Builders ReSupply Store
What
The Walla Walla Builders ReSupply Store is open. The Builders ReSupply is a store where construction contractors and the public can donate excess new and used construction materials and deduct the value of the materials off your taxes. And a store where you can pick up for half the cost a door that matches the period of the house you are remodeling and many other construction materials.
Location
551 Lockheed (at the airport near Tate Trucking—far northeast section)
Hours
Tuesdays – 9 am – noon
Wednesdays – Noon – 3 pm
Contact
Dan Mallery, Construction Materials Coordinator
Tel. 509-629-1638
Materials Accepted/Available for Purchase
All materials must
- Be readily saleable
- Be in good condition, requiring no cleaning or repair
- Be in sufficient quantity to be useful
- Contain no hazardous components
ACCEPTED
Appliances – new only
Baseboard in sufficient quantity for at least a small room
Bathtubs
Cabinets
Carpet and pad - new only and in sufficient quantity for at least a small room
Ceiling fans
Doors
Electrical and plumbing materials
Faucets – either new or antique
Flooring - new only and in sufficient quantity for at least a small room
Gutters – sufficient for at least one roof line
Hardware (such as door knobs, hinges, ties)
Heat grills and registers
Insulation – full rolls only
Lighting fixtures
Lumber – full dimensional only
Molding in sufficient quantity for at least a small room
Nuts and bolts – new full boxes only
OSB (oriented strand boards) – full sheets only, any thickness
Plywood sheets – full sheets only, any thickness
Roofing – new only and in sufficient quantity for at least a shed
Shutters – in pairs only
Siding – in sufficient quantity for at least a shed
Sinks
Tile
Toilets
Windows
NOT ACCEPTED
- Materials containing toxic or hazardous ingredients, typically adhesives
- Materials containing asbestos, mercury, vinyl/PVC, formaldehyde or other flammable or volatile organic compounds.
Background
Presently perfectly good construction materials are going to the landfill and being wasted. The Sustainable Living Center gathered information from contractors at the landfill in May 2009. The results showed roughly 200 tons of concrete are taken to the landfill annually, 200 tons of still usable dimensional lumber, almost 400 windows, brick, block, doors and frames, electrical equipment, faucets, gypsum wallboard, heating ducts, insulation, light fixtures, pipe, plumbing fittings, roofing, and siding.
Contractors and the public have to pay to dispose of these materials in the landfill. We as taxpayers have to pay for extending the life of the landfill as it fills up. A Builders ReSupply keeps usable materials out of the landfill and money in all of our pockets.
Examples
To see a film on materials Walla Walla is already reusing, take a look at Walla Walla Reuses.
Other Resources
Local exchange sources are available for some construction materials.
