I Scrapped Out a House Fire

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4 ай бұрын

What an event! The garage at my friend's house went up in flames (nobody was seriously injured) and he thought we should see what we could make from scrap metal! We showed up with truck and trailer to haul off what we could from the remains of his many tools and supplies and hopefully we can help him recover at least a little value from recycling what we can from the wreckage. True scrap metal application right here!
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@colinpritchard5066 3 ай бұрын

Ever thought of doing a biography of Thub episode? It would be cool to get your life story, how you got into canning/scrapping and the backstory of Thub and Wub.

@its_marc 4 ай бұрын

Good timing, I was just about to go and do something constructive

@its_marc 4 ай бұрын

Sad for your friend :-(

@artt8381 4 ай бұрын

That was a close one.

@richavic4520 4 ай бұрын

LOL

@CorrieH 3 ай бұрын

Do a vid on clean up the copper extinguisher, would be interesting. 👍

@GeorgiaDogScrapper 3 ай бұрын

I know that you took time out of your day for this, but you are so right to do what you can to help your friend. To restore a few items even if they won't work like they use to, but it still is saved memories. Stay safe my friend and see you on the next video. Maybe keep us updated on the restoration projects for your friend.

@EVMacD 3 ай бұрын

Good video but some resp protection when you’re moving that stuff around would be a plus!

@HappyAst34-vp3xg 3 ай бұрын

The old fire extinguisher…. About 40 years ago my dad had one he found (he was a volunteer fire chief) and we restored it and turned it into a table lamp …. He still has it! So sorry for your friends and grateful they are physically safe. You are a generous man.

@trasieinkersole491 3 ай бұрын

How sad. I know the feeling of having a fire, the devastation is awful. We had a fire in 2021. Everything in the house had to be removed due to smoke ash etc. I pray the owners get some help. You are a great man for all you are doing for your friend. ❤️💙

@mattharvey8712 3 ай бұрын

Bummer of fire.......my friend did one .....he went second story below the wife's Jewry box......gold mix with silver....coins......hockey puck......cheers

@MadelineRose-ep7fj 3 ай бұрын

Hard subject, but great video on what can be safely recycled from the fire. 😊

@burniezarsoff4118 3 ай бұрын

You are a good friend for helping him like that and giving him the money. How far did you have to travel? There was snow at your house but not at his.

@thubprint 3 ай бұрын

It was maybe a 40min drive, the only reason it was snowy at my house is I waited a few days before dealing with the second haul and it snowed in that time

@mediocrefunkybeat 3 ай бұрын

I was hoping for the reveal at the end. You're a class act all around, Thub.

@edwardloduca5975 4 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about the fire. My prayers are with the owners and you and yours.

@daleh645 3 ай бұрын

Sorry for your friends loss and happy no one was hurt in the fire. 🙏🏼

@peterbarber5442 3 ай бұрын

I like the cameraman

@kavinsky909 3 ай бұрын

I had an idea for a video I'd love to see you make - I'd like seeing what happens to the recycled metal after you scrap it. Like what tin shred gets used for, what prepared gets used for, etc.

@shade8211 3 ай бұрын

I watched a how its made about that, ill never be able to find it again but.....

@vigab9601 4 ай бұрын

The scrap yard I go to on Vancouver Island won't accept any metal that has been in a fire. They told me it was illegal for them to accept it in British Columbia. It seems crazy to me, but the BC gov is not of sound mind.

@lboe927 3 ай бұрын

There'd be a trip to the next province over if you had enough to make it worth while figuring in time and distance. For me I drive my non ferrous about 90 miles to get much better prices on it. And a little farther past that for my E-scrap because my state is stupid so I have to go to the next one over for that.

@matthewsandgren7598 3 ай бұрын

Fuck the government

@britneyystaples91 2 ай бұрын

Your country sounds like a shitty place to live lol. I run a scrap yard and my state doesnt have any weird laws like that. The only thing they are strict on is purchasing catalytic converters where we need VIN numbers and stuff like that. But in terms of scrap metal just take an ID or w.e. We dont treat scrappers like criminals lol.

