Best deals on building materials?

hunterdan

hunterdan

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I'm hoping to build a small home 28x28 single floor with unfinished basement. I know I can get everything at Lowes but I'm looking to try and cut cost to make it workable. I have also seen some deals on CL but I'd prefer one supplier or a few at most.

I used to get good deals on lumber/flooring...at Chris's salvage in Lenoir but I hear they are closed. If anyone knows of a wholesaler/salvage store please post name and location. I am in Morganton,NC and would prefer not going more than a couple hrs away.

Thanks, Daniel
 
hunterdan said:
I'm hoping to build a small home 28x28 single floor with unfinished basement. I know I can get everything at Lowes but I'm looking to try and cut cost to make it workable. I have also seen some deals on CL but I'd prefer one supplier or a few at most.

I used to get good deals on lumber/flooring...at Chris's salvage in Lenoir but I hear they are closed. If anyone knows of a wholesaler/salvage store please post name and location. I am in Morganton,NC and would prefer not going more than a couple hrs away.

Thanks, Daniel
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Im just south of you. We always use Devineys lumber and salvage in Polkville off hwy 226. It's about 30 mins away from morganton. They have cool stuff just laying around, it's always fun to walk around the place..kind of like a junk yard for home owners..i always have lots of ideas and wants!
Here is the info. No website though, but I would recommend making the trip down.

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Is there a Habitat ReStore anywhere nearby? Those can be good for random slightly-used stuff and occasional deals.
 
why not 32 x 32? seems like that would make everything come out more even? multiple of 8/12/16. It just seems like it would be just about the same cost.

but then again i don't know much about construction.
 
How has this thread gone 8 posts without anybody mentioning that @Jody Treadway sells lumber for a living?

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RatLabGuy said:
Is there a Habitat ReStore anywhere nearby? Those can be good for random slightly-used stuff and occasional deals.
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Here in Raleigh, the Habitat store is a ripoff.
 
shawn said:
Here in Raleigh, the Habitat store is a ripoff.
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My experience has been it's very hit and miss, you have to know what stuff costs. Sometimes a door is only 20% less than the cost new. But then they'll have a set of shelves of misc tile labeled "everything here $.50 each" that includes everything from 4"x4" to a giant stack of 12"x24" tiles.
Hell my local store had entire cases of liquid nails type adhesives labeled $10 each (per case), like somebody donated a pallet of them and they had to move 'em quickly.

I'd bet there's a huge difference based on the throughput. The tiny ReStore my dad volunteers at in Macon, NC is just a tiny shack converted house and a metal shed. They just take whatever random shit is halfway usable and resell it super cheap so that things get used, since the local economy is so bad a high % of people can't afford new stuff.
 
@shawn and @braxton357, I could help but as far as standard framing lumber goes, he would need to buy full unit (bunk) quantities. We don't stock untreated stuff (as it is rarely used in commercial construction).
My recommendation is to contact a local ma and pa lumberyard. You'll get better service as compared to a big box yard.
Asheville has a couple of discount yards. One is Coates Salvage in Weaverville and I can't remember the name of the other one, but it is in Johnston School Rd in West Asheville.
 
Thanks for all the help. Please keep em coming
obullfish said:
I'd build a fire proof house.
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We thought about a castle...or a small block home with basement but people said it would cost more than stick built, have no insulation and elec. would be in conduit on wall...
 
Loganwayne said:
I think it's funny I hear people all the time say they aren't ever worried about a fire cause they have a new house..... It's still wood. Everyone is basically living in a tinder box.

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Let me talk to you about fire retardant wood...
 
Loganwayne said:
Iol I'm to poor to build. And no one out this way specs rated wood. Or I would already called you. I put you in the data base anyways.

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Nobody aside from all of those Ingles Supermarkets, Wal Marts, Casinos, hotels and schools. :D
 
hunterdan said:
Thanks for all the help. Please keep em coming


We thought about a castle...or a small block home with basement but people said it would cost more than stick built, have no insulation and elec. would be in conduit on wall...
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2 of those 3 problems are easily solved by framing it on the inside... then from the living point of view you'd never know.
 
braxton357 said:
No joke. To be fair though, his specialty is commercial fire proof stuff and dana 60's.
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I don't even want to know how many Dana 60s it would take to build a house. Better off getting a bunch of discarded Dana 30s for cheap and building with those instead.


RatLabGuy said:
2 of those 3 problems are easily solved by framing it on the inside... then from the living point of view you'd never know.
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That's a pretty simple method too, because nothing has to be load bearing anywhere. Probably helps make the interior a lot quieter as well, having the insulation and a floating interior wall.

Block looks terrible from the exterior though, for anything but a basement or crawlspace wall. If you're siding over it, that's a different story...
 
RatLabGuy said:
2 of those 3 problems are easily solved by framing it on the inside... then from the living point of view you'd never know.
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Hate to build a block wall just to do a stick built wall anyway. Might as well do stick built upstairs and be done. All block sounds good but too costly for us.
 
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