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I have never had a house built. Do you have insurance that covers theft and vandalism during the build? Copper wire goes for $1.80 a pound (unstripped), copper piping $2.60, and brass $1.70 a pound. No I am not a scrap thief,
but I generate scrap from my machine shop, so I see the prices. I am replumbing my house tearing out the copper and replacing with Pex. I only have the copper about 60% replaced and already got over $100 in copper scrap and your house is bigger than mine. Even if done in Pex the fittings are brass with stainless steel banding. Some areas the cops monitor the scrap
yards, others they do not. Tweakers have no problem causing 10's of thousands of dollars damage to make off with a couple $100 in scrap.
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