RR Anderson, DIY Cultural Arts Specialist
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Jun. 18, 2009 at 10:39pm
Tacoma ReStore: Beachcomber Alert!
USED BUILDING MATERIALS AND HARDWARE
http://www.tpc-habitat.org/pages/restore.htm
Store Location:
505 Puyallup Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98421
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Store Phone:
Office: 253-779-8149
Store Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday: 10 am � 5 pm
Almost every week I hop on the link during my lunchbreak to check out the latest inventory of the Tacoma ReStore. Vintage Tools, Incredibly cheap hardware including TACOMA SCREW products, paint, hinges and clamps are always coming in. Let the comment thread serve as a weekly alert for items currently available. Maybe you too can join in the fun.
 by KevinFreitas on 6/18/2009 @ 10:55pm | Sweet! Can't wait to hear what they have. Let me know some lunch you head down and I'll meet you at the 25th Street Link stop. w00t! |
 by NineInchNachos on 6/18/2009 @ 10:57pm | AS OF YESTERDAY: new home/kitchen wares retail space available. funky wood picture frames... thick wooden cutting board. toasters, VHS tapes. Special on carpet squares. Some nice lighting fixtures. Plenty of doors. MANY clamps. MANY heavy gauge steel brackets for somekinda post system. Rope on spools. Piano Hinges. Knobs. Screw Hooks. Some nice pieces of desk furniture. |
 by Mofo from the Hood on 6/18/2009 @ 11:27pm | I'm walkin', Linkin' and walkin' down there Monday to check out the toasters.
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by NineInchNachos on 6/30/2009 @ 1:04pm | AVAILABLE AS OF TODAY: at least 8 flexible black rain pipe extenders in stock, a very large orange carpenters level, large assortment of wall mounting hardware, new lighting fixtures, handsome roll top desk, door bell buttons, night lights, energy efficient 3 way compact bulbs. |
 by Thorax O'Tool on 6/30/2009 @ 1:23pm | METAL!. TO'T NEEDS METAL TO LIVE. TUNGSTEN!!!!!! |
by NineInchNachos on 8/4/2009 @ 1:01pm | AS OF TODAY AT THE TACOMA RESTORE:
- new wave of attractive young volunteers - a mailbox - Jig Saw (blue) stashed in clamp area - wood rasps (in tool area) - a couple of bench grinders on pedestal - 1/2 Man Landscape Rock (brown), about 1 truckload worth all for $35! - Large Desk - Hidden conference room marker-board cabinet (ideal for inventor's shop) - bigger than a bread box box of self-drilling screws for $15 note: kitchen/housewares restore nextdoor was closed. |
by Thorax O'Tool on 8/4/2009 @ 2:35pm | Need wire.
Metal wire, galvanized OK, copper a plus. Must investigate |
 by beerandhotdogs on 8/4/2009 @ 3:49pm | Less flexible rain pipe! I bought a piece of the corrugated pipe that accordions out to 12 feet for $2 (houses part of my soakerhose that jumps from one bed to another so I dont lose water), and 3 pieces of it that go up to 3 feet for 50¢ a piece to hook up my rain barrels. i heart reStore.
C@TRH |
by NineInchNachos on 8/4/2009 @ 4:02pm | NOW That's handyman ingenuity sir. Excelsior! |
by NineInchNachos on 8/4/2009 @ 4:04pm | I'm thinking about getting a rain barrel, but fear it will be empty all summer. Where is the rain!? |
by NineInchNachos on 8/26/2009 @ 5:42pm | AS OF TODAY: carpet squares, random welding equipment parts, grinder welded to a wheel well, picture frames 20% off, massive quantity of clamps, some nice new lighting fixtures, some nice brass colored screws, sander belts. Also saw a nice fireplace bellows I should have picked up but didn't. |
by Thorax O'Tool on 8/26/2009 @ 6:48pm | Wrong kind of wire every time I go.
Looks like I need to go back to raiding dumpsters at construction sites again. |
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