If you want a figure to deduct the value of the scrap from the plumber's bill, that is a different question and depends on what was in the quotation. If the quotation involved something like replumb and leave the site clean, it belongs to the plumbers and has no value to you.
Scrap Metal (Copper) Prices
- Thread starter BonfireGirl
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If you want a figure to deduct the value of the scrap from the plumber's bill, that is a different question and depends on what was in the quotation. If the quotation involved something like replumb and leave the site clean, it belongs to the plumbers and has no value to you.
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namsag
No it doesnt quote would have to actually mention the scrap as it belongs to customer .If your building it into the price it should be stated to remove confusion.
Site clean does not cover this
Site clean does not cover this
Any rubble, broken floorboards, scrap insulation, broken-up wash basins, rusty radiators, etc, belong to the customer as well. Some of it has a resale value. Leaving the site clean means it is all cleared.
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namsag
MMM thank you for pointing that out i would never have worked that out.
The stuff still belongs to the customer they may choose to keep whatever before site is cleared .
Some wood in amongst rubbish customer says thats handy i can use that to repair something. Are you going to say no you cant have it its mine i said i would clear everything so give me some money for it or i will put up the price of job
You would be told to take a flying f##k to yourself.
You have to state clearly the scrap value is part of the job and not just you will get rid of the rubbish , cause a cylinder worth 50 quid is not rubbish.
Recently had customer ask me to requote due to having done some of work themselves .
Agreed price of job had changed as couple of hundred quid of scrap had gone and put the price up as it outweighed the work they had actually done.
The stuff still belongs to the customer they may choose to keep whatever before site is cleared .
Some wood in amongst rubbish customer says thats handy i can use that to repair something. Are you going to say no you cant have it its mine i said i would clear everything so give me some money for it or i will put up the price of job
You would be told to take a flying f##k to yourself.
You have to state clearly the scrap value is part of the job and not just you will get rid of the rubbish , cause a cylinder worth 50 quid is not rubbish.
Recently had customer ask me to requote due to having done some of work themselves .
Agreed price of job had changed as couple of hundred quid of scrap had gone and put the price up as it outweighed the work they had actually done.
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It belongs to the customer unless specified otherwise and most customers aren't interested in scrap.
In this case, it should be clear that the OP said she wanted the scrap and the job was priced accordingly. I have had people who wanted to renegotiate the agreed price after the work was completed and scrap value was one tactic tried. The contract terms and conditions should state what is to be left.
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namsag
Customers are not interested in scrap because they dont realise the value of it nowadays ten years ago it was different.
Is that not what i have said that you have to state what is being taken not just site cleared . make your mind up.
Is that not what i have said that you have to state what is being taken not just site cleared . make your mind up.
You seem to have a very fair scrap yard.
I dont normally go to any of these places as its either stolen from me or I give it to helpful trainees.
I did pass a yard a few months ago and I was surprised to nfind them melting down the lead and casting them into ingots.
Was that to disguise that they came from a church roof or do they get best price that way?
How do others find yards deal with foam lagged cylinders?
£2.50 for a leaking Elsan£85 unlagged elson
I have made my mind up; it "depends on what was in the quotation", as I said in the first post.
I wouldn't use vague terms like "leave the site clean" as in the example I gave. Others have and have then found the customer had a different interpretation to theirs. .
I'm fairly certain that they should not be doing that, the lead will contaminate both the ground and air. They were probably destroying markings on stolen roofing lead. I'd e-mail the environmental health officer but expect them to do nothing.
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