I Scrapped an Entire House for Copper! How Much Did We Make?

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9 ай бұрын

Crazy piles of scrap copper on today's project! Scrapping out an entire house is something I've always wanted to do, so when the opportunity came up you know we had to jump on it! How much did we make? How long did we spend? Let's find out together!
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@bread-gz3rl 9 ай бұрын

Dude that place is like 1000x better then most houses ive ever seen

@timcolgan2699 9 ай бұрын

Someone either died or murdered in this house.😮

@Manhandle730 9 ай бұрын

@@timcolgan2699 What?

@Manhandle730 9 ай бұрын

You need to go see more houses then. It’s an ok place but nothing special at all. I give it a 5/10.

@BOOT 9 ай бұрын

The wiring and pipes were A Lot better/newer than my house. Prob gonna build something there much nicer tho.

@gregkareem9824 9 ай бұрын

@@timcolgan2699huh?

@cuscrapping 9 ай бұрын

When I had my construction business...demo was the most fun part of the job!!!

@Holy_handful_of_bread91 8 ай бұрын

As someone who used to help my father with demo at the ripe age of 8, I can say yes absolutely best part of anything and everything

@joeybuldo3008 9 ай бұрын

I work a plumbing job and let me tell you the amount of copper we pull out of houses sometimes is nuts especially when it’s all original and the 3inch sewer line is copper

@johnjack8195 8 ай бұрын

Are you allowed to keep it?

@VirtualAustin 8 ай бұрын

@@johnjack8195 normally its the company that he works for that keeps it

@joeybuldo3008 8 ай бұрын

@@johnjack8195 unfortunately no,however when it gets sold our bosses are kind enough to give us all a cut of the total payout

@ballard66766 7 ай бұрын

I work as a general and the amount of copper that our plumbers pull out is crazy. Thanks for all the hard work. Sorry for never sharing. It be hard out here.

@Andf-kc4xx 3 ай бұрын

@@ballard66766 lol silly guy

@tiggidyty 9 ай бұрын

As the guy who was living in this house prior to all of this, that was extremely fun to watch. I'm glad you got to do this Thub. It seems like it was worthwhile. To the commenters who think this was a "perfectly good house" I assure you, it was not. Though it may not have been the worst house, there were many deficiencies. Too many to mention here. It needed to be demolished. As far as i know, it was purchased for around $750K. In its place 2 houses will be built that will likely be listed for about a million each. Call it what you want but that's just good business.

@Manhandle730 9 ай бұрын

Good business for everyone but the people paying a million for a townhome!! Good god prices are just ridiculous anymore.

@tiggidyty 9 ай бұрын

@@Manhandle730 you got that right buddy.

@ryanglaser5336 8 ай бұрын

Interesting, what were the significant defects with this place?

@LorandHungary 8 ай бұрын

@@ryanglaser5336Biggest one is that it is only 1 home.

@EC-dz4bq 8 ай бұрын

@@ryanglaser5336 Why settle for 750k when you can make 2 mil? lol those type of defects.

@Idolmakercat 8 ай бұрын

This home is better than my house. It is sad to see that it will be torn down. This home was very well taken care of.

@01mustang05 8 ай бұрын

Three times better than mine; this society is a joke.

@allfather5150 9 ай бұрын

Top tip for cleaning copper pipe, grab a large cable cutter. Something that can handle 1" cable. You can just cut above and below the joints like a pair of snips. Would have cleaned that pile in about an hour. Glad to see the truck back, great vid!

@mediocrefunkybeat 9 ай бұрын

The ol' safety sandals!

@riley8603 9 ай бұрын

BROTHER, BEEN WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS FOREVER! you're very informative and a cool guy. I enjoy these keep em up!

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Well thanks for being here! I have a lot of fun coming up with scrappy vid ideas I hope will be interesting, so I appreciate the feedback and support 💙

@riley8603 9 ай бұрын

@@thubprint I believe the smelting lead video was probably the best you've done as far as a good idea for money makin. But I enjoy watching you scrap while I scrap

@jamieclayton9 9 ай бұрын

Yay, the truck is back!

@williammeeks1283 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Good to see your crew on camera. Keep up the good work

@ScrapFatherScrapSon 9 ай бұрын

I got to do this a month or 2 back with my son. Guy was demolishing house and rebuilding his retirement home. Ended up with about 50 pounds of copper pipe. Didn’t smash the walls for wire but should have

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Cool! I hope you made a video of it! 😜 I was planning on pulling all the wire out of the walls but that would have been a lot of extra time for a small amount more money. Sounds like you hauled about the same amount we did!

