Scrapping Boilers [Answers]

So I see some old threads about boilers but no real answers.

My uncle is a plumber and gave me a boiler.

He said you can have it but he strongly recommended taking it apart first.

Basically a boiler can bring you around £150 ($235) scrap value each.

Other than the steel/stainless steal casing there is high value inside.



1. Copper Piping
2. Special Type Of Copper Piece Which Is Worth £25 ($40)
3. Brass fittings
4. Stainless Steel/Steel Casing
5. Copper Rods
6. Copper Motors
7. Gas Valves - Sell them as they are and don't scrap them. I recently pulled one like this here out of one.
8. Aluminium Piping (Rare but can happen).

All the above is what I pulled out of one boiler alone and would net me £150 ($235).

How much parts are new to replace -

So being from Australia, not sure what a "boiler" really is. Is this just a hot water heater for shower, bath etc??

Thanks.

Nice edit Dawsey! That makes things very clear!

I also see it's not cheap to fix one in England. Every part listed suggests replacement. Sorry weak joke.

Would the $235 be from parting it out, scrapping it, or a combination of the two? I have a boiler sitting in a garage right now. It isn't in good condition, but if I can get $235 for it, that's a lot better than the $15 at appliance price

O.K, so what you call a boiler, we here would call a "continueous flow hot water heater" meaning it doesn't have a storage tank as such.

Am I right??

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Dawsey

So I see some old threads about boilers but no real answers.

My uncle is a plumber and gave me a boiler.

He said you can have it but he strongly recommended taking it apart first.

Basically a boiler can bring you around £150 ($235) scrap value each.

Other than the steel/stainless steal casing there is high value inside.

1. Copper Piping
2. Special Type Of Copper Piece Which Is Worth £25 ($40)
3. Brass fittings
4. Stainless Steel/Steel Casing
5. Copper Rods
6. Copper Motors
7. Gas Valves - Sell them as they are and don't scrap them. I recently pulled one like this here out of one.
8. Aluminium Piping (Rare but can happen).

All the above is what I pulled out of one boiler alone and would net me £150 ($235).

How much parts are new to replace -

I am going to guess that there are some different variations of boilers. I say this, because I have gotten quite a few boilers in my time of scrapping, and the insides of the ones I have gotten, look nothing like the diagram. I didn't tear it all the way apart, but just by looking inside them, they have looked nothing like yours.

If, I am mistaken, and the have been the same, I don't even want to think of all the money I have lost, if the price your quoting has been like that forever. To me, it would have been over a $11,000 loss.

There seems to be a big confusion here!
A hot water heater is not the same animal as a boiler.

Taken from Wikipedia;
A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications.