Price for scrap copper immersion heater cylinder?

mizzbiz

We are removing our immersion water heater - it's a pure copper cylinder, not sure how heavy until we get all the water out. It may or may not be the original one which was installed when the house was built in 1963.

Does anyone have any idea how muc we could get for this as scrap metal? I know the prices fluctuate all the time so the ancient references I have found on the web aren't much use.

Thanks.

Wherryman

Not a huge amount, about £10 maybe, not done by weight it’s usually a fixed price for a copper cylinder because although it might feel really heavy 95% of the weight will be limescale.

Inactive

My daughter got £25 for hers quite recently, prices vary of course, with the price of scrap value.

One_Day_Rodney

The best thing to do is cut it open with a grinder or jigsaw first, and remove all the limescale. That way you get the correct weighed scrap copper price rather than a 'top of head price'.

We got £70 for our last one about 8mths ago.

mizzbiz

Thanks for the replies - we were hoping for more than £10.
Thanks for the advice Rodney - I think we shall take this route.

tori.k

Blinking E'll £70 i got £12 for the one i passed in on jan, sod's law...

Wherryman

One_Day_Rodney wrote: »

The best thing to do is cut it open with a grinder or jigsaw first, and remove all the limescale.

If you have the time and means to do it then thats the way to get top price, don't forget to take off the brass fittings, if left on you may get the lower "mixed" brass/copper price.

sarah77

I weighed in all of my copper from downstairs and the copper tank last week and got £110 - was pleasantly surprised!

mizzbiz

Well, we took the cylinder and were told that it's £2.60kg without element, £2.40 with the element, so we got £31 and pennies for it - not bad really.

Thanks for everyone's help. It wasn't worth our while money wise stripping in this case.

Clive_Woody

mizzbiz wrote: »

It wasn't worth our while money wise stripping in this case.

Very wise, probably best to keep your clothes on when selling scrap metal....

Shockingman

I am looking for 2 or 3 copper tanks at the moment in the southampton area so maybe interested at the right price.. uncut without the limescale taken out.