@ScrapFatherScrapSon 9 ай бұрын

@@thubprint I’ll have to look I think I posted a video if not I know I made one!

@allthingsjack89 9 ай бұрын

Awesome to see that you have your truck back 🙂

@widestreammedia5547 9 ай бұрын

This was so much fun to film, turned out great 🤙🏻

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for being a part of it, you were such a big help!

@Loretzo4 9 ай бұрын

I think that was not sow much fun for the owner of the house

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

@@Loretzo4 maybe not, but that’s likely why he invited us in to do it for him

@LeanneRende 8 ай бұрын

I've been watching since the beginning and it's awesome to see you do a whole house. Great idea with taking the appliances 😊

@andrewgeyer2602 8 ай бұрын

This was such a fun video to watch. I would definitely enjoy watching another one of these

@spicolip2334 9 ай бұрын

why are they demoing this perfectly good house?

@davidevans9266 6 ай бұрын

I love this, i love how you dont pretent to know what your doing you just jump in and have a go. Your very honest and have nothing to prove to anyone which is such a breath of freash air. I scrap i do it as part of value adding for clean ups . I recycle as much as i can but we are really behind in australia especially in regards to plastics, for a first world country we have no excuses. I have bad ADHD so when i take on jobs time is always an issue as i alwaus think it going to not take that long , hence i find the challenges you take on extremely imformative. Keep up your fabulous work😊

@michaelsinclair8279 9 ай бұрын

MORE please!! Nice to see the Thubomiser 400 out to play on the plaster board as well.

@jazzlicafan 9 ай бұрын

TRUCK IS BACK!!!!! Woooooo so happy for you man! loved the video as always! i would love to see more house scrapping if you like doing that

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Oh I loved doing it 😆 if it’s available, I’ll jump on it!

@adamdaley8090 9 ай бұрын

Hell of a score and experiment bud! Have a wonderful weekend Thub!

@eugene251 9 ай бұрын

The truck is back? That is awesome.That was hard work and smart one too.

@patrothwell9138 9 ай бұрын

U got your truck going. That should mean more scrap videos

@bryangilmer671 9 ай бұрын

This is one of your best yet

@slimphillip 7 ай бұрын

videos keep getting better and better kepp up the awesome work brother🙏💪

@gussuperman7565 9 ай бұрын

M8 you did well , and you're right the sell of items is worth more than scrap. Yes you did leave it better than you founded , because you removed some of the recyclable materials . Not going to the landfill is a win for Canada and the world , since , it can be used again , and again . Keep up the good work. God bless y'all.

@workingclassdog3 9 ай бұрын

That first sledgehammer hit was comical.

@g6vinm131 9 ай бұрын

hit the wall like u mean it wubb 😂

@chadfortman8098 9 ай бұрын

Your truck back alive 🎉. Yes the waste even wood floors the cabinets .

@nickyblueyes83 8 ай бұрын

I love the video. Keep it up. Great work.

@markrice3502 9 ай бұрын

great and yes i would watch another one if you do it and i see you have your truck running agin i hope thanks for shareing and god bless

@tedlongworth-li4ck 9 ай бұрын

Whole vid was very interesting. Well done.

@zacnok 9 ай бұрын

Great video Thub... thanks.

@nixd0rf356 9 ай бұрын

Great vid Thub!

@benhumphregys3087 9 ай бұрын

Wow this was amazing I wish I could do this!

@Manhandle730 9 ай бұрын

You can just get done before they get home!!

@JtePetOzen-2 9 ай бұрын

Great job... really enjoy your video That house wasn't in bad condition but the job needed to be done I'm glad you got ur truck back on the road again Ty

@rayl3177 9 ай бұрын

Man that was a sweet to watch. I've always wanted to scrap a house. This was really informative and cool to watch. Thank you. I've really improved my scrapping skills from your videos.

@gabeschulte5690 8 ай бұрын

Informative??? How so.

@tractors44 9 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching this, a good haul of copper.

@unknownlegend6275 9 ай бұрын

That door knob on front entrance looks like brass. Take it!

@scottcameron8804 9 ай бұрын

Glad to see the truck back on the road.

@leebishop5185 9 ай бұрын

One of my fav vids to date - this was sweeeeeeet 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@seanl.7088 9 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks

@ericprater4017 9 ай бұрын

Great Job!

@teembo 9 ай бұрын

that WAS fun!

@crazybear357 9 ай бұрын

Great video thanks for sharing. My daughter just bought a house that needs to come down and I get dibs on all the scrape. Now im pumped

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Nice! It’s a lot of work but if it’s coming down anyway 👌

@mattnewman6049 9 ай бұрын

Nice house.

