
rrhool
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^^
When I changed all the plumbing in our house, I saved all the copper an brass, and the off-cuts of new, and weighed it in. Got about £60 for it. That's just pipes and taps, not cylinder.Richard
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8th May 2022 9:06 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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I think they’ve done quite well out of me. They’ve had hot water cylinder, boiler, 7 radiators, loads of copper pipe, also had the old driveway gates.
8th May 2022 9:37 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
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Gareth wrote:
We’ve got some roving scrapmen around here. I’m renovating a house at the moment, and every day for the past week I’ve had a load of scrap metalwork from the defunct central heating. Each day I’ve put it at the end of the drive, and each morning it’s gone!
You've had money from them in return? If not, can I sell you this bridge I own...?Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
8th May 2022 10:25 pm
astonbuilder
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Gareth wrote:
We’ve got some roving scrapmen around here. I’m renovating a house at the moment, and every day for the past week I’ve had a load of scrap metalwork from the defunct central heating. Each day I’ve put it at the end of the drive, and each morning it’s gone!
Friends of ours flushed a radiator and put it outside their front door just to drain out, their private drive is around 70 foot long. Walked back in the house for about two minutes, went back out and the rad' had gone, no sign of anybody anywhere
I drain mine in the back garden for that very reason... luckily they asked before taking. Had I not been in sight, not sure they would've..
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
9th May 2022 8:36 am
gstuart
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Useto be a massive problem when new heating systems were installed on new developments , when the morning came at least 6 x houses were stripped of copper including the boiler
Different story when plastic started to be used and wouldn’t fit the boiler or hot water till later
9th May 2022 1:42 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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astonbuilder wrote:
Gareth wrote:
We’ve got some roving scrapmen around here. I’m renovating a house at the moment, and every day for the past week I’ve had a load of scrap metalwork from the defunct central heating. Each day I’ve put it at the end of the drive, and each morning it’s gone!
Friends of ours flushed a radiator and put it outside their front door just to drain out, their private drive is around 70 foot long. Walked back in the house for about two minutes, went back out and the rad' had gone, no sign of anybody anywhere
Blimey talk about being brazen, Had that with an old cast iron roll top bath , was doing a total bathroom rip out, put the bath in the front garden as was going to get it re enamelled, alas was gone and again didn’t hear a thing , could have only been outside for 10 x minutes or so
Shame as it also had all the claw feet
Think churches now have a lead roofing substitute to try and prevent theft
9th May 2022 1:47 pm
HOODIE
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Location: Great Notley
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Back in the early seventies I served my apprenticeship with one of the major M&E contractors.
As part of the on the job training, apprentices went out on site working with a commissioning engineer. My site was a big hotel nearing completion in West London.
Thermostatic shower mixers were being installed in each bathroom.
A plumber was installing these and realised he had left something in the bathroom he had just finished and when he went back the mixer had been removed! It turned out this wasn't an isolated case and in the end they only fitted them as rooms were finished and locked off.
9th May 2022 5:48 pm
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
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My Plumber always makes out he’s doing me a favour removing copper pipe, copper hot water cylinder and 12 radiators. Made a big story out of plummeting scrap prices. Said he got a couple of pennies for it. The lying bd.
9th May 2022 6:16 pm
RRSTDV8
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The answer to such lies is "fine, I'll get rid of it myself then". Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
9th May 2022 6:21 pm
gstuart
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Think copper tube , hot water cylinders are around £6.00 per KG,
As an average ripping out a full heating system , 10 x rads I useto get around £200, did take time removing all the nuts/ olives but got a better price and could then scrap the brass nuts in separately
Stopped doing site work seeing so many of my tools were nicked, including complete bathroom suites etc , van getting broken into a stealing all the fittings
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