Junking a Radiator?
i have a very large antique radiator that is cracked. will anyone pick it up for no charge as scrap? will the city pick it up?
i have a very large antique radiator that is cracked. will anyone pick it up for no charge as scrap? will the city pick it up?
Off topic slightly but I recently put out two fridges a couple weeks apart after making separate appointments with sanitation to remove the freon for recycling. Sanitation never showed but the guy who sells used fridges on Prospect Avenue came by with a truck and got them. Is sanitation subcontacting this out or what?
It seems to me that if you left it at the curb, the radiator would qualify for DSNY bulk metal collection. You can double-check by calling 311. Even though the value of scrap metal is reduced right now, I doubt your radiator would stay curbside long enough for pickup. We recently put a dishwasher at the curb, and it was gone in less than 1/2 hour via someone with a shopping cart. See: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/collection/bulk.shtml#metalbulk
Thanks for the tip, I have one too, a dead monster with a cracked foot; last time I tried to get someone to haul off a cast-iron radiator, it involved lots of phone calls to really suspicious-sounding places whose proprietors sounded as if they’d be happy to sink just about anything unwanted, radiator or human, into the Gowanus Canal. Or you could do what the previous owner of our house did: Bury the thing in the backyard. (We left it there; you have to water more thoroughly over it, because the grass has a shallower root system, but otherwise it’s working for us.)
You can stop by at local scrap metal yard and ask them to arrange something. One yard located next to Lawes. Another is next to HD in Coney Island. (is it a coincedence?).
I did it before. The guy, who took my scrap metal can be reached at: 347-922-1423. Call him and explain your situation.