Metal Werx Scrap Metal Recycling
Racks of metal tube, box section, angle and bar, seen end-on

What We Buy

Scrap Aluminium Extrusion

Old window and door frames, flyscreen frames, shopfront sections and extrusion offcuts. Clean alloy extrusion is the best-paying grade of aluminium, so it's worth keeping apart from the rest.

We Pay on Average

$3,000 per tonne

An average as of . What you're paid depends on the grade, how clean and sorted it is, how much you bring and the metals market; we confirm the price when your scrap is graded and weighed. What affects the price · See all prices

Get a QuoteHow It Works

Overview

Clean Extrusion Pays Best

Extrusion is aluminium pushed through a die into a long section that's the same shape all the way along. Window and door frames, flyscreen and shower screen frames, shopfronts and handrails are all made from it. Scrap yards call it alloy extrusion, and it's one of the cleanest grades of aluminium.

It has its own price, well above mixed aluminium, as long as it's clean. Glass, rubber seals, plastic inserts, timber and steel screws all count against it, so strip them off before you come in. Extrusion that still has them on is paid at a lower grade.

Grades We Buy

  • Clean Extrusion

    Window, door and flyscreen frames and other sections with the glass, rubber, plastic and steel screws removed. The best price.

  • Painted Extrusion

    Powder-coated, painted and anodised frames and sections, stripped the same way as bare ones.

  • Offcuts & Sections

    Offcuts from fabricators and window installers, and lengths of aluminium tube, angle and channel.

  • Thermally Broken Frames

    Double-glazed frames with a plastic strip joining the inner and outer sections. Paid at a lower grade unless the plastic is cut out.

How It Works

Selling scrap at our Hallam yard takes a few minutes.

  1. Bring it in

    Bring your scrap to our Hallam yard in the car, ute or trailer. For bigger loads, we can collect.

  2. We sort and weigh it

    We sort your metal by grade and weigh each grade on its own, so every kilo is paid at the right price.

  3. Show your ID

    Victorian law requires us to record photo ID from everyone who sells us scrap metal.

  4. Get paid

    We pay by bank transfer, as scrap metal dealers in Victoria can't pay in cash. Bring your BSB and account number.

Hands holding a cut section of an aluminium window frame

Before You Bring It In

Not sure it's aluminium? It's light and a magnet won't stick to it. Steel screws, hinges and brackets will, which makes them easy to find and take off.

We buy

  • Window and door frames
  • Flyscreen and shower screen frames
  • Sliding door tracks and shopfront sections
  • Handrails, louvres and pergola sections
  • Fabrication and installation offcuts

Take off first

  • Glass, including broken glass
  • Rubber seals and plastic inserts
  • Steel screws, hinges and brackets
  • Flyscreen mesh, timber and silicone

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about selling scrap aluminium extrusion.

If you can. Frames with the glass, rubber and screws removed are paid as clean extrusion, the best price, and broken glass is a hazard in the yard.

Extrusion is the long, even sections that frames and profiles are made from. Alloy mix is the rest of your aluminium, such as sheet, castings, and pots and pans. Keep the two apart, and the extrusion is paid at its own, higher price.

Yes. Coated and anodised frames are still extrusion. Strip off the glass, rubber, plastic and steel, as you would for bare frames.

Use a magnet: it sticks to steel but not to aluminium. Aluminium is also much lighter, about a third of the weight of steel.

By bank transfer, once your metal is weighed. Scrap metal dealers in Victoria can't pay in cash, and we need to see your photo ID.

Still have a question? Get in touch.

We Also Buy

Everything we buy

Got Old Frames?

Bring them to our Hallam yard, or tell us what you've got and we'll give you a price.

Get a Quote