Stripping out a whole house - Is there money to be made from scrappage????

Kellez

Hello everyone, i am doing a complete house renovation and i was wondering if there is any money to made from old doors, windows, architraves, skirting boards, kitchen cupboards, toilet, basin, bath.

Is there any recycling company that buys these scrappage?

Doozergirl

If only.

If items are good enough to eBay, then that is your call and your best bet.

If a salvage yard is interested in any of your stuff, then it's certainly stuff that you should be re-using yourself. Most of their stuff will come from demolitions. You'll get a better price on eBay.

Kellez

Ok thank you, i guess no one will be interested in buying them. just thought someone could recycle them and use them again from the begining.

Horseunderwater

Gumtree with a cash at door exchange. Freecycle/freegle to give away. Ebay classified ad sim to a gumtree one.

onomatopoeia99

If the bath is made of iron you could weigh it in for scrap. It might be worth more as a bath though.

getmore4less

Freecycle save you having to dispose.

when selling fails.

Kellez

skip companies can do that dont they?

getmore4less

Kellez wrote: »

skip companies can do that dont they?

why pay for a skip when people will take your rubbish for free?

paddypaws101

I once sold a large pile of London Red bricks on ebay....for a fiver!
Still, it saved me filling half the skip with them or trying to get them down the dump in my car. the couple who bought them built a lovely garden wall and I was pleased they had been re-used.

ed110220

Possibly. I would ask though, if someone might buy them, is it not worth keeping some of them?

For example old (say until 1950s) doors are often of good quality and much better than most new replacements, though they may need some TLC.

I snapped up one a neighbour was getting rid of as it matched ours, to put in where previous owners had got rid of original to replace with a plastic concertina door. No doubt it seemed a good idea at the time ;-)

lessonlearned

Keller you don't say how old the property is.

If it is a period property then do be careful not to rip out original features because you could be devaluing your property. Doors, deep skirtings, mouldings, cornicing, ceiling roses, sash windows etc, even original floorboards should be repaired and restored not ripped out.

If joinery items have to be replaced because they are damaged or suffered from rot or woodworm then ideally you should stick to the original period style from when the house was built, buying modern replacements that conform to the original designs.

When renovating the ideal should be to remain true to the buildings original character but upgrade services to cater for the creature comforts of the 21st century. So that would be state of the art kitchens and bathrooms, good insulation, electrical specification, lighting systems and energy efficient boilers whilst retaining features such as fireplaces, original tiled floors, good parquet flooring or original floorboards, ornate plasterwork, sash windows etc

Btw it isn't only Victorian or Edwardian properties that benefit from this level of attention to detail. Pre and post war builds and even some properties built in the 60's and 70's may have some features worth keeping.

Have fun.....

PS copper is still fetching good prices but if you are replacing the heating system you will probably find your plumber/heating engr will be claiming the scrappage for those. A copper tank can fetch about £40.