Joe,

At $3.00+ a pound, the copper theives are cleaning house you might say.

If they are not stealing copper wiring or plumbing they are stealing the aluminum from condensing units.

A homebuilder I know said the copper theft is what pushed him to start using PEX instead. Building out in the country as he does, they were stealing him blind.

He doesn't even have the outside condensing unit set till almost the closing of the home.

rick