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Consider donating your old water heater to a church or charitable organization if it still works. These charitable organizations will sometimes take on working units to increase their capacity to provide services such as hot water. They may have restrictions, such as you paying for transportation to deliver the water heater to them. However, since you are already providing them with free working equipment, this is debatable. Check with nearby churches or schools to see if they’d be interested in using it. Many churches have senior citizens who could benefit from a used water heater.
You’re likely to have gotten the most out of your water heater’s initial value after 15-20 years of service. It’s perfectly reasonable to throw it out at this point. Water heaters, however, are not accepted at all landfills. Water heaters are mostly voids. Hazardous gases can sometimes fill the space. These gases have the potential to harm the landfill or the people who work there. Therefore, you need to get the correct information to know whether your local landfills accept old water tanks as junk.
If your old water heater still works, someone might be interested in purchasing it. For some, the initial investment in a water heater is prohibitively expensive. They would value having hot water and would only pay a lower price for convenience.
Place an ad on high-traffic sites like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. There are Facebook groups for selling used items. People looking for a good deal frequent Craigslist and e-commerce sites like eBay. Perhaps a professional can buy it and fix it and use.
When it comes to getting rid of old water heaters, scraping them is a popular option. You can either scrap the entire tank or disassemble it and remove all of the precious metals. Non-iron materials are commonly used in water heaters. Copper and brass are widely used by heater manufacturers in water heaters. Separate out the metals and sell them separately.
Check for any valuable metals, especially metals that are more prone to corrosion, such as brass. To get to the brass beneath, you’ll need to chip away the corrosion with a flathead screwdriver. At scrap yards, gas models are more valuable. If the gas regulator works, it is a valuable asset to a scrap yard.
The amount of money you can get for scrapping a water heater depends on a variety of factors; while you can scrap the entire water heater, valuable components within it, such as copper pipes, can be sold separately at a scrap yard for more money. You can separate several valuable elements from the water heater that have higher scrap prices than light iron, shred, or mixed metal.
The weight of the water heater’s copper, brass, and aluminum elements will be less than the weight of the entire tank, and the total you make from these metals will still be dependent on their quality and quantity. However, by separating the water heater, you can get the best price for each element while still scrapping the rest of the tank as mixed metal, increasing your overall profit.
Even if you don’t get much money for it, scrapping a water heater is worthwhile. After all, if you’re going to get rid of it, you might as well get paid for it. You can make money by disassembling and selling valuable parts of your old water heater.
Old water heaters can be difficult to repair. If this happens, look into the best options, such as recycling or selling them to a scrapyard. If you’re not sure how to dispose of an old water heater, contact a water heater recycling center and weigh your options. For example, if you are getting rid of a tankless heater, then it’s probably worth more if it’s able to be salvaged.
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