@gravitybear 9 ай бұрын

Oh, man! I would love to give this a try once. Very cool and fun to watch.

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

I leapt at the opportunity when it was mentioned 😁

@riverboat28 9 ай бұрын

Good man buying the appliances!

@jrae6608 9 ай бұрын

Fun to watch.

@larrybuckles5180 9 ай бұрын

Dude, you have your truck back, yaaaaaaa

@mehrbanali4453 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video.

@82camionero 9 ай бұрын

The best part was to see the Truck running again! Congrats!!

@DumpsterMarcus 9 ай бұрын

Nice!!!!! Good video

@ryanphillips1388 9 ай бұрын

Nice job!

@RealTC16 9 ай бұрын

Dude read my mind on my wondering! Hope all is well my neighbour🤘🏻🇨🇦

@cocopufer5667 9 ай бұрын

so awesome you saved part of the house!!

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

I would’ve been more motivated to scavenge something but my friends gave me some wonderful gifts to decorate my own place with that they couldn’t take with them 💙

@eveengineer4147 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video, loved the scrapping and seeing the payout at the end. Also how did you not mention that THE TRUCK IS BACK, did you expect to sneak that past us.

@bigcountryscrapper6885 9 ай бұрын

Great video

@pafischer 7 ай бұрын

This was awesome. It looked like a ton of fun. I'd like to see you do it again.

@thubprint 7 ай бұрын

Well if the opportunity comes up I certainly will!

@choccie_chip685 9 ай бұрын

Love the editing! Really stepping it up

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

I’m trying! 😃

@Xander081987 9 ай бұрын

@@thubprint The batman edits were hilarious.

@tresopple 9 ай бұрын

Dude it’s true about the bidet. My sibling installed one in the basement and I was like fine I’ll try it. Literally ordered one for my bathroom while sitting there lmao

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

😆👌

@bestest7239 9 ай бұрын

Great workout! I should recycle some old clothes too but I almost can't bring myself to do it, and I am also too lazy to shop new ones

@charlvanderwalt9841 Ай бұрын

Thats very cool

@hammer44100 9 ай бұрын

Cool like to see another video like this

@ChineseDetective 9 ай бұрын

04:14 - Enter the most Canadian looking guy EVER!!! Need a "Canadian guy" for your movie script! Here he is!!!

@vincedibona4687 9 ай бұрын

Two thubs up. 👍🏻👍🏻

@woodworkingandepoxy643 9 ай бұрын

I'd be calling to ask about the appliances and cabinets lol

@noah4652 9 ай бұрын

You're nuts, and I love it

@susananthony2366 9 ай бұрын

Part 2 of this house is diving the dumpster he gets for the tear down! 😂

@tomtom33tom22 6 ай бұрын

I did a house 15 years ago when I was a bit younger😂.we had 3 days took every metal,the deck,all the interior wood.if we had a few more days we would have had enough time to fully deconstruct the house and save the home owner the demolition cost.no cash changed hands even ripped the main copper wire back to the pole 115metres worth.great video

@ajmprovidence 9 ай бұрын

Hey just some advice from an electrician that does a lot of demo of old wiring. Next time use a pair of knipex 11 inch angled side cutters to pull the staples instead of beating up your hands and shoulders yanking the staples. Also milwaukee m12 band saw will cut pipe and wire like butter.

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Pulling out staples with nice side cutters?! I don’t know if I could! 😆

@ProspectorTripp 9 ай бұрын

Great job dude! Score! Peace Prospector Tripp

@KevinEllisGuitars 9 ай бұрын

Cool!

@nickyblueyes83 8 ай бұрын

Hey, just letting you know for future tarot to use the saws all reciprocating saw to cut the drywall it’s a lot easier I’m only telling you this as I am a home renovator and have done many many many bathroom, renovations

@stanleygallman7800 9 ай бұрын

Adventures like this can end up being really profitable especially if you are being hired to do the clean out of the property where you get to keep everything although it often becomes at the very least a two person job in a limited time frame 😮 and you can also run into asbestos issues. So safety first but love this type of content.

@s-volt9814 9 ай бұрын

Wow, this video is like a crazy Mr Beast Thub print level up lol! Such a cool experience that you got to do this!

@thatcanada 9 ай бұрын

Did you or the homeowner test for asbestos? After watching the Treasure Hunter doing inspections, it seems to appear in random spots in those old homes...