@bfg69bug 4 ай бұрын

Sorry about your buddy thub, but at least they are ok. Stuff can be replaced. Melted / fire damaged stuff has gotta be the worse sorta thing to sort.. apart from greasy kitchen or workshop stuff.

@lboe927 3 ай бұрын

Good to hear no one was hurt. Did he not have replacement insurance? With the way you're going through stuff I'm guessing not. My garage burned a few years back and we had to go through literally everything piece by piece, photograph it, document it, put an approximate age on it, look up prices for everything and then submit the claim. They paid a depreciated value of everything then once I bought replacement items I sent them the receipts and they paid the rest. The claims adjuster came out, did an amazing job, and told me "If there's a smudge of soot on it, claim it." The worst part of a fire though is afterwards when all is said and done and you go looking for something that you had only to remember that "it was in the fire and must have burned away, and I didn't claim it." That's happened several times since then.

@mikegore5840 4 ай бұрын

I had a house fire back in 2019, fire department did more damage than the fire.

@hoktang1 3 ай бұрын

Are you kidding. Maybe they should have just standback and not do any damage. And hope the home didn’t burn all the way to concrete.

@empirefinds 3 ай бұрын

Thank the gods your friend and his family are OK brother. What a mess great episode

@berniemccafferty8642 3 ай бұрын

Sorry for your friend loss as much as the $ you get it can’t replace the tools & collection of stuff

@TannerCherry 3 ай бұрын

You're just the absolute best, ending made me smile huge

@DrHutOfHandcraft 3 ай бұрын

This is really scary.. Glad no one was hurt. Great video quality 👍🏼

@bigcountryscrapper6885 3 ай бұрын

Great video my friend

@benhumphregys3087 4 ай бұрын

Wow great video

@zlatanmorrison8182 3 ай бұрын

You are a good man Thub, keep it up :)

@adamdaley8090 3 ай бұрын

Yeah....I can delay that thing I need to do for 20 minutes. Glad your friend is ok.

@joesmith-es1zy 3 ай бұрын

You really should have been wearing a respirator while digging through the remains of the garage.

@johnchristie1423 3 ай бұрын

buddy had the same fire with a Princess Auto trickle charger, seems they were not CSA approved. They over-heat plain and simple. That welder is probably Al windings.

@selenerucobo2251 3 ай бұрын

Your an awesome man Thub.

@kavinsky909 3 ай бұрын

love these vids

@rixismetals 3 ай бұрын

Great video , sorry to see what happened to your friends house 😳

@henrypiiskop3579 3 ай бұрын

Great camerawork, i'd say best I've seen on this channel so far! Keep it up

@thubprint 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@jrae6608 3 ай бұрын

Good call on the iron bars

@Onemanstrash1 3 ай бұрын

I had no idea you were a fellow Albertan , thats awsome . Sux about the fire 😞

@richavic4520 4 ай бұрын

Sorry for the owners. Disasters suck. Prettying things up for the yard, gonna happen? Im still early in the vid. Edit: for copper: vinegar bath, then coarse steel wool/sandpaper. Alternatively, have a big ass melt to refine it somewhat?

@tyzeissler5811 3 ай бұрын

one of the craziest things i see compressed gas tanks, small and large and none of them exploded.

@pauloadams6330 3 ай бұрын

Would love to see the extinguishers after you restore them. Or that could it's own video, the project of restoring them.

@timnavarrette6932 3 ай бұрын

Kudos

@britneyystaples91 2 ай бұрын

This guy needs to invest in a 3 quarter or 1 ton truck and a heavy duty trailer.

@dart336 3 ай бұрын

too bad your friend didn't gave a dumpster already there. You could have helped fill them up as you're digging through the rubble. would make both of your jobs easier

@ScrapFatherScrapSon 3 ай бұрын

Strange timing for this video. I’m scrapping a house fire in the coming days. Unfortunately my neighbors boyfriend had a house destroyed. He said I am free to take anything and everything!

