Scrapping 100 buildings

**johnuppy** · 01-22-2012, 11:40 AM

I know it's not easy, but with 2 guys there scrapping you are at $5-$7 an hour to scrap it. I can work at McDonald's for more than that, that is why I wasn't cutting them up. I was taking motors and blowers and leaving the sheet metal.

**GeorgeB** · 01-22-2012, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by johnuppy

I know it's not easy, but with 2 guys there scrapping you are at $5-$7 an hour to scrap it. I can work at McDonald's for more than that, that is why I wasn't cutting them up. I was taking motors and blowers and leaving the sheet metal.

If you think working at MCd's is all that great and will make you MORE than scrapping, than sounds like to me your in the wrong industry.

**johnuppy** · 01-22-2012, 12:56 PM

All right I understand. I don't scrap full time. As I said I am in the construction business and have off 3-4 months off in the winter. That is when I do most of my scrapping. I never have done a whole house and that is why I was asking some of the questions.
I typically get 1-2 houses every few weeks. No real method to the madness. 1 have a 3/4 ton pick-up with a 20 ft dump trailer. I will take the advice and take ALL the furnaces from now on.

**GeorgeB** · 01-22-2012, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by johnuppy

All right I understand. I don't scrap full time. As I said I am in the construction business and have off 3-4 months off in the winter. That is when I do most of my scrapping. I never have done a whole house and that is why I was asking some of the questions.
I typically get 1-2 houses every few weeks. No real method to the madness. 1 have a 3/4 ton pick-up with a 20 ft dump trailer. I will take the advice and take ALL the furnaces from now on.

You should do scrapping whenever possible. Even if it is an hour a day. It does all add up. Just like with anything, you are not going to get rich over night.

Unfortunately, for houses, it really depends on what the houses are made out of, as they are not all made the same. It also depends on what year the house is in too.

I have been in homes where all the plumbing was straight up copper and brass, and then I have been in homes where it is all steel/metal, with brass fittings, etc.

The main things that will be in any house for you to scrap that I can think of are (and this is assuming it is in the home):

Refrigerator
Washer
Dryer
Sink
Tub (if it is metal/cast iron)
Dishwasher
Metal/Copper plumbing
Hot water heater
boiler
garbage disposal
door knobs
ceiling fans (copper, brass, wire, metal)
cast iron radiators (this is dependent on how old the house is)
aluminum side paneling (not all houses have this...I took in the paneling from just one side of a house and it totally almost $200)
all electrical wire
electrical boxes

That is all I can think of right now.

As far as what you will make...that is really based on what the going price is at the time you haul it all in. Prices change as often as you change your underwear.