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

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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 10 ай бұрын

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

@timcolgan2699 10 ай бұрын

Someone either died or murdered in this house.😮

@Manhandle730 10 ай бұрын

@@timcolgan2699 What?

@Manhandle730 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@gregkareem9824 10 ай бұрын

@@timcolgan2699huh?

@cuscrapping 10 ай бұрын

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

@Holy_handful_of_bread91 10 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 10 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 9 ай бұрын

Are you allowed to keep it?

@VirtualAustin 9 ай бұрын

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

@joeybuldo3008 9 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 8 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 4 ай бұрын

@@ballard66766 lol silly guy

@Idolmakercat 9 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 9 ай бұрын

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

@tiggidyty 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@tiggidyty 10 ай бұрын

@@Manhandle730 you got that right buddy.

@ryanglaser5336 10 ай бұрын

Interesting, what were the significant defects with this place?

@LorandHungary 10 ай бұрын

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

@EC-dz4bq 10 ай бұрын

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

@allfather5150 10 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!

@tresopple 10 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 10 ай бұрын

😆👌

@riley8603 10 ай бұрын

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

@thubprint 10 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 10 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

@ChineseDetective 10 ай бұрын

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

@jamieclayton9 10 ай бұрын

Yay, the truck is back!

@widestreammedia5547 10 ай бұрын

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

@thubprint 10 ай бұрын

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

@Loretzo4 10 ай бұрын

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

@thubprint 10 ай бұрын

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

@jazzlicafan 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@susananthony2366 10 ай бұрын

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

@ScrapFatherScrapSon 10 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 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@jamespatterson8512 10 ай бұрын

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

@chadfortman8098 10 ай бұрын

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

@allthingsjack89 10 ай бұрын

Awesome to see that you have your truck back 🙂

@mediocrefunkybeat 10 ай бұрын

The ol' safety sandals!

@3hub5386 19 күн бұрын

GOOD ol' safety sandals lmfao

@williammeeks1283 10 ай бұрын

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

@eugene251 10 ай бұрын

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

@unknownlegend6275 10 ай бұрын

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

@LeanneRende 10 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 😊

@gussuperman7565 10 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.

@larrybuckles5180 10 ай бұрын

Dude, you have your truck back, yaaaaaaa

@g6vinm131 10 ай бұрын

hit the wall like u mean it wubb 😂

@michaelsinclair8279 10 ай бұрын

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

@workingclassdog3 10 ай бұрын

That first sledgehammer hit was comical.

@patrothwell9138 10 ай бұрын

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

@andrewgeyer2602 9 ай бұрын

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

@rayl3177 10 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 9 ай бұрын

Informative??? How so.

@adamdaley8090 10 ай бұрын

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

@davidevans9266 8 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😊

@bryangilmer671 10 ай бұрын

This is one of your best yet

@scottcameron8804 10 ай бұрын

Glad to see the truck back on the road.

@markrice3502 10 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

@slimphillip 9 ай бұрын

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

@crazybear357 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@JtePetOzen-2 10 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

@nixd0rf356 10 ай бұрын

Great vid Thub!

@ajmprovidence 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@riverboat28 10 ай бұрын

Good man buying the appliances!

@gravitybear 10 ай бұрын

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

@thubprint 10 ай бұрын

I leapt at the opportunity when it was mentioned 😁

@tedlongworth-li4ck 10 ай бұрын

Whole vid was very interesting. Well done.

@teembo 10 ай бұрын

that WAS fun!

@zacnok 10 ай бұрын

Great video Thub... thanks.

@82camionero 10 ай бұрын

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

@benhumphregys3087 10 ай бұрын

Wow this was amazing I wish I could do this!

@Manhandle730 10 ай бұрын

You can just get done before they get home!!

@ComfortRoller 3 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.

@nickyblueyes83 10 ай бұрын

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

@tractors44 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching this, a good haul of copper.

@richavic4520 10 ай бұрын

What, wait, do I see a truck? Effin A!

@leebishop5185 10 ай бұрын

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

@mattnewman6049 10 ай бұрын

Nice house.

