Used building supplies can cost 50 percent to 90 percent less than new, said Shane Endicott, executive director of the Rebuilding Center in Portland, Ore. By Melissa Kossler Dutton Oct 20, 2010 ...

It took Brian Koehl about a year to buy the materials to build a backyard greenhouse. Koehl, a master gardener from Waller, Texas, bought secondhand windows and doors to construct the building ...

It's said that one man's trash is another man's treasure. That's especially true in the used building supply trade, where cast-offs from one re-decorated home or office might fit perfectly into ...

I’m a huge fan of selling used building materials for any number of reasons. Years ago I discovered that what you might think is junk some other person might consider gold.

Home Depot is buying specialty building products distributor GMS for $4.3 billion, the second notable acquisition in a little ...

In response to the bleak economy, more people then ever are buying used building supplies from Habitat for Humanity’s Re-Store, prompting the nonprofit group to seek a larger space. On ...