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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Комментарии • 348

  • @bread-gz3rl
    @bread-gz3rl 10 месяцев назад +113

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

    • @timcolgan2699
      @timcolgan2699 10 месяцев назад +5

      Someone either died or murdered in this house.😮

    • @Manhandle730
      @Manhandle730 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@timcolgan2699
      What?

    • @Manhandle730
      @Manhandle730 10 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @BOOT 10 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @gregkareem9824
      @gregkareem9824 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@timcolgan2699huh?

  • @cuscrapping
    @cuscrapping 10 месяцев назад +21

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

    • @Holy_handful_of_bread91
      @Holy_handful_of_bread91 9 месяцев назад +1

      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
    @joeybuldo3008 10 месяцев назад +57

    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
      @johnjack8195 8 месяцев назад

      Are you allowed to keep it?

    • @VirtualAustin
      @VirtualAustin 8 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @joeybuldo3008
      @joeybuldo3008 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @ballard66766
      @ballard66766 7 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @Andf-kc4xx 3 месяца назад

      @@ballard66766 lol silly guy

  • @Idolmakercat
    @Idolmakercat 9 месяцев назад +10

    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
      @01mustang05 8 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @allfather5150
    @allfather5150 10 месяцев назад +12

    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!

  • @ChineseDetective
    @ChineseDetective 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @riley8603
    @riley8603 10 месяцев назад +17

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

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +2

      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
      @riley8603 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@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

  • @tiggidyty
    @tiggidyty 10 месяцев назад +37

    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
      @Manhandle730 10 месяцев назад +13

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

    • @tiggidyty
      @tiggidyty 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@Manhandle730 you got that right buddy.

    • @ryanglaser5336
      @ryanglaser5336 9 месяцев назад +1

      Interesting, what were the significant defects with this place?

    • @LorandHungary
      @LorandHungary 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @EC-dz4bq
      @EC-dz4bq 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @jamieclayton9
    @jamieclayton9 10 месяцев назад +6

    Yay, the truck is back!

  • @susananthony2366
    @susananthony2366 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @mediocrefunkybeat
    @mediocrefunkybeat 10 месяцев назад +3

    The ol' safety sandals!

  • @spicolip2334
    @spicolip2334 10 месяцев назад +5

    why are they demoing this perfectly good house?

  • @tresopple
    @tresopple 10 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @widestreammedia5547
    @widestreammedia5547 10 месяцев назад +18

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

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +11

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

    • @Loretzo4
      @Loretzo4 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @jazzlicafan
    @jazzlicafan 10 месяцев назад +6

    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
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @allthingsjack89
    @allthingsjack89 10 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome to see that you have your truck back 🙂

  • @williammeeks1283
    @williammeeks1283 10 месяцев назад +6

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

  • @ScrapFatherScrapSon
    @ScrapFatherScrapSon 10 месяцев назад +10

    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
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +2

      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
      @ScrapFatherScrapSon 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @bryangilmer671
    @bryangilmer671 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is one of your best yet

  • @michaelsinclair8279
    @michaelsinclair8279 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @patrothwell9138
    @patrothwell9138 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @andrewgeyer2602
    @andrewgeyer2602 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @LeanneRende
    @LeanneRende 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @zacnok
    @zacnok 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video Thub... thanks.

  • @nixd0rf356
    @nixd0rf356 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great vid Thub!

  • @adamdaley8090
    @adamdaley8090 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @scottcameron8804
    @scottcameron8804 10 месяцев назад

    Glad to see the truck back on the road.

  • @teembo
    @teembo 10 месяцев назад +1

    that WAS fun!

  • @workingclassdog3
    @workingclassdog3 10 месяцев назад +1

    That first sledgehammer hit was comical.

  • @tedlongworth-li4ck
    @tedlongworth-li4ck 10 месяцев назад

    Whole vid was very interesting. Well done.

  • @jrae6608
    @jrae6608 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fun to watch.

  • @riverboat28
    @riverboat28 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good man buying the appliances!

  • @eugene251
    @eugene251 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @chadfortman8098
    @chadfortman8098 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @rayl3177
    @rayl3177 10 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @gussuperman7565
    @gussuperman7565 10 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @tractors44
    @tractors44 9 месяцев назад

    Enjoyed watching this, a good haul of copper.

  • @benhumphregys3087
    @benhumphregys3087 10 месяцев назад +7

    Wow this was amazing I wish I could do this!

    • @Manhandle730
      @Manhandle730 10 месяцев назад +2

      You can just get done before they get home!!

  • @davidevans9266
    @davidevans9266 7 месяцев назад

    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😊

  • @leebishop5185
    @leebishop5185 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @cocopufer5667
    @cocopufer5667 10 месяцев назад

    so awesome you saved part of the house!!

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад

      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 💙

  • @markrice3502
    @markrice3502 10 месяцев назад +3

    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

  • @mattnewman6049
    @mattnewman6049 10 месяцев назад +4

    Nice house.

  • @ericprater4017
    @ericprater4017 10 месяцев назад

    Great Job!

