Weighed in front of you
You watch the load go on the scales and you see the reading yourself. Nothing gets weighed out the back.
Cash for scrap metal in St Albans
Our Braybrook yard is a short run south. Bring any amount, weighed in front of you and paid on the spot.
- Open till 6:30pm weekdays
- Weighed in front of you
- Paid on the spot
We buy Copper, Aluminium, Brass, Stainless steel, Steel and heavy metal, Cable and wire, Car bodies, Lead, Batteries, Electric motors, Alloy wheels, Radiators, Catalytic converters, Offcuts, Site clearance.
Why people use this yard
Paid on the spot
Settled the moment the weight is agreed. No invoice to wait on and nobody to chase next week.
Open till 6:30pm weekdays
Two hours after most Melbourne yards shut, 5pm on Saturday, and after hours by arrangement if you ring ahead.
No minimum at the yard
A boot load is weighed the same way as a truck load. Factories and industrial sites, we collect.
Scrap metal recycling, St Albans
Scrap metal recycling for St Albans’ homes, builders and trades.
Metal Plus buys scrap metal from the households of St Albans, Kings Park, Kealba and Keilor Downs, from the builders knocking down its postwar houses for units, and from the trades who live and work around it. Copper pipe and old wiring, roofing iron, sheds and fencing, garage clear-outs, and the batteries, radiators and wheels off cars being worked on in the driveway are the regular loads.
Our yard at 159 Ashley St, Braybrook is a short run south, so the easy way is to drop it off: no appointment and no minimum at the gate. A builder filling a bin on a knock-down can have one swapped as it fills. Graded in front of you, paid on the spot, and if you are not sure what you have got, ring and ask.
Where the yard is
A short run south to Braybrook.
Braybrook is a few suburbs south of St Albans, so for most people here driving in is the easy option: load the boot or the trailer, come in, and be weighed and paid while you wait. There is no appointment and no minimum at the gate, and any question before you set off, ring and ask.
What we see from here
Scrap metal we buy from St Albans.
This is what turns up from St Albans, and roughly who it comes from.
Knock-downs and renovations
Copper pipe, old wiring, roofing iron and gutters out of the postwar houses being replaced with units. Pull the copper and the cable before the excavator arrives.
What scrap copper is worthGarages and sheds
Old mowers, bikes, tools, shelving, fencing and shed panels from a clear-out. Aluminium and brass are worth picking out of the steel before you load up.
Scrap aluminium, by gradeCars and car parts
Batteries, radiators, alloy wheels and catalytic converters off the cars being worked on in the driveways. Each is graded on its own, so keep them out of the steel.
Selling a catalytic converterHow it works
Four steps, and you are paid before you leave.
- 01
Ring us or send a photo
Tell us roughly what you have got. A photo from your phone is usually enough for us to say whether it is worth bringing in and what to expect.
- 02
Bring it to the yard
Drive it into the Braybrook yard Monday to Saturday, or at another time by arrangement. Any amount, and no appointment. Factories and industrial sites can book a pickup instead.
- 03
Weighed in front of you
Your load goes on the scales while you watch. You see the reading and you get the docket. Nothing is weighed out the back where you cannot see it.
- 04
Paid on the spot
Sorted the moment the weight is agreed. You are not waiting on an invoice and you are not chasing anybody next week.
Three ways to sell
However much you have got, there is a way to move it.
Drop off at the yard
Pull in, get weighed, get paid. No appointment and no minimum. We are open until 6:30pm on weekdays and 5pm on Saturday, and after hours by arrangement.
- No minimum quantity
- Weighed while you watch
- Paid before you leave
Industrial pickup
For factories and industrial sites across Greater Melbourne. Tell us what the site produces and roughly how much, and we will bring the right truck.
- Factories and industrial sites
- Right truck for the load
- Paid on collection
Bins for bigger jobs
Scrap bins dropped on site for jobs over a tonne. Factories, demolition, construction and site clearance. We swap them out as they fill.
- For loads over 1 tonne
- Swapped as they fill
- Ongoing contracts welcome
Weighing and payment
You watch the scales. That is the whole policy.
The single most common worry people have about selling scrap is that the weight will not be right and there is no way to check. So we took the question off the table.
- Your load is weighed where you can see it. Nothing goes out the back and comes back with a number on it.
- You get a docket with the weight on it. Written down, in your hand, before anything is settled.
- Grades are shown to you, not just quoted. If your copper is two different grades we will separate it in front of you and explain why.
- Payment is settled on the spot. Once the weight is agreed, that is it. No invoice, no waiting.
- 5+
- Years in the trade
- 4,000+
- Tonnes recycled each year
- 50
- Trucks and bins on the road
- 150+
- Collections a week
Reviews
What people actually say.
Every one of these is a real review on our Google profile, word for word. Click any of them and check.
