Demolition scrap metal removal Chicago — we buy what’s inside.

Ironcrest doesn’t knock buildings down. We buy the metal that comes out of them — and we make it the easiest line item on your job. Your crew keeps tearing; we show up, load the recovered metal, weigh it in front of you, and pay within 24–48 hours. No yard runs eating your labor hours, no pile growing behind the fence.

House knockdowns, commercial gut-outs, industrial tear-outs — if metal comes out of it, we want a look. How we partner with demolition contractors.

• Wire runs — branch circuits, feeders, service cable pulled during the gut.
• Copper pipe and tubing — domestic water, hydronic, refrigeration lines.
• Bus bar and panels — switchgear copper, panel guts, disconnects.
• HVAC copper — coils, line sets, condensers.
• Roof copper — flashing, gutters, standing-seam tear-offs.
• Brass fixtures and valves — keep them out of the copper and they earn their own price.
• Structural and miscellaneous steel — it rides on the same truck.

1. Call before or during the job. 312-880-8174 — tell us the address and what’s coming out.
2. We schedule around your tear-out. Same-day pickup across Chicago; staged pickups on multi-day jobs.
3. We load, weigh, and pay. Paid within 24–48 hours, weighed in front of your foreman. Your crew never leaves the building.

Are you a demolition company?

No. We don’t do demolition — we buy the scrap metal that demolition produces. You tear it down; we buy what’s inside and haul it the same day.

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Can you do pickups during an active tear-out?

Yes. We schedule around your crew and can stage multiple pickups across a multi-day job so recovered metal never piles up.

What metals do you buy from demolition jobs?

Copper wire and pipe, brass and bronze fixtures, aluminum, and steel — the full tear-out stream, on one truck.

How do we get paid?

Paid within 24–48 hours, weighed in front of your foreman. No waiting, no net-30.

Do you handle the whole Chicago area?

Same-day pickup across Chicago, city and suburbs. For the right load we travel further — call and ask.