A builder's relationship with scrap metal is usually a mixed skip and a bill. That is the expensive way around. Metal is the one waste stream on a site that someone will pay you for, and separating it is the difference between a cost line and an income line.
What comes off a site worth money
- Roofing iron and cladding. Steel sheet, Colorbond, zincalume. Low rate per kilo but enormous volume on a reroof, and it fills a general skip fast.
- Structural steel. Beams, posts, lintels, purlins, offcuts. Heavy and worth collecting.
- Copper. Plumbing runs, hot water units, cable and wiring. By far the best paying thing on a strip-out.
- Aluminium. Window and door frames, flyscreens, gutter, fascia, cladding. Frames with glass still in them are fine, we just allow for it.
- Brass and fittings. Tapware, valves, door hardware.
- Reinforcing and offcuts. Mesh, bar ends, ties.
- Old fencing, gates and sheds. Including the whole shed frame.
- Appliances and whitegoods. Left behind in every kitchen strip-out.
Rates
Indicative rates, the same ones on the home page. Metal markets move every week, so ring 0435 805 124 for the exact figure before you load up.
Steel and iron sit at the bottom of the scale, which surprises people, but the volume is the point. The money on a building site is in the copper, the aluminium frames and the brass, which is exactly the material most likely to disappear into a skip if nobody separates it.
Getting the bin right
The single thing that decides whether site separation works is whether the metal bin is closer than the general bin. If your crew has to walk past a skip to reach it, it will not happen. Tell us how the site is laid out and where the crew actually works, and we will place it so it is the easy option.
How we work on sites
- Tell us the site address, the access and how long the job runs.
- We place a metal bin or cage where the work actually happens.
- Crew separates metal. Nothing else changes.
- We collect on call or on a schedule through the job, so the bin never blocks progress.
- Weighed by type, paid to the business, weights in writing for the job file.
Demolition and whole-structure jobs
If you are taking a structure down rather than stripping it out, ring before you start. What is in the building changes the plan: a shed with a steel frame and iron cladding is a different job from a house with a copper-plumbed bathroom and aluminium windows. Knowing in advance lets us size the bins and the vehicle properly and give you a realistic number for the whole lot.