What Can You Do with Old Aluminum Fence Panels?
Whenever you remove any type of fencing, you’re always left with a similar question: what should you do with the old fence materials?
In this article, we’re going to take a closer look at what you can do with old aluminum fence panels.
What Can You Do with Old aluminum Fence Panels In Good Condition?
If you’re removing a section of aluminum fence that is still in good condition, there’s a good chance you can reuse it somewhere else or even you could sell it to someone in your area.
Metal fences are expensive to purchase new, so many people do look for second hand options online.
This usually works better if you have more full fence panels than cut panels, but you can also sell aluminum gates to buyers in your area.
Online classified sites and social media like Facebook Marketplace are both good places to advertise your good-condition aluminum fence panels.
Usually, aluminum fence posts are damaged when they are pulled out, and they might be too short for anything other than base plating if you cut them off, so often, aluminum fence posts are not reusable. However, if you can get them out without too much damage, you might be able to resell them. Of course, brackets and fittings are also in demand if you can remove them without cutting or damage.
aluminum fence panels in good condition can also be repurposed in many ways.
They could become a railing, be installed between wood posts in another area of your yard or even used as a trellis for climbing plants in your vegetable garden.
What Can You Do with Old Aluminum Fence Panels in Poor Condition?
If your aluminum fence panels are in poor condition, reselling them to be used again as fencing is not an option, but many metal recyclers will buy aluminum fence panels, and they do pay for this kind of scrap by weight. So the more you have for sale, the more you are likely to make from the deal.
Many metal recyclers will also collect metal fencing from your property if you have a reasonably large amount to sell for scrap.
If you choose not to recycle your aluminum fence panels, or you don’t have a scrap metal company in your area that buys them, you could find out if your local landfill will accept them. Many landfills do take metal and even construction waste, so there’s a good chance that’s another viable option.
Many Metal Fences Are Recyclable
One of the bigger environmental benefits of metal fences like aluminum fence panels is that many of these types of fencing are recyclable.
Steel, aluminum, and other metals that are used in fencing are all in demand by metal recyclers, and most will take tubing, wire, mesh, and panels, so you can often get some money back for all your used fencing and do some good for the planet!