@MrBotwood 3 ай бұрын

You're an awesome friend!! Good on ya....But honestly, after seeing your channel for the last few years, I kind of thought that's what you end up doing!!!

@drmodestoesq 3 ай бұрын

Re: Compensation. A friend of mine wanted to compensate a old German guy who did an addition job for free. But this German gentleman insisted that the job was gratis and he was not taking money. So I said to my friend, "Find out what beer he drinks. He's might turn down money.....but he's no gonna turn down beer." And whaddaya know....I was right.

@williamralph8613 3 ай бұрын

Milwaukee chargers get warm 👌

@bobbylewis1708 3 ай бұрын

When's your next video coming out ?

@michaelbebb4868 3 ай бұрын

what kind of wire striper do you have?

@SpoonieScully 4 ай бұрын

I’m so anxious over thubs lack of a mask around all that ash 😅

@SHERRY0010 4 ай бұрын

You are a good friend ! I’m in Calgary myself . Which is the best scrap yard to go to ? My condolences to your friends loss . Insurance companies really suck these days . High priced , and if something bad happens , I feel they short change you . So was this an electric vehicle that started the fire ? You mentioned a battery charger being plugged in over night .

@thubprint 4 ай бұрын

An electric vehicle? There’s nothing in there related to an electric vehicle lol, you may be revealing a bias! Forensics still haven’t determined the cause of the fire. As for the best scrapyard, I personally prefer Recon metal for most everything these days. Empire can be fine too. A lot of other ones I found would advertise really good prices but then when you go there none of your stuff is ever clean enough or not sorted properly and you never make as much as you thought you would

@curtispederson9390 2 ай бұрын

Was it worth it and why arnt you wearing a dust mask😊

@toms382 4 ай бұрын

Have you heard about the bridge that collapsed in the US? Maybe you do a scrap value video for the salvage sort of like when you estimated the scrap value of a cyber truck. Just an idear.

@normallyscott563 4 ай бұрын

Too recent dude, people died.

@Armored_Ariete 4 ай бұрын

lmaooo nvr considered that

@swifty2844 4 ай бұрын

Ye that seems like a really good disrespectful idea 😂😂

@pulsemage1 4 ай бұрын

Bridge in the US? Nope never heard of it, we all live under rocks over here

@toms382 4 ай бұрын

@@normallyscott563 They did and news outlets and even the president have already discussed the cost of replacing the bridge. Is it disrespectful to discuss that? One component of the replacement cost is the value of the scrap.

@mrMacGoover 3 ай бұрын

How did those gas oxy and acetylene tanks not go kaboom?

@thubprint 3 ай бұрын

All of them were just fresh air tanks, none were fuel or oxygen. The big tanks may have fed the fire but they weren’t accelerants

@samthenerf 3 ай бұрын

Also all those tanks have overpressure valves or thermal fuses to release pressure before it gets high enough to burst the tank.

@GuberShep 4 ай бұрын

got a helper today eh?

@chandlerwitt2410 3 ай бұрын

Is the cameraman Wub????

@thubprint 3 ай бұрын

Sadly not 😅 he’s more than capable of it now though!

@shaystern2453 3 ай бұрын

wow that sucked

@ssweeps 3 ай бұрын

You have to pay a tax on this? Sucks...

@pulsemage1 4 ай бұрын

The copper/aluminum blob would go as coppery aluminum, like the radiators from air conditioners, or the copper pipe with aluminum fins for baseboard heat

@sandradunaway3923 3 ай бұрын

Have you thought about starting a Gofundme for your friend?

@isaacdavidson7115 3 ай бұрын

Promo sm 💕

@thadofalltrades 4 ай бұрын

If anyone in the states wants to get their insurance looked at, hit me up for a free review. I work with an independent broker that writes in all 50 states. My sister and I were in an apartment fire years ago and had no insurance. Thankfully our apartment just happened to be in the right place that it avoided getting damaged.

@jayburnett9730 3 ай бұрын

Love your videos my guy very entertaining. But that being said your PPE is crap, your gloves are shot, and you have no type of respirator. You're breathing in all kinds of bad stuff from that fire. You should really think about it