Scrap Brass Buyers
We buy all grades of brass — taps, fittings, rods, shell cases, yellow brass, and mixed brass.
About Scrap Brass
Brass is one of the most common non-ferrous metals we buy — and one of the most underrated. Plumbers, heating engineers, and building contractors often have bags of old taps, gate valves, compression fittings, and push-fit fittings. It all adds up. We weigh it, grade it (clean vs mixed), and pay you the same day.
Grades We Accept
Yellow brass taps, fittings, valves — minimal iron contamination.
Assorted brass bits, some iron mixed in, older fittings.
Higher copper content — old plumbing fittings, valves.
Machined brass swarf from engineering.
Cartridge cases, clean brass.
Solid brass bar or rod offcuts.
Who Brings Us Brass?
Trade and domestic customers welcome at all three depots.
What Actually Counts as Clean Brass
The difference between clean and mixed brass can be worth hundreds of pounds on a large load.
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and it comes in dozens of variants. For scrap purposes, what matters is how contaminated it is with other metals. Clean brass at our yards means predominantly yellow brass — compression fittings, push-fit fittings, gate valves, tap bodies — with minimal iron or steel mixed in. If it's mostly brass with the odd iron nut, we'll still take it as clean. Mixed brass has more significant contamination: radiator valves with iron bodies, old plumbing assemblies not broken down, a mix of brass and other materials.
The effort of separating before you arrive is almost always worth it. On a 100kg load the price difference between clean and mixed brass can be £60–80. That's worth 20 minutes with a pair of grips removing steel nuts and bolts.
Ammunition casings — spent cartridge cases — are clean brass and grade well. We see a lot of these from farmers, clay shooting clubs, and gun dealers doing stock clearances. Unspent ammunition cannot be accepted — for obvious reasons. Spent cases only.
Builders and Plumbers — Your Brass Adds Up Fast
Most tradespeople don't realise how much brass value leaves the site in skip bags.
A typical bathroom refurbishment generates more brass than most people expect. Old chrome-plated taps have a brass body under the chrome — they still grade as mixed brass even with the chrome coating. Basin and bath waste fittings are often brass. Old thermostatic radiator valves, compression stops, isolation valves — all brass or mixed brass.
Heating engineers doing boiler swaps often accumulate a load of microbore fittings, old brass manifolds, and copper-to-brass connectors over a working week. Kept separate from steel, a week's worth from a busy engineer can be worth £150–250. We see regular customers arrive every Friday afternoon — it's worth factoring into your working week.
If you're a building contractor, keep a dedicated brass bin on site. Brief your team — even mixed brass from a clearance job pays better than it going in the general skip.
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Scrap Brass FAQs
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