Power Cord Cutters

[fsjonsey]

Vacant houses in urban areas, Detroit especially, are being stripped of copper and aluminum, plumbing, wiring, gutters, and all. Because of the damage done by the scroungers, the houses are not worth repairing and are simply torn down. It's beginning to happen in suburban areas too.

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by fsjonsey

Vacant houses in urban areas, Detroit especially, are being stripped of copper and aluminum, plumbing, wiring, gutters, and all. Because of the damage done by the scroungers, the houses are not worth repairing and are simply torn down. It's beginning to happen in suburban areas too.

Funny you should mention this here.

A home in my neighborhood sat empty for about 3 months. When the new owners started getting it ready to rent, which is another problem to me entirely, they found that all the water lines were gone, along with all of the wiring that ran through the basement. The furnace was stripped, also.

I am amazed at how brazen people are getting. What ever happened to leaving things alone that dont belong to you?

[zenith2134]

We have a 1940s oil burner with steam boiler which is on its way out. I'll make sure I'M the one who profits instead of some scrap guy 'getting rid of it for us'

And maybe I;ll start pulling yokes from junked sets.... But I doubt I'll get that desperate for paper. People are nuts, stealing propane lines??!!

[fujifrontier]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

We have a 1940s oil burner with steam boiler which is on its way out. I'll make sure I'M the one who profits instead of some scrap guy 'getting rid of it for us'

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[larschr]

I usually cut the cords and put it inside the cabinet when i trash stuff to avoid the cord getting in the way when carrying the appliance. The stuff i trash is usually unrepairable or only usable as spare parts, so i guess it doesn´t really matter.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

Funny you should mention this here.

they found that all the water lines were gone, along with all of the wiring that ran through the basement. The furnace was stripped, also.

I am amazed at how brazen people are getting. What ever happened to leaving things alone that dont belong to you?

I would imagine that someone who owns a house that is about to be foreclosed/reprosessed, they might take out all the scrappable wire and pipe themselves. It's still their house until the repro guy shows up. As they are getting kicked out of the house anyway.