@spicolip2334 10 ай бұрын

why are they demoing this perfectly good house?

@noah4652 10 ай бұрын

You're nuts, and I love it

@robdegoyim4023 10 ай бұрын

Something about shiny metal that just says.. MONEY

@jrae6608 10 ай бұрын

Fun to watch.

@ericprater4017 10 ай бұрын

Great Job!

@ralphh4131 10 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.

@seanl.7088 10 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks

@BushDogScrapper 10 ай бұрын

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

@cuetTimmonz 10 ай бұрын

nice. too bad not everyone has access to a house, to scrap copper..lol. i did hear a piece of copper pipe fall off a guys truck.. about 12 feet 7 yrs ago, still using it. one piece is a broom handle!! LOL I was given a good lot of electrical cables, 1 huge motor, about 5lbs of copper in itself! and twisted rope copper in a cord... and i also scout on garbage days, or just in general, finding stuff. better than wasting time with BITCOIN!!! nice find guys..

@pafischer 9 ай бұрын

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

@thubprint 9 ай бұрын

Well if the opportunity comes up I certainly will!

@cocopufer5667 10 ай бұрын

so awesome you saved part of the house!!

@thubprint 10 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 10 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.

@mehrbanali4453 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video.

@larrybuckles5180 10 ай бұрын

Yes do it again

@CanadianTreasureHunter 10 ай бұрын

You have to be careful about asbestos in the drywall, Houses here 1990 & before have to be tested for asbestos before you can do any demo

@iffy9776 10 ай бұрын

You are excited, so am I..

@stanleygallman7800 10 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.

@ryanphillips1388 10 ай бұрын

Nice job!

@woodworkingandepoxy643 10 ай бұрын

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

@bfg1637 10 ай бұрын

It's not often one is watching KZfaq and sees a person you used to hang out with. Lol wild. In case you read this I'll leave a hint, we used to hang with Scribbles at my place on 14th. Many moons ago.

@tomtom33tom22 7 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

@RealTC16 10 ай бұрын

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

@FranssensM 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@vincedibona4687 10 ай бұрын

Two thubs up. 👍🏻👍🏻

@LuftpolsterManu 10 ай бұрын

"its too much footage already" There can never be too much footag!!!

@richardd1880 10 ай бұрын

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

@bestest7239 10 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

@bigcountryscrapper6885 10 ай бұрын

Great video

@dandanny1435 10 ай бұрын

Watched the tree planting mission episode.

@choccie_chip685 10 ай бұрын

Love the editing! Really stepping it up

@thubprint 10 ай бұрын

I’m trying! 😃

@Xander081987 10 ай бұрын

@@thubprint The batman edits were hilarious.

@RC-my7oh 10 ай бұрын

21:53 lol the ketchup

@charlvanderwalt9841 2 ай бұрын

Thats very cool

@hammer44100 10 ай бұрын

Cool like to see another video like this

@petermccall9354 10 ай бұрын

Hey man you forgot the stainless-steel sinks, brass door knobs, steel flyscreen doors, . Cheers.

@thubprint 10 ай бұрын

The sinks were porcelain and stone but you’re right, there was plenty more to pull if I’d been more efficient with the time we had. The furnace and water heater as well

@ProspectorTripp 10 ай бұрын

Great job dude! Score! Peace Prospector Tripp

@thatcanada 10 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...

@s-volt9814 10 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!

@prestongarvey7014 Ай бұрын

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

@DumpsterMarcus 10 ай бұрын

Nice!!!!! Good video

@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va 10 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.

@KevinEllisGuitars 10 ай бұрын

Cool!

@Thelime 10 ай бұрын

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

@joshp6061 10 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 10 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 😅

@jhnnyby85 7 ай бұрын

I've done a few house demos and I never made less than 800 taking out all the copper, brass, wires exposed, and all the misc metal that gets labeled as light iron. It's definitely worth it

@cthesavage 10 ай бұрын

$338.79 US dollars for anyone wondering

@yorkshiremonkey7576 10 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 .