See all reviews on Google- Tom Ison
Read Tom Ison's review on GoogleDawood is one of the nicest lads you’ll meet. Clearly communicated on the phone and was a pleasure to deal with. Had to get rid of these wheels asap and he took care of me with a fair payment.
Would highly recommend his service, easy and straightforward.
- Ben Salads
Read Ben Salads's review on GoogleGood experience, good customers service, best prices for scrap coppers in Melbourne. On the spot payments.
Good people
- Luc Tran
Read Luc Tran's review on GoogleGreat service, fast service, no issues, good pricing, They paid instantly and much better rate than other metal recyclers yard across Melbourne,
- Nathan Barca
Read Nathan Barca's review on GoogleWas looking for a scrap metal place and couldn’t find one that dealt with small amounts, Dawood from Metalplus was very quick honest and helpful, i am definitely coming back.
- Syafiq Azroy
Read Syafiq Azroy's review on GoogleI recently had an old accident-damaged car that I needed to get rid of while I was in Bendigo. After searching on Google, I found MetalPlus in Melbourne, and I’m really glad I chose them.
The whole process was smooth and hassle-free. They were professional, easy to deal with, and offered me a fair price for my car. When I dropped the car off, everything was handled quickly, and I received my payment without any issues.
I’m very happy with the service I received and would definitely recommend MetalPlus to anyone looking to sell a scrap or unwanted car. Great experience overall!
- Joseph Robinson
Read Joseph Robinson's review on GoogleGreat service, best copper price in the market Dawood helped heaps Will be back
- Max Bruton
Read Max Bruton's review on GoogleGreat service, great prices with reliability and easy to work with attitude. Will definitely be back for future business.
- Arthur Lamaris
Read Arthur Lamaris's review on GoogleGreat service. Efficient and payment received on the spot. Couldn’t recommend higher.
- Mark Killmister
Read Mark Killmister's review on GoogleFriendly staff extremely helpful good money paid for Scrap!!! highly recommend
- Benji Hibberd
Read Benji Hibberd's review on GoogleVery good service top bloke looks after his customers great experience
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Where we go
Built for the factory workers, rebuilt by the families who came after.
St Albans began in 1886, when the Cosmopolitan Land and Banking Company subdivided a farm either side of the railway between Sunshine and Sydenham. Its manager, Alfred Padley, named the station after his family’s connection to St Albans in England. For half a century it stayed small, about 700 people by 1940, many of them working in the factories down the line.
Then the 1950s brought the migrants. The population went from about 900 to 7,000 in that one decade: Yugoslav, Maltese and Italian families first, then Greek and Russian, and later Vietnamese. By 2001 more than 35,000 people lived in St Albans.
Most of their houses went up in the fifties and sixties, and a lot of them are now being renovated or knocked down for units. That is where the metal from here comes from: copper pipe and old wiring out of seventy-year-old houses, roofing and fencing off the blocks being cleared, and sheds full of things somebody always meant to deal with.
This page covers
- St Albans
- Kings Park
- Keilor Downs
- Kealba
- Albanvale
- and the rest of the western suburbs
More of the western suburbs
Questions
Scrap metal questions from St Albans.
The ones we get asked most from St Albans. Anything else, ring and ask.
Call 0452 220 422Is a boot load worth bringing in from St Albans?
Yes. It is a short run south, there is no minimum at the gate, and copper and brass are worth enough per kilo that a small load still pays. We are open 7am to 6:30pm on weekdays and 7am to 5pm on Saturday.
Do you collect from houses in St Albans?
No. Pickup is for factories and industrial sites. From a house, the yard in Braybrook takes any amount, and from St Albans it is only a few suburbs away.
We are building units on a block in Kings Park. Can you take the metal?
Yes, from the old house coming down and the new one going up. The knock-down gives copper pipe, cable and roofing; the build gives framing, conduit and cable offcuts. On a job that keeps producing metal, a bin on site, swapped as it fills, beats trailer runs, and on a trade site over a tonne the bin is free.
Can I bring in a car battery and a catalytic converter?
Yes. Keep them to one side rather than buried in the steel, because each is graded on its own. For the converter, bring photo ID: Victorian law requires it for every sale.
Can I get cash for scrap metal in St Albans?
You are paid on the spot as soon as the weight is agreed, and from St Albans that usually means at our gate in Braybrook. That is what most people searching for cash for scrap want to know. How a scrap metal dealer in Victoria may pay is set by state law, the same at every yard, and our page on the law explains it.
What is scrap metal worth from St Albans?
It depends on what is in the load. Copper and brass pay the most, then aluminium, with steel at the other end, and clean, sorted metal is worth more than a mixed heap. Ring or send a photo and we will tell you what to expect before you load up.
Got metal sitting there doing nothing?
Ring us and we will tell you what it is worth and whether it is worth bringing in. Takes two minutes and it costs you nothing to ask.