Can metal railings/fence be scrapped for cash?

[cooa99]

As title says is there a decent amount of money in getting rid of metal railings or it's just peanuts?

I have just taken down the metal railings & gate in front of the house. Its about 1m x 9m in lenght combined.

Cutting for disposal at recycling centre will cost me time and wasted Dremel discs since I don't have an angle grinder. Other option is to leave them outside with the hope that someone will eventually pick them up but I would rather be rid of the mess as soon as possible.

Thanks

 

[Roy Bloom]

As title says is there a decent amount of money in getting rid of metal railings or it's just peanuts?

I have just taken down the metal railings & gate in front of the house. Its about 1m x 9m in lenght combined.

Cutting for disposal at recycling centre will cost me time and wasted Dremel discs since I don't have an angle grinder. Other option is to leave them outside with the hope that someone will eventually pick them up but I would rather be rid of the mess as soon as possible.

Thanks

Call a scrapper to collect. They'll take 'em no problem.

 

[Tigercubrider]

You’d get bugger all scrap for just the railings.
if they are original old ones they have value for architectural salvage

 

[Koolpc]

Leave them outside. They prob be gone within the week!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

As mentioned some will collect for free, round here you have to catch their posts on social media as to what days they're collecting.

 

[Doug99]

My daughter had 10ft of wrought iron fencing stolen from her front wall a couple of years back, it cost a few hundred quid to erect but worth only pennies to the scum who took it.

 

[Mottie]

As title says is there a decent amount of money in getting rid of metal railings or it's just peanuts?

I have just taken down the metal railings & gate in front of the house. Its about 1m x 9m in lenght combined.

Cutting for disposal at recycling centre will cost me time and wasted Dremel discs since I don't have an angle grinder. Other option is to leave them outside with the hope that someone will eventually pick them up but I would rather be rid of the mess as soon as possible.

Thanks

You live in London. Put them outside and they’ll be gone in less than 24 hours.

 

[Bod ...]

Are they in bad condition or could someone else make use of them?

 

[opps]

Yeah, you are in London. Leave them outside and they will be gone in a day or two.

I have seen those guys climb into skips and remove the metal core from a roll of twin and earth cable, discarding the two bits of cardboard.

 

[Exedon]

Scrap guy I use to get shut of all the old oil boilers I rip out tells me price of light iron is way down.
£50 to £60 a tonne

 

[cooa99]

I have moved them to the side of the house for now so could put them back up front.

Can i get some money for it if I get someone to pickup from yellow pages for scrapage sale? Maybe enough to buy a bottle of spiced rum

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Doubtful, they're the ones doing all the work. Yellow pages!

 

[ajstoneservices]

Pretty much worthless now so keep them some where safe..................for the next war.

 

[cooa99]

bummer, no rum for me.

Are washing machines just as desirable for scraps. I don’t want to do my back in lifting it in and out of my car.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

bummer, no rum for me.

Are washing machines just as desirable for scraps. I don’t want to do my back in lifting it in and out of my car.

Remove the concrete weights, they then become much lighter.