Old Flue liner - worth anything as scrap?

[5MUG]

WE have an old chimney flue liner. Is it worth anything as scrap?
Does anyone know?

[JM]

It will be worth something, but maybe not much.
It depends on what material it is made from and how heavy it is.

You might get a few £'s, maybe enough to make it worth while driving to a scrap yard if there is one near you.

[dirkgently]

Stick it in the front garden,
make a cup of tea,
return to front garden,
if flue liner = 0 then yes
if flue liner = 1 then no

[Nobby Diesel]

Depends on the material and construction.
If it's single wall stainless, then yes.
If it's twin wall, with insulation, yes, but less per kg than above.
Clean stainless was about £1.30/Kg week before last.

[mattdaniels]

dirkgently said:

Stick it in the front garden,
make a cup of tea,
return to front garden,
if flue liner = 0 then yes
if flue liner = 1 then no

IFCIT

Just had new back boiler and fire fitted by British Gas. They are supposed to be sending a contractor to collect the rubbish. If they leave it much longer it won't be worth their while.

To the OP - we had a small scare with ours as there was an asbestos collar joining the flu liner to the boiler so might be worth checking your liner is asbestos free before flogging it.

[costsmonkey]

I do not wish to hijack OP's thread but I have a similar question concerning an old hot water cylinder that I believe to be copper.

It is approximately 3 feet high and 15 inches in diameter. Any ideas regarding scrap value and where best to dispose of in or around London area would be much appreciated.

[JM]

costsmonkey said:

I do not wish to hijack OP's thread but I have a similar question concerning an old hot water cylinder that I believe to be copper.

It is approximately 3 feet high and 15 inches in diameter. Any ideas regarding scrap value and where best to dispose of in or around London area would be much appreciated.

Well worth taking to a scrappy, depends on weight but copper was today £4000 per metric ton at my local scrappy.

[5MUG]

Thanks all. It is made of stainless steel.
I'll see how I get on!

[RV8]

Just out of interest how much did you get for the flue? I'd guess my old one I have knocking about is S/S also.

For anyone else interested I took an immersion heater and a few handfuls of copper to the metal recyclers it netted me £50. They don't weigh the tank if it's covered in insulation (obviously not the jacket type which is easy to remove but the foam that is bonded) you might even get a tad more if you can be bothered to strip it off, as it was as they just guess the weight and valued it that way. Still, I can make £50 go a long way these-days, so it was worth doing, wish I had a few more tanks sat around to weigh in!