Exhibit 23.0


           Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K of Mueller Industries, Inc. and in the following Registration
Statements of Mueller Industries, Inc. of our reports dated March 10, 2006,
with respect to Mueller Industries, Inc.'s consolidated financial
statements, management of Mueller Industries, Inc.'s assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the
2005 Annual Report to Shareholders of Mueller Industries, Inc.:

*   Form S-8 No. 333-91237 pertaining to the Mueller Industries, Inc. 2002
    Stock Option Plan
*   Form S-8 No. 333-72726 pertaining to the Stock Option Agreements for
    Harvey L. Karp and William D. O'Hagan
*   Form S-8 No. 333-52325 pertaining to the Mueller Industries, Inc. 1998
    Stock Option Plan
*   Form S-8 No. 33-54705 pertaining to the Mueller Industries, Inc. 1994
    Stock Option Plan and the 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
*   Form S-8 No. 33-47307 pertaining to the Mueller Industries, Inc. 1991
    Incentive Stock Option Plan

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Mueller
Industries, Inc. listed in Item 15(a). This schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.

                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Memphis, Tennessee
March 10, 2006