  • @g6vinm131
    @g6vinm131 10 месяцев назад +2

    hit the wall like u mean it wubb 😂

  • @unknownlegend6275
    @unknownlegend6275 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @slimphillip
    @slimphillip 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @gravitybear
    @gravitybear 10 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +1

      I leapt at the opportunity when it was mentioned 😁

  • @seanl.7088
    @seanl.7088 9 месяцев назад

    Great video! Thanks

  • @82camionero
    @82camionero 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @JtePetOzen-2
    @JtePetOzen-2 10 месяцев назад

    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

  • @larrybuckles5180
    @larrybuckles5180 10 месяцев назад +1

    Dude, you have your truck back, yaaaaaaa

  • @nickyblueyes83
    @nickyblueyes83 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @crazybear357
    @crazybear357 10 месяцев назад +1

    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
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @mehrbanali4453
    @mehrbanali4453 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome video.

  • @bigcountryscrapper6885
    @bigcountryscrapper6885 10 месяцев назад

    Great video

  • @vincedibona4687
    @vincedibona4687 10 месяцев назад +1

    Two thubs up. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @ryanphillips1388
    @ryanphillips1388 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nice job!

  • @DumpsterMarcus
    @DumpsterMarcus 10 месяцев назад

    Nice!!!!! Good video

  • @eveengineer4147
    @eveengineer4147 10 месяцев назад +5

    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.

  • @thatcanada
    @thatcanada 10 месяцев назад +5

    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...

  • @pafischer
    @pafischer 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  8 месяцев назад

      Well if the opportunity comes up I certainly will!

  • @ProspectorTripp
    @ProspectorTripp 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great job dude!
    Score!
    Peace Prospector Tripp

  • @RealTC16
    @RealTC16 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @noah4652
    @noah4652 10 месяцев назад +2

    You're nuts, and I love it

  • @richardd1880
    @richardd1880 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @choccie_chip685
    @choccie_chip685 10 месяцев назад

    Love the editing! Really stepping it up

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад

      I’m trying! 😃

    • @Xander081987
      @Xander081987 10 месяцев назад

      @@thubprint The batman edits were hilarious.

  • @larrybuckles5180
    @larrybuckles5180 10 месяцев назад +1

    Yes do it again

  • @robdegoyim4023
    @robdegoyim4023 10 месяцев назад +1

    Something about shiny metal that just says.. MONEY

  • @Thelime
    @Thelime 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @charlvanderwalt9841
    @charlvanderwalt9841 Месяц назад

    Thats very cool

  • @woodworkingandepoxy643
    @woodworkingandepoxy643 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @BushDogScrapper
    @BushDogScrapper 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @ajmprovidence
    @ajmprovidence 10 месяцев назад +1

    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
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @hammer44100
    @hammer44100 10 месяцев назад

    Cool like to see another video like this

  • @prestongarvey7014
    @prestongarvey7014 20 дней назад

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

  • @iffy9776
    @iffy9776 10 месяцев назад +1

    You are excited, so am I..

  • @cthesavage
    @cthesavage 10 месяцев назад +2

    $338.79 US dollars for anyone wondering

  • @CanadianTreasureHunter
    @CanadianTreasureHunter 9 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @FranssensM
    @FranssensM 10 месяцев назад +2

    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 RUclips”
    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
      @Manhandle730 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @s-volt9814
    @s-volt9814 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @bestest7239
    @bestest7239 10 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @lukelegg9915
    @lukelegg9915 10 месяцев назад

    Ive always wanted to do something like this

  • @tomtom33tom22
    @tomtom33tom22 6 месяцев назад

    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

  • @ralphh4131
    @ralphh4131 9 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @RC-my7oh
    @RC-my7oh 9 месяцев назад

    21:53 lol the ketchup

  • @joshp6061
    @joshp6061 10 месяцев назад +3

    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
      @thubprint  10 месяцев назад +3

      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 😅

  • @stanleygallman7800
    @stanleygallman7800 10 месяцев назад +7

    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.

  • @michaelquinones3572
    @michaelquinones3572 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @KevinEllisGuitars
    @KevinEllisGuitars 10 месяцев назад

    Cool!

  • @scrapitall200
    @scrapitall200 10 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @nickyblueyes83
    @nickyblueyes83 9 месяцев назад

    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

  • @jamespatterson8512
    @jamespatterson8512 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Joesworld1988
    @Joesworld1988 10 месяцев назад

    Wubs hair is incredible!

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  9 месяцев назад

      It’s really having a party these days 😆

  • @ComfortRoller
    @ComfortRoller 2 месяца назад

    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.

  • @dad8709
    @dad8709 3 месяца назад

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

  • @bfg1637
    @bfg1637 9 месяцев назад

    It's not often one is watching RUclips 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.

  • @stevendale7658
    @stevendale7658 Месяц назад

    Thubette is so cute

  • @poolfixer
    @poolfixer 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @Uriahheep1975
    @Uriahheep1975 10 месяцев назад +2

    You need a stall, mate, for ceiling works.