@richardd1880 9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately Thub got the address wrong, it should have been nextdoor...😂

@joshp6061 9 ай бұрын

Awesome score thub! Was hoping you’d grab some more of the Romex, cause it runs through the whole house, but still really nice pile

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

I completely agree, and that was the plan the whole time. I went in expecting to pull long strands of wire straight through the drywall and end with a huge pile, but we just ran out of time at the end of the day. Next time we’ll get an earlier start and not lose so much time talking to the neighbor 😅

@Thelime 9 ай бұрын

Must feel REAL good to finally be driving your truck again.

@swifty2844 9 ай бұрын

Hows the old van coming along mate? Also that looked a hell of a lot of fun 🙂

@jamespatterson8512 9 ай бұрын

It’s the house on the next street. 😂😂😂

@prestongarvey7014 6 күн бұрын

Good video. I’m gonna try it on my neighbors house and see what I get

@ralphh4131 8 ай бұрын

Ive made like 300 bucks since I ran into you at the scrap yard drake . It all goes into a hollow book in my house for a rainy rainy day.

@dad8709 3 ай бұрын

Kia Ora from NZ, Love watching your videos thub! hse was great but lots of architectural salvage in there too...

@BushDogScrapper 9 ай бұрын

I used to work for a renovation company I was on the demolition crew! CheeRs Thub

@larrybuckles5180 9 ай бұрын

Yes do it again

@lukelegg9915 9 ай бұрын

Ive always wanted to do something like this

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Me too!

@Dajaurbex 9 ай бұрын

Wish I could do a demolition like that 😂

@robdegoyim4023 9 ай бұрын

Something about shiny metal that just says.. MONEY

@scrapitall200 9 ай бұрын

That was fun! Was this an older video that you just got around to posting or is your truck finally fixed?

@ComfortRoller 2 ай бұрын

Jetted tub would have a motor and maybe a heater. The furnace would have a motor, heater and possibly more. I remodel for a living. Good videos.

@chrisyboy5283 9 ай бұрын

Great video guys , you should hav took all them brass Dr handles mafriend

@poolfixer 9 ай бұрын

Nice job Thub! I really enjoyed your video and hope to see you do it again. Thanks!

@FranssensM 9 ай бұрын

Thub, you’re a great person. Just be careful of people who pick up on your “good guy vibes” and use that against you. I get the feeling “some folks” take more of the cash than you. After you’ve put in all the hard work. Justifying the cut because: “you get to make some money from KZfaq” Not judging or criticising, you or them. I want to make sure bad things don’t happen to nice people. You may spot I have a problem with quotation marks “I’m trying man, I really am” It’s just so hard to give them up.

@Manhandle730 9 ай бұрын

Some call it a “problem” but I call it “punctuation”!!!

@willli8163 7 ай бұрын

lol I saw a bug in your video and swatted at my screen 😂🎉🎉

@yorkshiremonkey7576 9 ай бұрын

Great video Thub , more please . I suspect you are gonna have a problem with Wub very soon , by the time he's stopped growing he's gonna tower over you 😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks for all the videos over the years , really interesting different life there in Canada to mine here in Northern England .

@RC-my7oh 9 ай бұрын

21:53 lol the ketchup

@michaelquinones3572 9 ай бұрын

would it be a good idea to use ppe while doing demo work on a house?

@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va 9 ай бұрын

Yeah... that's where i make the best $$$ from house clean-outs! Usually the appliances are older than 5 years... but for the stove, fridge, dishwasher, oven I usually make $100 for each appliance. If there is a washer/dryer set... that's an easy $250+. Then I breakdown the scrap into the most valuable price point. When I have a truck worth of scrap... then I turn it in! My biggest load to date is 1400 pounds of steel (2700 for the year), 450 pounds of aluminum. I'm still consolidating my wire to take in next with my next steel load. And i have yet to turn in the 1500 pounds of heavy iron.

@dr.a006 9 ай бұрын

Well that was satisfying! Big hitters in all categories of copper and brass. I’m glad for you and your team! (**psst! I’m not your mom, but, Eye protection!😉👍)

@garrysekelli6776 9 ай бұрын

It's very satisfying watching a group of tweekers tear the scrap copper out of a fully functioning house while the owners are away on vacation.

@jessesimonyi-gindele7089 9 ай бұрын

I second this. It only takes one pair of glasses to protect both eyeballs.

@dr.a006 9 ай бұрын

@@jessesimonyi-gindele7089 as someone with eyeballs, I agree.

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

You’re absolutely right, I brought extra eye protection too.. was just being a doofus

@jessesimonyi-gindele7089 9 ай бұрын

@@thubprint You're not the only one. We've all been doofuses when it comes to safety.