Copper prices like many other metal commodity prices have gone through the roof in the last few years, and some of that copper has also gone out the front door, and garage after being ripped out of the houses it was installed. Copper pipe theft is as huge challenge and now we find that many of the homes foreclosed on, have had their previous owners steal the copper pipes on the way out, and then they’ve sold the pipe to a metal recycler. Interestingly enough, even if the former home owner would never do such a thing, there are…
